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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Ellis, Derek
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1989.
Subjects:	Environmental sciences. Ecology. Environmental toxicology. Soil conservation. Hazardous wastes. Environmental protection. Pollution. Electronic books. Refuse and refuse disposal. Sewage disposal.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

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.