Environmental security and environmental management : the role of risk assessment / edited by Benoit Morel and Igor Linkov.

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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Dordrecht ; [Great Britain] : Springer, 2006.
Description
xi, 325 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

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    Subject(s)
    Series
    NATO security through science series. Series C, Environmental security v. 5 [More in this series]
    Notes
    Based on papers presented at the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on the role of Risk Assessment in Environmental Security and Emergency Preparedness in the Mediterranean Region, Eilat, Isarel, 15-18 April 2004.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • Environmental security, critical infrastructure and risk assessment : definitions and current trends / D.A. Belluck ... [et al.]
    • Security and the environment in the Middle East water issues / B. Morel
    • Potential of solar thermal desalination to defuse water as a conflict issue in the Middle East - proposal for functional cooperation in the Gulf of Aqaba / H.G. Brauch
    • Water resources management and environmental security in Mediterranean transboundary river basins / J. Ganoulis
    • The role of comparative risk assessment in decision analysis marshlands of Mesopotamia and affected riparian countries / C. Maxwell
    • A future for the Dead Sea basin : options for a more sustainable water management / C. Lipchin
    • Are standard risk acceptability criteria applicable to critical infrastructure based on environmental security needs? / D.A. Belluck ... [et al.]
    • From global warming to water scarcity : what are the most urgent environmental problems of the region : report of the discussion group on environmental security / A. Morel and B. Morel
    • The interconnection between the built environment, ecology and health / H.S. Koren, C.D. Butler
    • Statistical models for distributions of ambient fine particulate matter / S. Yeh, M.J. Small
    • QnD : a scenario-based gaming system for modeling environmental processes and management decisions / G.A. Kiker ... [et al.]
    • Mapping of relative risk / U. Schlink .... [et al.]
    • Understanding risk culture and developing a 'soft' approach to risk assessment methodologies / S. Rao
    • Different preventive strategies require diversified risk assessment models / S. Menoni
    • Coupling public participation and expert judgment for assessment of innovative contaminated sediment technologies / T.P. Seager ... [et al.]
    • Environmental risk assessment and management : promoting security in the Middle East and in the Mediterranean region / J. Ganoulis, L. Simpson
    • Reuse of wastewater in agriculture : economic assessment of treatment and supply alternatives as affecting aquifer pollution / N. Haruvy
    • Minimizing the risks associated with water scarcity / S. Arlosoroff
    • Integrated risk-based management of water resources in the Jordan River basin / E. Levner
    • Outcome of NATO workshop on radiological risk in Central Asia / M.K. Zaidi ... [ et al.]
    • Public transport policy & measures that could improve the air quality in major cities in Syria, a case study : Damascus / J. Chahoud
    • The modeling of combine impact of waste heat discharge into offshore strip from cooling systems and power plants / A. Andrijievskij, A. Lukashevich, A. Trifonov
    • Role of synergy in biological risk assessment / N. Goncharova
    • Cooperative networks for environmental risk analysis studies : the case of the Middle East region / M.K. Zaidi, J. Ganoulis.
    ISBN
    • 1402038917 (cased)
    • 1402038925 (pbk.)
    • 1402038933 (e-book)
    LCCN
    2006388032
    OCLC
    62713886
    International Article Number
    • 9781402038914
    • 9781402038921
    • 9781402038938
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