Arthur H. Westing Pioneer on the Environmental Impact of War /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Westing, Arthur H. (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Σειρά: SpringerBriefs on Pioneers in Science and Practice, 1
• Θέματα: Environment.; History.; Environmental law.; Environmental policy.; Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice.; History of Science.

Since the 1960s the environment has become an issue of increasing public concern in North America and elsewhere.  Triggered by the Second Indochina War (Vietnam Conflict) of 1961-1975, and further encouraged by the International Conference on the Human Environment, held in Stockholm in 1972, the env...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Part I: War and the environment
• The environmental impact of war: a personal retrospective
• What next?: a search for environmental security in war and peace
• The author's relevant papers: a selective listing
• Part II: Benchmark papers by the author: an annotated selection
• The Second Indochina War of 1961–1975: its environmental impact
• The Gulf War of 1991: its environmental impact
• Environmental war: hostile manipulations of the environment.-Nuclear war: its environmental impact
• Protecting the environment in war: legal constraints
• Protecting the environment in war: military guidelines.