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UNINA9910821657803321 |
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Autore |
Adeola Francis O. <1956-> |
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Titolo |
Hazardous wastes, industrial disasters, and environmental health risks : local and global environmental struggles / / Francis O. Adeola |
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New York, N.Y., : Palgrave Macmillan, c2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-38095-1 |
9786613380951 |
0-230-33953-0 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (257 p.) |
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Classificazione |
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SOC040000SOC053000SOC026000 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Hazardous wastes - Risk assessment |
Environmental health |
Industrial accidents - Social aspects |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Machine generated contents note: -- PART I: Hazardous Wastes, Disasters and Health Risks * Sociology of Hazardous Wastes, Disasters, and Risk * Hazardous and Toxic Wastes as Social Problem * 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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"The sociology of hazardous waste, risk, and disasters is a relatively new discipline with an increasing volume of empirical research by scholars. Francis O. Adeola focuses this book on hazardous and toxic wastes releases, industrial toxic disasters, contamination of communities and the environment, and the subsequent adverse health effects among exposed populations. He explains the emerging sociological study of risk, natural, and technological disasters, and he reviews the accumulated body of knowledge in the field up-to-date. This groundbreaking work integrates sociological perspectives with |
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