Overview
- Presents the main environmental security challenges facing transition countries, as well as practical methods and approaches for addressing them
- The approaches described are equally applicable to all countries
- Lessons learned are presented both via research and case study results
- A summary is presented of the discussions and working group sessions, entitled "Environmental Security in Transition Countries: Knowledge Gaps, Hurdles and Effective Strategies to Address Them"
- May be used by university professors in their teaching of environmental issues across the globe, by government agencies in their planning and implementation of initiatives related to environmental security challenges, and by consulting firms in their marketing and completion of environmental projects in transition countries
Part of the book series: Nato Security through Science Series C: (NASTC)
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Table of contents (30 papers)
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Front Matter
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Introduction to Environmental Security Challenges
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Strategies and Methods/Approaches
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Lessons Learned as Illustrated via Research and Case Studies
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About this book
It is the goal of environmental security to protect people from the short- and long-term ravages of nature, man-made threats and deterioration of the natural environment. Environmental security includes activities related to pollution prevention, environmental conservation, compliance with regulations and environmental restoration. It is a challenge for transition countries to support all of these activities, due to limited resources, competing priorities and the fact that most environmental regulations, assessment methods and procedures, and restoration techniques were developed in countries where resources were not limited. This volume presents the main environmental security challenges facing transition countries, as well as practical methods and approaches for addressing them. These approaches are equally applicable to all countries. The four basic topics this volume addresses are (I) Introduction to Environmental Security Challenges (II) Strategies, Methods and Approaches for Addressing these Challenges (III) Lessons Learned as Illustrated via Research and Case Studies (IV) Issues Related to Metals in the Environment. The final chapter of the book is a summary of the discussions and working group sessions, entitled "Environmental Security in Transition Countries: Knowledge Gaps, Hurdles and Effective Strategies to Address Them".
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Strategies to Enhance Environmental Security in Transition Countries
Editors: Ruth N. Hull, Constantin-Horia Barbu, Nadezhda Goncharova
Series Title: Nato Security through Science Series C:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5996-4
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2007
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-5994-0Published: 02 May 2007
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-5995-7Published: 12 April 2007
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-5996-4Published: 10 March 2009
Series ISSN: 1871-4668
Series E-ISSN: 1871-4692
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 429
Topics: Ecotoxicology, Environmental Management