Hazardous wastes, industrial disasters, and environmental health risks : local and global environmental struggles / / Francis O. Adeola |
Autore | Adeola Francis O. <1956-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, N.Y., : Palgrave Macmillan, c2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (257 p.) |
Disciplina | 363.72/87 |
Soggetto topico |
Hazardous wastes - Risk assessment
Environmental health Industrial accidents - Social aspects |
ISBN |
1-283-38095-1
9786613380951 0-230-33953-0 |
Classificazione | SOC040000SOC053000SOC026000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821657803321 |
Adeola Francis O. <1956-> | ||
New York, N.Y., : Palgrave Macmillan, c2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Industrial disasters, toxic waste, and community impacts : the health effects and environmental justice struggles around the globe / / Francis Ọlajide Adeọla |
Autore | Adeola Francis O. <1956-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham : , : Lexington Books, , [2012] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (315 p.) |
Disciplina | 363.11 |
Soggetto topico |
Industrial accidents - Social aspects
Hazardous wastes - Social aspects Environmental health Environmental justice |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-322-06449-0
0-7391-4748-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Dedication; Contents; Figures; Tables; Photospread; Abbreviations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I: Hazardous Wastes, Theories of Industrial Disasters, and Population at Risk; Chapter 1: Sociology of Hazardous Wastes, Unnatural Disasters, and Health Risks; Chapter 2: Hazardous and Toxic Wastes: Modern Social Problem or Plague of Our Time?; Chapter 3: Theories of Industrial Accidents, Disasters, and Catastrophes; Chapter 4: Classification and Characterization of Hazardous Wastes; Part II: E-Wastes, Persistent Organic Pollutants, and Health Effects
Chapter 5: Electronic Waste: The Detritus of the High-Tech RevolutionChapter 6: The Hazards and Environmental Health Risks of Persistent Organic Pollutants; Part III: Contaminated Communities, National and Transnational Regulatory Responses; Chapter 7: Cases of Communities Contaminated by Industrial Disasters and Toxic Wastes; Chapter 8: National and Transnational Regulatory Frameworks; Part IV: Conclusion; Chapter 9: From Local to Global Environmental Justice Movements; Appendix I: Principles of Environmental Justice (PEJ); Glossary; Bibliography; Index; About the Author |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910465314403321 |
Adeola Francis O. <1956-> | ||
Lanham : , : Lexington Books, , [2012] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Industrial disasters, toxic waste, and community impacts : the health effects and environmental justice struggles around the globe / / Francis Ọlajide Adeọla |
Autore | Adeola Francis O. <1956-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham : , : Lexington Books, , [2012] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (315 p.) |
Disciplina | 363.11 |
Soggetto topico |
Industrial accidents - Social aspects
Hazardous wastes - Social aspects Environmental health Environmental justice |
ISBN |
1-322-06449-0
0-7391-4748-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Dedication; Contents; Figures; Tables; Photospread; Abbreviations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I: Hazardous Wastes, Theories of Industrial Disasters, and Population at Risk; Chapter 1: Sociology of Hazardous Wastes, Unnatural Disasters, and Health Risks; Chapter 2: Hazardous and Toxic Wastes: Modern Social Problem or Plague of Our Time?; Chapter 3: Theories of Industrial Accidents, Disasters, and Catastrophes; Chapter 4: Classification and Characterization of Hazardous Wastes; Part II: E-Wastes, Persistent Organic Pollutants, and Health Effects
Chapter 5: Electronic Waste: The Detritus of the High-Tech RevolutionChapter 6: The Hazards and Environmental Health Risks of Persistent Organic Pollutants; Part III: Contaminated Communities, National and Transnational Regulatory Responses; Chapter 7: Cases of Communities Contaminated by Industrial Disasters and Toxic Wastes; Chapter 8: National and Transnational Regulatory Frameworks; Part IV: Conclusion; Chapter 9: From Local to Global Environmental Justice Movements; Appendix I: Principles of Environmental Justice (PEJ); Glossary; Bibliography; Index; About the Author |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786751503321 |
Adeola Francis O. <1956-> | ||
Lanham : , : Lexington Books, , [2012] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Industrial disasters, toxic waste, and community impacts : the health effects and environmental justice struggles around the globe / / Francis Ọlajide Adeọla |
Autore | Adeola Francis O. <1956-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham : , : Lexington Books, , [2012] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (315 p.) |
Disciplina | 363.11 |
Soggetto topico |
Industrial accidents - Social aspects
Hazardous wastes - Social aspects Environmental health Environmental justice |
ISBN |
1-322-06449-0
0-7391-4748-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Dedication; Contents; Figures; Tables; Photospread; Abbreviations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I: Hazardous Wastes, Theories of Industrial Disasters, and Population at Risk; Chapter 1: Sociology of Hazardous Wastes, Unnatural Disasters, and Health Risks; Chapter 2: Hazardous and Toxic Wastes: Modern Social Problem or Plague of Our Time?; Chapter 3: Theories of Industrial Accidents, Disasters, and Catastrophes; Chapter 4: Classification and Characterization of Hazardous Wastes; Part II: E-Wastes, Persistent Organic Pollutants, and Health Effects
Chapter 5: Electronic Waste: The Detritus of the High-Tech RevolutionChapter 6: The Hazards and Environmental Health Risks of Persistent Organic Pollutants; Part III: Contaminated Communities, National and Transnational Regulatory Responses; Chapter 7: Cases of Communities Contaminated by Industrial Disasters and Toxic Wastes; Chapter 8: National and Transnational Regulatory Frameworks; Part IV: Conclusion; Chapter 9: From Local to Global Environmental Justice Movements; Appendix I: Principles of Environmental Justice (PEJ); Glossary; Bibliography; Index; About the Author |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910812334303321 |
Adeola Francis O. <1956-> | ||
Lanham : , : Lexington Books, , [2012] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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