Environmental Hazards of War - Releasing Dangerous Forces in an Industrialized World

Klappentext The implications of a major war in an increasingly industrial world would be far-reaching and incalculable. Releasing Dangerous Forces discusses the ramifications and places special emphasis on the fast growing potential for collateral effects: the release of dangerous forces from civil artifacts. The key issues at stake are not only the unprecedented loss of human life but also the threat to basic human life support systems, both economic and environmental, placing the future of all human existence in doubt. Zusammenfassung Presents the facts on how the conventional weapons present today in the arsenals of the major nations could lead to environmental destruction over huge areas for long periods of time. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface - Sverre Lodgaard and Mostafa K Tolba Foreword - Jayantha Dhanapala Environmental Hazards of War in an Industrializing World - Arthur H Westing The Release in War of Dangerous Forces from Nuclear Facilities - Allan S Krass The Release in War of Dangerous Forces from Chemical Facilities - Jiri Matousek The Release in War of Dangerous Forces from Hydrological Facilities - Margareta Bergstr[um]om The Mitigation of Environmental Disruption by War - Jozef Goldblat Legal Approaches Towards Preventing the Release of Dangerous Forces - Arthur H Westing

Product details

• Authors: International Peace Res, International Peace Research Institute, United Nations Environment Programme, Arthur H Westing, Arthur H. Westing
• Assisted by: Arthur H Westing (Editor), Arthur H. Westing (Editor)
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.11.1990
• EAN: 9780803983861
• ISBN: 978-0-8039-8386-1
• No. of pages: 128
• Series: International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO)
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Natural science; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education