Environmental forensics / editors R.E. Hester and R.M. Harrison.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hester, R. E. (Ronald E.)

Harrison, Roy M., 1948-

Royal Society of Chemistry (Great Britain)

Series:

Issues in environmental science and technology ; 26.

Issues in environmental science and technology, 1350-7583 ; v. 26

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental forensics.

Pollutants--Analysis.

Pollutants.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (190 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : RSC Pub., c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Environmental forensics' is a combination of analytical and environmental chemistry, which is useful in the court room context. It therefore involves field analytical studies and both data interpretation and modelling connected with the attribution of pollution events to their causes. Recent decades have seen a burgeoning of legislation designed to protect the environment and, as the costs of environmental damage and clean-up are considerable, not only are there prosecutions by regulatory agencies, but the courts are also used as a means of adjudication of civil damage claims relating to envir

Contents:

9780854049578_Environmental Forensics_030840; i_iv; v_vi; vii_x; xi_xii; xiii_xiv; 001_016; 017_035; 036_053; 054_104; 105_129; 130_152; 153_172; 173_175

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781847558343

1847558348

OCLC:

647950202