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    gbv_1649519052
    Format: Online-Ressource
    ISBN: 9780854049578
    Series Statement: Issues in environmental science and technology 26
    Content: This exciting book gives an overview of environmental forensics and related topics with contributions from worldwide experts, 'Environmental forensics' is a combination of analytical and environmental chemistry, which is useful in the court room context. It therefore involves field analytical studies and both data interpretation and modelling connected with the attribution of pollution events to their causes. Recent decades have seen a burgeoning of legislation designed to protect the environment and, as the costs of environmental damage and clean-up are considerable, not only are there prosecutions by regulatory agencies, but the courts are also used as a means of adjudication of civil damage claims relating to environmental causes or environmental degradation. As a result is the increasing number of prosecutions of companies who have breached regulations for environmental protection and in civil claims relating to harm caused by excessive pollutant releases to the environment. Such cases can become extremely protracted as expert witnesses provide their sometimes conflicting interpretations of environmental measurement data and their meaning. It is in this context that environmental forensics is developing as a specialism, leading to greater formalisation of investigative methods which should lead to more definitive findings and less scope for experts to disagree. Now a significant subject in its own right, at least one journal devoted to the field and a number of degree courses have sprung up. As a result of the topicality and rapid growth of the subject area, is the publication of this book - the 26th volume in the highly acclaimed Issues in Environmental Science and Technology Series. This volume contains authoritative articles by a number of the leading practitioners across the globe in the environmental forensics field and aims to cover some of the main techniques and areas to which environmental forensics are being applied. The content is comprehensive and describes a number of the key areas within environmental forensics - topics covered by the authors include: - Source identification issues - Microbial techniques - Metal contamination and methods of assigning liability - The use of isotopes to determine sources and their applications - Molecular biological methods - Hydrocarbon fingerprinting techniques - Oil chemistry and key compound identification - The emerging role of environmental forensics in groundwater pollution Additionally, the volume considers specific pollutants and long-lived pollutants of groundwater such as halocarbons which have presented particular problems and which are described in some depth, as well as the way in which chemical degradation processes can lead to compositional changes which provide valuable information. The book provides a comprehensive overview of many of the key areas of environmental forensics written by some of the leading experts in the field. It will be both of specialist use to those seeking expert insights into the field and its capabilities as well as of more general interest to those involved in both environmental analytical science and environmental law
    Note: Chapter 1: Environmental Forensics and the Importance of Source Identification-- Chapter 2: Microbial Techniques for Environmental Forensics-- Chapter 3: Using Stable Isotopes to Determine Sources-- Chapter 4: Diagnostic Compounds for Fingerprinting Petroleum in the Environment-- Chapter 5: Perchlorate: Is Nature the Main Manufacturer-- Chapter 6: Tracking Chlorinated Solvents in the Environment-- Chapter 7: Groundwater Pollution: The Emerging Role of Environmental Forensics--.
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9781847558343
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9780854049578
    Language: English
    Keywords: Umweltwissenschaften ; Forensik ; Electronic books
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    UID:
    almahu_9949195533402882
    Format: XXII, 490 p. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2006.
    ISBN: 9781402051753
    Series Statement: Nato Science Series: IV:, Earth and Environmental Sciences ; 74
    Content: Given that around 50% of the world's population live in cities, and that urban populations are expanding rapidly, the issues are important and becoming increasingly urgent. To reduce the effects of such impacts, management is required irrespective of whether the groundwater is to be used or not. This management must be based on a sound technical understanding of the interacting processes involved. The forty papers in this volume explore the state of this understanding in the context of a wide range of countries (and therefore cultures), climates, and geologies. They are divided into topic areas covering flow, chemical water quality, biological water quality, remediation, engineering, and socio-economics. An initial section sets the scene with a range of integrated regional-scale studies. The volume provides an insight into groundwater issues for other urban specialists, including planners: without communication between the disciplines involved, progress towards acceptable urban sustainability will be slow.
