Environmental risk assessment : quantitative measures, anthropogenic influences, human impact /
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| Author / Creator: | Lerche, I. (Ian) |
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| Imprint: | Berlin : Springer, 2006. |
| Description: | xii, 343 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5957949 |
Table of Contents:
- Ch. 1. Natural and anthropogenic environmental problems
- Ch. 2. Restoration of lignite mining sites in the former GDR : lessons to be learnt from Zwenkau
- Ch. 3. Carbon dioxide development and the influence of rising groundwater in the Cospuden/Zwenkau dump : observations and inferences
- Ch. 4. Carbon dioxide development and the influence of rising groundwater in the Cospuden/Zwenkau dump : quantitative models
- Ch. 5. Environmental and economic risks from sinkholes in West-Central Florida
- Ch. 6. Risks of damage from flooding rivers : correlation of weakened dyke structures
- Ch. 7. Biological remediation of environmentally contaminated water
- Ch. 8. Heavy metal contamination removal by bacterial activity in seeping depositories
- Ch. 9. Quantitative risks of death and sickness from toxic contamination : general population
- Ch. 10. Quantitative risks of death and sickness from toxic contamination : age-dependent toxic sickness/death exposure limits
- Ch. 11. Methods for estimating associated risks of sinkhole occurrence with data from the Ruhr Valley region of Germany
- Ch. 12. Environmental concerns : catastrophic events and insurance
- Ch. 13. Integrated scientific and economic uncertainties in environmental hazard assessments : social and political consequences.
