Hazardous Wastes, Industrial Disasters, and Environmental Health Risks - Local and Global Environmental Struggles

Zusatztext "Modern society is infused with myriad forms of environmental degradation that pose incalculable risks to the human condition. Hazardous Waste, Industrial Disasters and Environmental Health Risks provides an original synthesis of this rapidly emerging area of interdisciplinary research. Professor Adeola's insights are not only important for all environmental social scientists, but also is a must read for environmentalists, toxicologists, and policy makers throughout the world." - J. Steven Picou, University of South Alabama, USA "The author thoughtfully presents the key principles involved in the study of disasters and risks, resulting in a resource that is highly accessible, concise, and balanced... This work will appeal to a wide audience ranging from environmental activists to undergraduate students to seasoned scholars." CHOICE Informationen zum Autor FRANCIS ADEOLA Professor of Sociology at University of New Orleans, USA. Klappentext The sociology of hazardous waste, risk, and disasters is a relatively new discipline. This book focuses on hazardous and toxic wastes releases, industrial toxic disasters, contamination of communities and the environment, and the subsequent adverse health effects among exposed populations Zusammenfassung The sociology of hazardous waste, risk, and disasters is a relatively new discipline. This book focuses on hazardous and toxic wastes releases, industrial toxic disasters, contamination of communities and the environment, and the subsequent adverse health effects among exposed populations Inhaltsverzeichnis PART I: HAZARDOUS WASTES, DISASTERS AND HEALTH RISKS Sociology of Hazardous Wastes, Disasters, and Risk Hazardous and Toxic Wastes as Social Problems Taxonomy of Hazardous Wastes PART II: ELECTRONIC WASTES, PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS, AND HEALTH EFFECTS Electronic Waste: The Dark Side of High-Tech Revolution Environmental Health Risks of Persistent Organic Compounds PART III: CONTAMINATED COMMUNITIES AND REGULATORY RESPONSES Communities Contaminated by Toxic Wastes and Industrial Disasters: Selected Cases The Regulatory Frameworks PART IV: CONCLUSION Critical Environmental Justice Movement...

Product details

• Authors: F. Adeola, Francis O Adeola, Francis O. Adeola
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.02.2016
• EAN: 9781349298211
• ISBN: 978-1-349-29821-1
• No. of pages: 254
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous; Soziologie, B, Sociology, Social Inequality, Politik und Staat, Environment, Umweltfaktoren in der Medizin, Political Sociology, Environmental Health, biotechnology, Social & ethical issues, The environment, Environmental Sociology, Sociology, general, Environmental medicine, area studies, Regional Studies, Social Structure, Social Inequality, Social Structure, Environmental Sciences, Environment, general, Palgrave Social Sciences Collection, Gesellschaftliche Gruppen, Gemeinschaften und Identitäten