    Note: TOWARDS MANAGEMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF URBAN GROUNDWATER SYSTEMS -- REGIONAL OVERVIEWS -- ANTHROPOGENIC CHANGES TO HYDROGEOLOGICAL CONDITIONS IN URBAN AREAS -- DEMANDS ON, CONDITION, AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS OF THE BAKUMUNICIPAL WATER SUPPLY -- GEOENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS IN AZERBAIJAN -- SOURCES OF GROUNDWATER SUPPLY TO URBANIZED AREAS IN AZERBAIJAN -- OPTIMIZATION OF GROUNDWATER USAGE FOR URBANIZED RURAL SETTLEMENT SUPPLY IN AZERBAIJAN -- URBAN GROUNDWATER POLLUTION IN TURKEY -- GROUNDWATER POTENTIAL AND HYDROGEOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF ÇORLU, TURKEY -- EVALUATION OF GROUNDWATER OVER-ABSTRACTION BY INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES IN THE TRAKYA REGION, TURKEY -- A LONG-TERM PERSPECTIVE ON THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF URBAN GROUNDWATER RESOURCES IN ROMANIA -- GROUNDWATER FLOW -- INTEGRATED HYDROLOGICAL MODELLING FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF URBAN WATER SUPPLIES -- ESTIMATING EVAPOTRANSPIRATION IN URBAN ENVIRONMENTS -- RELIABILITY IN ESTIMATING URBAN GROUNDWATER RECHARGE THROUGH THE VADOSE ZONE -- URBAN WELL-FIELD CAPTURE ZONES DELINEATED USING FLOW STRUCTURE MODELLING -- CHEMICAL WATER QUALITY -- IMPACTS OF SEWER LEAKAGE ON URBAN GROUNDWATER -- CONTAMINATION AND DEGRADATION OF DE-ICING CHEMICALS IN THE UNSATURATED AND SATURATED ZONES AT OSLO AIRPORT, GARDERMOEN, NORWAY -- AROMATIC HYDROCARBON CONTAMINATION OF CLAY STRATA BELOW A PETROCHEMICAL SITE, UK -- BASELINE GROUNDWATER QUALITY IN THE COASTAL AQUIFER OF ST. LUCIA, SOUTH AFRICA -- HYDROCHEMICAL QUALITY OF GROUNDWATER IN URBAN AREAS OF SOUTH PORTUGAL -- ISSUES OF RADIOACTIVITY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT WITHIN URBAN GROUNDWATER SYSTEMS IN RUSSIA -- RISKS POSED BY UNSANITARY LANDFILL LEACHATE TO GROUNDWATER QUALITY -- AGRICULTURAL INFLUENCES ON GROUNDWATER USED FOR WATER SUPPLY IN THE CAUCASUS MINERAL WATER REGION -- ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH UTILIZATION OF MINERAL WATERS IN URBANIZED AREAS OF AZERBAIJAN -- CONCLUSIONS FROM A NEGATIVE TRACER TEST IN THE URBAN THERMAL KARST AREA, BUDAPEST, HUNGARY -- BIOLOGICAL WATER QUALITY -- MONITORING AND MANAGING THE EXTENT OF MICROBIOLOGICAL POLLUTION IN URBAN GROUNDWATER SYSTEMS IN DEVELOPED AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES -- MICROBIAL POLLUTION OF GROUNDWATER IN THE TOWN OF WALKERTON, CANADA -- EFFECTS OF ARTIFICIAL STORMWATER INFILTRATION ON URBAN GROUNDWATER ECOSYSTEMS -- REMEDIATION -- ORGANIC CONTAMINANT REMEDIATION IN URBAN GROUNDWATER -- RECENT APPROACHES FOR URBAN GROUNDWATER POLLUTION PREVENTION AND REMEDIATION -- REDUCING THE GROUNDWATER POLLUTION RISK IN THE MINING AND INDUSTRIAL REGIONS OF CHIATURA AND KAZRETI, GEORGIA -- THE REMOVAL OF NITRATE AND PESTICIDES FROM CONTAMINATED WATER -- ENGINEERING -- CHEMICAL AND GEOTECHNICAL PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE TBILISI WATER STORAGE RESERVOIR, GEORGIA -- HYDROGEOLOGY AND ENGINEERING GEOLOGY OF THE 'SLEEPING DISTRICT' (VARKETILI) OF TBILISI, GEORGIA -- AN INTEGRATED EVALUATION PROGRAM FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF VARIATIONS IN URBAN GROUNDWATER LEVEL -- THE HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM OF TBILISI, GEORGIA -- ESTIMATING THE BASIC MATERIAL AND TECHNICAL RESOURCE NEEDS FOR THE OPERATION OF WELL DRAINAGE SYSTEMS IN URBAN AREAS WITH HIGH WATER TABLES -- HYDROGEOLOGICAL CONDITIONS IN URBAN AREAS IN THE GEORGIAN BLACK SEA COASTAL ZONE -- SOCIO-ECONOMICS -- GROUNDWATER INSTITUTIONS AND MANAGEMENT PROBLEMS IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD -- THE ROLE OF GROUNDWATER IN DELHI'S WATER SUPPLY -- WATER SUPPLY AND SANITATION SECTOR ANALYSIS OF THE SECONDARY TOWNS OF AZERBAIJAN -- GROUNDWATER UTILIZATION AS ADAPTIVE CAPACITY TO PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY SHORTAGES.
    In: Springer Nature eBook
    Additional Edition: Printed edition: ISBN 9789048110155
    Additional Edition: Printed edition: ISBN 9781402051739
    Additional Edition: Printed edition: ISBN 9781402051746
    Language: English
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