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UNINA9910139012103321 |
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Autore |
Tannenbaum Lawrence |
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Titolo |
Alternative ecological risk assessment : an innovative approach to understanding ecological assessments for contaminated sites / / Lawrence Tannenbaum |
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Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom : , : John Wiley & Sons, , [2014] |
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©2014 |
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ISBN |
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1-118-74362-8 |
1-118-74342-3 |
1-118-74356-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (230 p.) |
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Ecological risk assessment |
Hazardous waste sites - Risk assessment |
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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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An introduction and overview -- Facing the music : understanding what ERA is . . . and is not -- Alternative exposure assessment -- Toxicology and toxicity assessment in ERA revisited -- Risk characterization versus site ecological assessment : old and new -- Case study : problem formulation versus making problems for yourself -- Getting beyond ERA -- A new ecological assessment paradigm for historically contaminated sites : direct health status assessment -- Is RSA the answer to ERA? |
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In Alternative Ecological Risk Assessment the author, Lawrence V. Tannenbaum, provides a critical review of current practices in the ecological risk assessment field and proposes alternatives that are supported by established science and keen observation. It is hoped that this approach will pave the way to a greater understanding of what appropriate and useful ecological assessment for contaminated sites should entail. He demonstrates that in most cases current practices do not provide for an assessment of ecological risk, and moreover, that endeavoring to assess ecological ri |
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UNINA9910961694003321 |
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Autore |
Simpson Adam (Adam John) |
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Energy, governance and security in Thailand and Myanmar (Burma) : a critical approach to environmental politics in the South / / Adam Simpson |
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London : , : Routledge, , 2016 |
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1-315-57958-8 |
1-317-14359-0 |
1-317-14358-2 |
1-4724-0586-2 |
1-4094-2994-6 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (279 p.) |
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Collana |
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Transforming environmental politics and policy |
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Environmental policy - South Asia |
Energy policy - South Asia |
Environmental protection - South Asia |
Security, International - Environmental aspects |
Environmental justice - South Asia |
South Asia Strategic aspects |
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Note generali |
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First published 2014 by Ashgate Publishing. |
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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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Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; List of Acronyms; Notes on Language and Terminology; Series Editors' Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Activist Environmental Governance; 3 Environmental Politics in Thailand and Myanmar; 4 Local Activism; 5 Bridging North and South: EarthRights International; 6 Transnational Campaigns; 7 Environmental Politics in the South; Affiliation of Interviewees; References; Index |
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Based on extensive fieldwork in the region this groundbreaking book explores the important role that environmental movements from these countries are playing in promoting effective energy and environmental governance. By comparing the nature of this activism under two very different political regimes, Adam Simpson provides crucial theoretical |
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insights for sustainable resource development in the South. |
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