Environments at Risk : Case Histories of Impact Assessment /

Environments at Risk is designed as an introductory text and uses case histories of environmental impact assessment to raise issues important in controlling environmental problems. This approach is novel as is the concentration on assessment procedures. In his twenty years of involvement with such c...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ellis, Derek
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1989.
Subjects:
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book

MARC

Tag First Indicator Second Indicator Subfields
LEADER 00000cam a2200000Mi 4500
001 in00003573449
006 m o d
007 cr mnu---uuaaa
008 121227s1989 gw a o 000 0 eng
005 20260420212534.7
020 |a 9783642747724 (electronic bk.) 
020 |a 3642747728 (electronic bk.) 
020 |z 9783540511809 
020 |z 3540511806 
035 |a (OCoLC)851789322 
040 |a AU@  |b eng  |e pn  |c AU@  |d OCLCO  |d OCLCQ  |d GW5XE  |d OCLCQ  |d UtOrBLW 
049 |a TXAM 
050 4 |a TD1-1066 
072 7 |a RNH  |2 bicssc 
072 7 |a TQSR  |2 bicssc 
072 7 |a SCI026000  |2 bisacsh 
072 7 |a TEC010000  |2 bisacsh 
082 0 4 |a 363.728  |2 23 
082 0 4 |a 628.4  |2 23 
100 1 |a Ellis, Derek. 
245 1 0 |a Environments at Risk :  |b Case Histories of Impact Assessment /  |c by Derek Ellis. 
264 1 |a Berlin, Heidelberg :  |b Springer Berlin Heidelberg,  |c 1989. 
300 |a 1 online resource (xiv, 329 pages 99 illustrations) 
336 |a text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a computer  |b c  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a online resource  |b cr  |2 rdacarrier 
505 0 |a Introduction: Working Concepts -- Assessments: Construction -- Hell's Gate (Canada). Chemicals -- Minamata (Japan). Mining -- Island Copper (Canada). Organic Chemicals, Pulp and Paper -- Annat Point (Scotland). Sewage -- Victoria (Canada). Spills -- AMOCO CADIZ (France), Bhopal (India), Chernobyl (USSR). Multiple and Dispersed Impacts -- Acid Rain (USA/Canada), the Thames Estuary (England) -- Reducing Risk: Environmental Audits -- Marcopper Mining Corp. (The Philippines), Bougainville Copper Mine (Papua New Guinea). Permitting and Regulating -- Quartz Hill Molybdenum Mine (Alaska), Yabulu Nickel Refinery (Australia). Fact-Finding and Social Input -- a Public Hearing (Mining, Canada) and a Multinational AGM (Rio Tinto Zinc, England) -- Self-Help: Issues -- References -- Subject Index. 
520 |a Environments at Risk is designed as an introductory text and uses case histories of environmental impact assessment to raise issues important in controlling environmental problems. This approach is novel as is the concentration on assessment procedures. In his twenty years of involvement with such cases, Professor Ellis developed his own method of approach for auditing environmental impact assessments, a method which will help readers appraise similar cases in which they are involved, either as concerned citizen, environmental managers or assessors. 
500 |a Electronic resource. 
650 0 |a Environmental sciences. 
650 0 |a Ecology. 
650 0 |a Environmental toxicology. 
650 0 |a Soil conservation. 
650 0 |a Hazardous wastes. 
650 0 |a Environmental protection. 
650 0 |a Pollution. 
655 7 |a Electronic books.  |2 local 
650 0 |a Refuse and refuse disposal. 
650 0 |a Sewage disposal. 
710 2 |a SpringerLink (Online service) 
776 1 8 |i Print version:  |z 9783540511809 
856 4 0 |u http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login?url=https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-642-74772-4  |z Connect to the full text of this electronic book  |t 0 
994 |a 92  |b TXA 
999 |a MARS 
999 f f |s 1431e9ba-ad89-3051-b7b7-a1f932c49f1f  |i 4209cb4f-eff6-3c2c-a65c-0705df8a2791  |t 0 
952 f f |a Texas A&M University  |b College Station  |c Electronic Resources  |s www_evans  |d Available Online  |t 0  |e TD1-1066  |h Library of Congress classification 
998 f f |a TD1-1066  |t 0  |l Available Online