Strategies to Enhance Environmental Security in Transition Countries - Hull, Ruth N.; Barbu, Constantin-Horia.; Goncharova, Nadezhda; SpringerLink (Online service) (Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2007)
to Environmental Security Challenges -- to environmental security -- Environmental Security: Priority Issues and Challenges in Romania and European Transition Countries -- Strategies and Methods/Approaches -- Developing highly effective environmental security policies for a sustainable development of the future. Case study: Romania -- DSS-ERAMANIA: A decision support system for site-specific ecological risk assessment of contaminated sites -- Enhancement of environmental security by mathematical modelling and simulations of processes -- Application of computer modeling for the analysis and prediction of contaminant behavior in groundwater systems -- Integrated management strategy for environmental risk reduction at postindustrial areas -- Industrial ecology in transition countries: historical precedent and and future prospects -- Potential of strategic environmental assessment as an instrument for sustainable development of the countries in transition -- The integrated indicator of sustainable development and policy tools -- Socioeconomic and communication tools to enhance environmental security: a case study in Egypt -- Sensors and communications in environment monitoring systems -- Teaching and research in environmental microbiology/ biotechnology to enhance environmental security in transition and other countries -- Lessons Learned as Illustrated via Research and Case Studies -- Lessons learned from the north: balancing economic development, cultural preservation, and environmental protection -- A process for focusing cleanup actions at contaminated sites: lessons learned from remote northern sites in Canada -- Decoupling environmental problems from the overall aspects of political disputes: Is it possible? The case of the PM2.5 project -- Watersheds management (Transylvania/Romania): implications, risks, solutions -- Water supply emergency for Lake Sevan -- Sediment biobarriers for chlorinated aliphatic hydrocarbons in groundwater reaching surface water (SEDBARCAH Project) -- Bulgarian nuclear plants' strategy and environmental security on the Balkans -- Role of renewable energy sources in enhancement of environmental and energy security of Belarus -- Evaluation of radiation risk: cytogenetic and molecular markers of low-dose radiation effects -- Bioindication approach for an assessment of technogenic impact on the environment -- Management of agricultural buildings to protect animal health and ensure building maintenance -- Issues Related to Metals in the Environment -- Which human and terrestrial ecological receptors are most at risk from smelter emissions? -- Integration of metal bioavailability in risk assessment policy decision making -- Atmospheric heavy metal deposition in Romania and neighboring countries: comparative evaluation on the basis of all European moss monitoring -- Pollutant uptake on agricultural land: practical modeling -- Plant-microbe symbiosis for bioremediation of heavy metal contaminated soil: perspectives for Belarus -- Summary Chapter -- Environmental security in transition countries: knowledge gaps, hurdles, and effective strategies to address them.
Keywords: Ecotoxicology; Environmental management; Ecotoxicology; Environmental Management