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Hazardous Wastes, Industrial Disasters, and Environmental Health Risks : Local and Global Environmental Struggles / by Francis O. Adeola.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Adeola, Francis O., 1956-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Environmental sciences--Social aspects.
- Environmental sciences.
- Social structure.
- Equality.
- Ecology.
- Political sociology.
- Sociology.
- Environmental health.
- Environmental Social Sciences.
- Social Structure.
- Environmental Sciences.
- Political Sociology.
- Environmental Health.
- Local Subjects:
- Environmental Social Sciences.
- Social Structure.
- Environmental Sciences.
- Political Sociology.
- Sociology.
- Environmental Health.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (257 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2011.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The sociology of hazardous waste, risk, and disasters is a relatively new discipline. This book focuses on hazardous and toxic wastes releases, industrial toxic disasters, contamination of communities and the environment, and the subsequent adverse health effects among exposed populations.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note:
- PART I: Hazardous Wastes, Disasters and Health Risks * Sociology of Hazardous Wastes, Disasters, and Risk * Hazardous and Toxic Wastes as Social Problem * Taxonomy of Hazardous Wastes * PART II: Electronic Wastes, Persistent Organic Pollutants, and Health Effects * Electronic Waste: The Dark Side of High-Tech Revolution * Environmental Health Risks of Persistent Organic Compounds * PART III: Contaminated Communities and Regulatory Responses * Communities Contaminated by Toxic Wastes and Industrial Disasters: Selected Cases * The Regulatory Frameworks * PART IV: Conclusion * Critical Environmental Justice Movement.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613380951
- 9781283380959
- 1283380951
- 9780230339538
- 0230339530
- OCLC:
- 769138041
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