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Ecological Risks : Perspectives from Poland and the United States.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autor principal: | |
| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington :
National Academies Press,
1990.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Ecological Risks
- Copyright
- EDITORS' NOTE
- PREFACE
- Contents
- OVERVIEW
- Assessment and Management of Ecological Risks
- IMPORTANCE OF ECOSYSTEMS FOR HUMANS
- DEFINITIONS
- Ecosystems
- Ecological Risk
- Ecological Risk Assessment
- AN ILLUSTRATION OF CONFLICTS BETWEEN DESIRABLE GOALS IN SOCIETY
- CONTRASTS AND SIMILARITIES BETWEEN POLAND AND THE UNITED STATES
- OVERVIEW OF THE BOOK
- OUR HOPE FOR THE FUTURE
- References
- Executive Summary
- OVERVIEW OF THE CHAPTERS
- ECOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT CONCEPTS
- HUMAN EFFECTS ON THE TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENTConcepts in Stress Ecology
- Air Pollution Impacts
- Monitoring Ecological Stresses and Effects
- AGRICULTURAL AND FORESTRY IMPACTS ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
- IMPACTS ON AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
- ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT CASE STUDIES
- SYNTHESIS AND INTEGRATION
- ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT CONCEPTS
- Evaluating Ecological Impacts: A Conceptual Framework
- A TYPOLOGY OF CONSEQUENCES OF CHANGE
- ISSUES IN EVALUATING CHANGES
- EVALUATING FUTURE CONSEQUENCES
- ECOLOGICAL VALUES AND OTHER VALUES
- FROM CONCEPT TO PRACTICERELATED READINGS
- The Relationship Between Strategies of Social Development and Environmental Protection
- THE EXISTING PARADIGM
- A NEW ANTHROPOCENTRIC PARADIGM: HUMAN HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE
- THE ECOLOGICAL PARADIGM
- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND MANAGEMENT
- CONCLUSION
- Acknowledgement
- References
- Environmental Protection as an Element of International Economic Cooperation in Poland
- GROWTH: REDOUBLING EFFORT OR RETHINKING DIRECTION?
- THE ROLE OF INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT
- INVESTMENT AND THE ENVIRONMENT
- THE COSTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATIONTHE ECONOMIC BIND
- POLICY EXPLORATIONS
- Energy
- Transportation
- Housing
- Agriculture
- Food Processing
- Pollution Control Technology
- PROSPECTS
- References
- The Role of Ecological Risk Assessment in Environmental Decision Making
- PREDICTIVE ASSESSMENT OF ECOLOGICAL RISKS
- ECOTOXICOLOGY: THE PRACTICE OF RISK ASSESSMENTS
- The Toxic Substances Control Act
- Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
- CONCLUSION
- References
- HUMAN EFFECTS ON THE TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT
- Characterizing Ecosystem Responses to StressECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT
- ECOLOGICAL RISK MANAGEMENT: REGULATORY ENDPOINTS
- ECOLOGICAL ENDPOINTS
- Species-level Endpoints: Primary
- Species-level Endpoints: Secondary
- Species-level Endpoints: Ecological Role
- Community-level Endpoints
- Ecosystem-level Endpoints
- DEFINING ECOSYSTEM RESPONSES TO STRESS
- Frequency and Novelty of Stress
- Time Scale of Stress
- Intensity of Stress
- Internal Stress Protection
- Summary
- MEASURING ECOSYSTEM RESPONSES TO STRESS
- Resistance and Stability