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The amenity migrants : seeking and sustaining mountains and their cultures / / edited by Laurence A.G. Moss
| The amenity migrants : seeking and sustaining mountains and their cultures / / edited by Laurence A.G. Moss |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Wallingford, UK ; ; Cambridge, MA, : CABI Pub., c2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (339 p.) |
| Disciplina | 304.8 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | MossLaurence A. G |
| Soggetto topico |
Amenity migration
Amenity migration - Environmental aspects Recreation areas - Environmental aspects Mountains Mountain ecology Human ecology Environmental degradation |
| ISBN |
1-280-73621-6
9786610736218 1-84593-036-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""Contents""; ""Contributors""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""PART I. THE AMENITY MIGRANTS""; ""Chapter 1. The Amenity Migrants: Ecological Challenge to Contemporary Shangri-La""; ""Chapter 2. The Spiritual Dimension of Moving to the Mountains""; ""Chapter 3. Guiding Back from the Precipice: Leveraging the Power of Recreational Users to Protect Mountain Environments""; ""PART II. AMENITY MIGRANTS IN THE AMERICAS""; ""Chapter 4. Geographic Perspective on Amenity Migration across the USA: National-, Regional- and Local-scale Analysis""
""Chapter 5. Santa Fe, a Fading Dream: 1986 Profile and 2005 Postscript""""Chapter 6. Too Much Love?: the Environmental and Community Impacts of Amenity Migrants on Jackson Hole, Wyoming""; ""Chapter 7. Gateway to Glacier: Will Amenity Migrants in North-western Montana Lead the Way for Amenity Conservation?""; ""Chapter 8. Alberta's Amenities Rush""; ""Chapter 9. Finding a Pad in Paradise: Amenity Migration Effects on Whistler, British Columbia""; ""Chapter 10. Cultural Survival and Environmental Degradation in the Mountains of the Secwepemc"" ""Chapter 11. Planning for Amenity Migration in Communities of the British Columbia Hinterland""""Chapter 12. A Brief History of Amenity Migration in the Adirondack Mountains""; ""Chapter 13. Cultural and Environmental Amenities in Peri-urban Change: the Case of San Antonio de Escaz; Costa Rica""; ""Chapter 14. Amenity Migration in the Patagonian Mountain Community of San Martin de los Andes, Neuquen, Argentina""; ""PART III. AMENITY MIGRANTS IN EUROPE""; ""Chapter 15. The Specifics of Amenity Migration in the European Alps"" ""Chapter 16. Second Homes, Work Commuting and Amenity Migrants in Norway's Mountain Areas""""Chapter 17. Amenity Migration and Tourism Development in the Terna Mountains, Sweden""; ""PART IV. AMENITY MIGRANTS IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC""; ""Chapter 18. A Bioregion in Jeopardy: the Strategic Challenge of Amenity Migration in Baguio, The Philippines""; ""Chapter 19. Green Change: Inland Amenity Migration in Australia""; ""Chapter 20. Amenity Migration in the South Island of New Zealand: Contestation for Land and Landscape in Central Otago""; ""PART V: THE FUTURE"" ""Chapter 21. Next Steps and the Longer View""""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910446328603321 |
| Wallingford, UK ; ; Cambridge, MA, : CABI Pub., c2006 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Environmental remediation and restoration of contaminated nuclear and NORM sites / / edited by Leo van Velzen
| Environmental remediation and restoration of contaminated nuclear and NORM sites / / edited by Leo van Velzen |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, England ; ; Waltham, Massachusetts : , : Woodhead Publishing, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (277 p.) |
| Disciplina | 333.7924 |
| Collana | Woodhead Publishing Series in Energy |
| Soggetto topico |
Nuclear energy - Environmental aspects
Recreation areas - Environmental aspects Nuclear facilities - Environmental aspects Nuclear power plants - Environmental aspects |
| ISBN | 1-78242-238-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; Related titles; Environmental Remediation and Restoration of Contaminated Nuclearand NORM Sites; Copyright; Contents; List of contributors; Woodhead Publishing Series in Energy; Part One - Contaminated nuclear and NORM sites: types and characteristics; 1 - Radioactive and other environmental contamination from uranium mining and milling; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 The front end of the nuclear fuel cycle; 1.3 Uranium mining and milling (UMM) legacy sites and their remediation; 1.4 Life-cycle management of UMM sites; 1.5 Future trends; 1.6 Sources of further information; References
2 - Radioactive contamination and other environmental impacts of waste from nuclear and conventional power plants, medical and other industrial sources2.1 Introduction: radioactively contaminated sites and other environmental impacts from nuclear and radioactive installations; 2.2 Environmental impacts from nuclear power plant radioactive effluents; 2.3 Environmental impacts from coal power plant radioactive effluents and solid waste; 2.4 Solid radioactive wastes from nuclear power plants; 2.5 Solid radioactive wastes from facilities for medical, research or industrial purposes 2.6 Environmental impacts from nuclear and radiological accidents2.7 Future trends; 2.8 Sources of further information; References; 3 - Radionuclide behaviour in the natural environment: an overview; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Description of the radionuclides (RNs) of interest; 3.3 RN migration: presentation of the different governing processes; 3.4 The RN source term; 3.5 RN speciation and precipitation; 3.6 RN retention at the solid-liquid interface; 