Environment in Poland

1. Front Matter

   Pages 1-10

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • Maciej Nowicki

      Pages 11-14

3. The legacy of the past

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15

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   2. Europe after World War II

      • Maciej Nowicki

      Pages 15-20

   3. Environmental pollution in Poland

      • Maciej Nowicki

      Pages 21-30

4. Sustainable development of the polish economy

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 31-31

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5. Sustainable development of the Polish economy

   1. At the crossroads

      • Maciej Nowicki

      Pages 31-34

   2. Sustainable development of the principal economic sectors

      • Maciej Nowicki

      Pages 35-74

6. Conservation of nature in the strategy of sustainable development

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 75-75

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   2. Introductory remarks

      • Maciej Nowicki

      Pages 75-78

   3. Conservation of nature

      • Maciej Nowicki

      Pages 79-92

   4. Protection of mineral resources

      • Maciej Nowicki

      Pages 93-100

   5. Air quality protection

      • Maciej Nowicki

      Pages 101-116

   6. Water conservation

      • Maciej Nowicki

      Pages 117-128

   7. Waste management

      • Maciej Nowicki

      Pages 129-138

   8. Protection from radiation

      • Maciej Nowicki

      Pages 139-142

7. Instruments of sustainable development policy

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 143-143

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   2. Reform of environmental law

      • Maciej Nowicki

      Pages 143-146

   3. Law enforcement

      • Maciej Nowicki

      Pages 147-152

   4. Economic mechanisms

      • Maciej Nowicki

      Pages 153-158

than 6,000 hectares of arable land turn The second half of the twentieth century will pass into history as an epoch that saw great irreversibly into desert (Tolba, 1992). During the last 30 years, human activity acceleration in technological development, the birth of electronics, the first space flights, and has created new deserts in Africa and Asia covering areas as large as Saudi Arabia. evolutionary developments in information sci­ ence, transportation and materials technol­ Intensive exploitation of the land has led to accelerated erosion of the best soils, and the ogies. Rapid industrial development spurred a significant increase in gross product on process is intensifying in parts of India, China, Russia, Ukraine and the United States. Without a global scale. Between 1950 and 1990 the global population doubled, but gross product urgent remedial action these trends could lead to complete impoverishment of these areas in increased fivefold and its value sevenfold (Brown, 1991). the decades ahead (Brown, 1984).

• development
• environment
• environmental pollution
• sustainable development
• transport
• ecotoxicology

• Poland

  Maciej Nowicki

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