Strategies to Enhance Environmental Security in Transition Countries

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Hull, Ruth N. (Editor ), Barbu, Constantin-Horia. (Editor ), Goncharova, Nadezhda. (Editor )
Formato: eBook
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2007.
Edición:1st ed. 2007.
Colección:Nato Security through Science Series C:, Environmental Security,
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Acceso en línea:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5996-4
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.