Environmental Consequences of War and Aftermath

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Kassim, Tarek A. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Barceló, Damià (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Σειρά: The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, 3U
• Θέματα: Environment.; Analytical chemistry.; Geochemistry.; Environmental chemistry.; Environmental Chemistry.; Analytical Chemistry.

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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• 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.