3.7 RN transport processes; 3.8 Coupling of chemical and transport processes: towards an efficient simulation approach 3.9 Conclusion: how to reliably predict any future RN migrationReferences; Appendix: main physical and chemical properties of the most significant natural and artificial radionuclides to be found in NORM...; Part Two - Environmental restorationframeworks and processes; 4 - Stakeholder involvement in the remediation of contaminated nuclear and NORM sites; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Definition of stakeholders and the importance of engagement at nuclear and NORM sites; 4.3 Evolution of stakeholder engagement; 4.4 Mechanisms of engagement; 4.5 Constructing an engagement programme; 4.6 Future trends 4.7 Case studies4.8 Sources of further information and advice; References; 5 - International recommendations and guidance on regulation of contaminated nuclear and NORM sites, and aspects of national level application; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Regulatory challenges; 5.3 International recommendations and guidance and examples of national regulatory requirements; 5.4 Progression from recognition to resolution; 5.5 Distinguishing different nuclear legacy situations; 5.6 Factors to consider in addressing regulatory challenges at nuclear legacy sites; References 6 - Modelling of radionuclide distribution in contaminated nuclear and NORM sites |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910788053803321 |
| Cambridge, England ; ; Waltham, Massachusetts : , : Woodhead Publishing, , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Environmental remediation and restoration of contaminated nuclear and NORM sites / / edited by Leo van Velzen
| Environmental remediation and restoration of contaminated nuclear and NORM sites / / edited by Leo van Velzen |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, England ; ; Waltham, Massachusetts : , : Woodhead Publishing, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (277 p.) |
| Disciplina | 333.7924 |
| Collana | Woodhead Publishing Series in Energy |
| Soggetto topico |
Nuclear energy - Environmental aspects
Recreation areas - Environmental aspects Nuclear facilities - Environmental aspects Nuclear power plants - Environmental aspects |
| ISBN | 1-78242-238-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; Related titles; Environmental Remediation and Restoration of Contaminated Nuclearand NORM Sites; Copyright; Contents; List of contributors; Woodhead Publishing Series in Energy; Part One - Contaminated nuclear and NORM sites: types and characteristics; 1 - Radioactive and other environmental contamination from uranium mining and milling; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 The front end of the nuclear fuel cycle; 1.3 Uranium mining and milling (UMM) legacy sites and their remediation; 1.4 Life-cycle management of UMM sites; 1.5 Future trends; 1.6 Sources of further information; References
2 - Radioactive contamination and other environmental impacts of waste from nuclear and conventional power plants, medical and other industrial sources2.1 Introduction: radioactively contaminated sites and other environmental impacts from nuclear and radioactive installations; 2.2 Environmental impacts from nuclear power plant radioactive effluents; 2.3 Environmental impacts from coal power plant radioactive effluents and solid waste; 2.4 Solid radioactive wastes from nuclear power plants; 2.5 Solid radioactive wastes from facilities for medical, research or industrial purposes 2.6 Environmental impacts from nuclear and radiological accidents2.7 Future trends; 2.8 Sources of further information; References; 3 - Radionuclide behaviour in the natural environment: an overview; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Description of the radionuclides (RNs) of interest; 3.3 RN migration: presentation of the different governing processes; 3.4 The RN source term; 3.5 RN speciation and precipitation; 3.6 RN retention at the solid-liquid interface; 3.7 RN transport processes; 3.8 Coupling of chemical and transport processes: towards an efficient simulation approach 3.9 Conclusion: how to reliably predict any future RN migrationReferences; Appendix: main physical and chemical properties of the most significant natural and artificial radionuclides to be found in NORM...; Part Two - Environmental restorationframeworks and processes; 4 - Stakeholder involvement in the remediation of contaminated nuclear and NORM sites; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Definition of stakeholders and the importance of engagement at nuclear and NORM sites; 4.3 Evolution of stakeholder engagement; 4.4 Mechanisms of engagement; 4.5 Constructing an engagement programme; 4.6 Future trends 4.7 Case studies4.8 Sources of further information and advice; References; 5 - International recommendations and guidance on regulation of contaminated nuclear and NORM sites, and aspects of national level application; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Regulatory challenges; 5.3 International recommendations and guidance and examples of national regulatory requirements; 5.4 Progression from recognition to resolution; 5.5 Distinguishing different nuclear legacy situations; 5.6 Factors to consider in addressing regulatory challenges at nuclear legacy sites; References 6 - Modelling of radionuclide distribution in contaminated nuclear and NORM sites |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910817253003321 |
| Cambridge, England ; ; Waltham, Massachusetts : , : Woodhead Publishing, , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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