Environmental consequences of war and aftermath [electronic resource] / volume editors, Tarek A. Kassim, Damià Barceló
War has disastrous effects on people and the physical, biological, economic, and social environment. The state-of-the-art of research on the environmental consequences of war and its aftermath is presented in this Handbook. In this title, a broad range of topics are included, such as the prevention...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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| Series: | Handbook of environmental chemistry. Anthropogenic compounds ;
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| Summary: | War has disastrous effects on people and the physical, biological, economic, and social environment. The state-of-the-art of research on the environmental consequences of war and its aftermath is presented in this Handbook. In this title, a broad range of topics are included, such as the prevention of war and its environmental repercussions and selected environmental and human health effects of chemical warfare agents and the atmospheric transport and deposition of pollutants under warfare with two main case studies: the Balkans and the Gulf war. This book is of great help in bridging the gap b. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9783540879633 3540879633 3540879617 9783540879619 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |