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1 online resource (428 pages) |
Contents |
Ecological Risks -- Copyright -- EDITORS' NOTE -- PREFACE -- Contents -- OVERVIEW -- Assessment and Management of Ecological Risks -- IMPORTANCE OF ECOSYSTEMS FOR HUMANS -- DEFINITIONS -- Ecosystems -- Ecological Risk -- Ecological Risk Assessment -- AN ILLUSTRATION OF CONFLICTS BETWEEN DESIRABLE GOALS IN SOCIETY -- CONTRASTS AND SIMILARITIES BETWEEN POLAND AND THE UNITED STATES -- OVERVIEW OF THE BOOK -- OUR HOPE FOR THE FUTURE -- References -- Executive Summary -- OVERVIEW OF THE CHAPTERS -- ECOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT CONCEPTS |
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HUMAN EFFECTS ON THE TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENTConcepts in Stress Ecology -- Air Pollution Impacts -- Monitoring Ecological Stresses and Effects -- AGRICULTURAL AND FORESTRY IMPACTS ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY -- IMPACTS ON AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS -- ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT CASE STUDIES -- SYNTHESIS AND INTEGRATION -- ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT CONCEPTS -- Evaluating Ecological Impacts: A Conceptual Framework -- A TYPOLOGY OF CONSEQUENCES OF CHANGE -- ISSUES IN EVALUATING CHANGES -- EVALUATING FUTURE CONSEQUENCES -- ECOLOGICAL VALUES AND OTHER VALUES |
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FROM CONCEPT TO PRACTICERELATED READINGS -- The Relationship Between Strategies of Social Development and Environmental Protection -- THE EXISTING PARADIGM -- A NEW ANTHROPOCENTRIC PARADIGM: HUMAN HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE -- THE ECOLOGICAL PARADIGM -- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND MANAGEMENT -- CONCLUSION -- Acknowledgement -- References -- Environmental Protection as an Element of International Economic Cooperation in Poland -- GROWTH: REDOUBLING EFFORT OR RETHINKING DIRECTION? -- THE ROLE OF INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT -- INVESTMENT AND THE ENVIRONMENT |
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THE COSTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATIONTHE ECONOMIC BIND -- POLICY EXPLORATIONS -- Energy -- Transportation -- Housing -- Agriculture -- Food Processing -- Pollution Control Technology -- PROSPECTS -- References -- The Role of Ecological Risk Assessment in Environmental Decision Making -- PREDICTIVE ASSESSMENT OF ECOLOGICAL RISKS -- ECOTOXICOLOGY: THE PRACTICE OF RISK ASSESSMENTS -- The Toxic Substances Control Act -- Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) -- CONCLUSION -- References -- HUMAN EFFECTS ON THE TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT |
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Characterizing Ecosystem Responses to StressECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT -- ECOLOGICAL RISK MANAGEMENT: REGULATORY ENDPOINTS -- ECOLOGICAL ENDPOINTS -- Species-level Endpoints: Primary -- Species-level Endpoints: Secondary -- Species-level Endpoints: Ecological Role -- Community-level Endpoints -- Ecosystem-level Endpoints -- DEFINING ECOSYSTEM RESPONSES TO STRESS -- Frequency and Novelty of Stress -- Time Scale of Stress -- Intensity of Stress -- Internal Stress Protection -- Summary -- MEASURING ECOSYSTEM RESPONSES TO STRESS -- Resistance and Stability |
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""Sensitivity"" |
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Subject |
Environmental impact analysis -- Poland
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Environmental impact analysis -- United States
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Environmental protection -- Poland
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Environmental protection -- United States.
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Environmental impact analysis
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Environmental protection
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Poland
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United States
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Grodzinski, W.
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Cowling, Ellis B
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ISBN |
9780309555739 |
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0309555736 |
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0309042933 |
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9780309042932 |
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