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Environmental Consequences of War and Aftermath

War has disastrous effects on people and the physical, biological, economic, and social environment. The state-of-the-art of research on the environmental consequences of war and its aftermath is presented in this Handbook. A broad range of topics are included, such as the prevention of war and its...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Kassim, Tarek A. (Editor ), Barceló, Damià (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2009.
Edición:1st ed. 2009.
Colección:Anthropogenic Compounds ; 3 / 3U
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Background to Selected Environmental and Human Health Effects of Chemical Warfare Agents
  • Prevention of War and Its Environmental Consequences
  • Remote Sensing: Fundamentals, Types and Monitoring Applications of Environmental Consequences of War
  • War-Induced Soil Degradation, Depletion, and Destruction (The Case of Ground Fortifications in the Terrestrial Environment of Kuwait)
  • Critical Assessment of the Environmental Consequences of the Invasion of Kuwait, the Gulf War, and the Aftermath
  • Atmospheric Transport and Deposition of Persistent Organic Pollutants Under Warfare Conditions
  • Environmental and Health Impact Assessment of Ammunition Containing Transuranic Elements
  • Ecological Impact on the Danube After NATO Air Strikes
  • Speciation of Heavy Metals in Geological Matter of the Serbian National Parks, Protected Areas and Cities Within the Danube River Basin After the War Conflict in 1999.