Natural Hazards & Risk

Establishing a foundation in environmental policy, this book addresses some of the most significant environmental challenges facing our generation. It examines policy implications and the current scientific accounts of global environmental threats. Complete with learning objectives, examples, proble..

Establishing a foundation in environmental policy, this book addresses some of the most significant environmental challenges facing our generation. It examines policy implications and the current scientific accounts of global environmental threats. Complete with learning objectives, examples, proble..

International Environmental Risk Management..

Bringing together leading international scientists, this insightful volume provides guidance and recommendations for linking aquatic exposure and ecotoxicological effects in the environmental assessment of agricultural pesticides. It incorporates the tools and approaches currently available for asse..

Multiple Stresses in Ecosystems..

A tool for predicting environmental impacts, the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) can also be used to predict the impacts of natural disasters and potential terrorist attacks. This book demonstrates how to use NEPA as a framework to support decision-making. It includes examples that demonstr..

This book contains contributions from the 5th International Symposium on Earth Reinforcement, Kyushu, Japan, 14-16 November 2007, and presents the very latest earth reinforcement techniques and design procedures. The volume showcases advances in materials and emerging applications, with special emph..

This book takes an all-hazards approach to managing disasters and their impact on critical infrastructure and services. It examines the engineering, planning, and emergency management processes involved, including mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery operations. It illustrates the elemen..

The only book to cover the breadth of microbial ecology and diversity in polar regions with an emphasis on bioremediation, Polar Microbiology examines polar microorganisms and their ability to degrade petroleum hydrocarbon contaminants in polar terrestrial and aquatic environments. Providing a uniqu..

The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulations provide surprisingly little direction for preparing environmental assessments (EA). This book addresses this problem by providing a step-by-step guide for preparing EAs. Bridging the regulatory gap, it draws on information scattered throughout..

The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulations provide surprisingly little direction for preparing environmental assessments (EA). This book addresses this problem by providing a step-by-step guide for preparing EAs. Bridging the regulatory gap, it draws on information scattered throughout..

This volume is the first comprehensive treatment of time to event methodology as it relates to ecological risk assessment. Leading Experts from industry, academia, and government regulatory agencies explain how these methods can be used to extract more useful information from laboratory data than ca..