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Strategies to Enhance Environmental Security in Transition Countries

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  • © 2007

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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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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Table of contents (30 papers)

  1. Introduction to Environmental Security Challenges

  2. Strategies and Methods/Approaches

Editors and Affiliations

  • Cantox Environmental Inc., Ontario, Canada

    Ruth N. Hull

  • “Lucian Blaga” University of Sibiu, Sibiu, Romania

    Constantin-Horia Barbu

  • International Sakharov Environmental University, Minsk

    Nadezhda Goncharova

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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

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