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Handbook of Environmental Risk Assessment and Management
Peter P. Calow
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Description for Handbook of Environmental Risk Assessment and Management
Hardcover. At the heart of environmental protection is risk assessment: the likelihood of pollution from accidents; the likelihood of problems from normal and abnormal operation of industrial processes; the likely impacts associated with new synthetic chemicals; and so on. Currently, risk assessment has been very much in the news----the risks from BSE and E. Editor(s): Calow, Professor Peter P. (University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK). Num Pages: 590 pages, 83. BIC Classification: KJU; RNF; TQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 251 x 190 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1534.
At the heart of environmental protection is risk assessment: the likelihood of pollution from accidents; the likelihood of problems from normal and abnormal operation of industrial processes; the likely impacts associated with new synthetic chemicals; and so on. Currently, risk assessment has been very much in the news--the risks from BSE and E. coli, and the public perception of risks from nuclear waste, etc. This new publication explains how scientific methodologies are used to assess risk from human activities and the resultant objects and wastes, on people and the environment. Understanding such risks supplies crucial information--to frame legislation, manage major ... Read more
At the heart of environmental protection is risk assessment: the likelihood of pollution from accidents; the likelihood of problems from normal and abnormal operation of industrial processes; the likely impacts associated with new synthetic chemicals; and so on. Currently, risk assessment has been very much in the news--the risks from BSE and E. coli, and the public perception of risks from nuclear waste, etc. This new publication explains how scientific methodologies are used to assess risk from human activities and the resultant objects and wastes, on people and the environment. Understanding such risks supplies crucial information--to frame legislation, manage major ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
590
Condition
New
Number of Pages
600
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United States
ISBN
9780865427327
SKU
V9780865427327
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99-50
About Peter P. Calow
Peter P. Calow is the editor of Handbook of Environmental Risk Assessment and Management, published by Wiley.
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