Engineering Tools for Environmental Risk Management - 1. Environmental Deterioration Contamination Problems Their

"Industrial, agricultural, residential land uses and the connected discharge of chemical substances cause environmental problems world-wide. This volume provides an overview on the behavior and function of the healthy environment, the capacity of the ecosystem to serve humanity and compensate for adverse changes. The prime contributors to these changes such as production and use of chemical substances, abandoned and contaminated land, chemical agriculture, mining and the complex waste problem are introduced. The focus of this book is environmental knowledge and its conscious and structured application in environmental management and decision making"--

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• Authors: Katalin (Budapest University of Technology Gruiz, Katalin Meggyes Gruiz, Gruiz Meggyes Katalin
• Assisted by: Eva Fenyvesi (Editor), Eva (Cyclodextrin Research and Development Ltd Fenyvesi (Editor), Fenyvesi Eva (Editor), Katalin Gruiz (Editor), Katalin (Budapest University of Technology Gruiz (Editor), Gruiz Katalin (Editor), Tamas Meggyes (Editor), Tamas (Berlin Meggyes (Editor), Meggyes Tamas (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.08.2014
• EAN: 9781138001541
• ISBN: 978-1-138-00154-1
• No. of pages: 478
• Series: Engineering Tools for Environmental Risk Management; Engineering Tools for Environmental Risk Management; Engineering Tools for Environm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Geophysics, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biochemistry, SCIENCE / Physics / Geophysics, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Environmental / General, biochemistry, environmental science, engineering & technology, Environmental science, engineering and technology, Toxicology (non-medical)