Environmental impact / editors, C.A. Brebbia, T-S. Chon.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

International Conference on Environmental and Economic Impact on Sustainable Development, Corporate Author.

Contributor:

Wessex Institute of Technology.

Brebbia, C. A.

Chon, T-S.

Conference Name:

International Conference on Environmental and Economic Impact on Sustainable Development, Incorporating Environmental Economics, Toxicology and Brownfields (1st : 2012)

International Conference on Environmental and Economic Impact on Sustainable Development

Series:

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

WIT transactions, 1746-448X

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental impact analysis--Congresses.

Environmental impact analysis.

Sustainable development--Congresses.

Sustainable development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (661 p.)

Place of Publication:

Ashurst [England] : WIT Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Containing papers for the first International Conference on Environmental Impact and Development organized by the Wessex Institute of Technology, Environmental Impact fills the need for inter-disciplinary coverage of the most serious problems that affect sustainable development. The basic premise is that development projects need to consider the most pressing issues related to environmental impacts in order to provide complete solutions.

Contents:

section 1. Environmental policies and planning

section 2. Environmental assessments

section 3. Development issues

section 4. Sustainable city

section 5. Economic analysis

section 6. Natural resources management

section 7. Energy and the environment

section 8. Food and the environment

section 9. Ecosystems health

section 10. Brownfields rehabilitation

section 11. Water resources management

section 12. Soil contamination

section 13. Air and water pollution

section 14. Toxicity studies

section 15. Environmental health risk

section 16. Risk analysis.

Notes:

"This book contains most of the papers presented at the 1st International Conference on Environmental and Economic Impact on Sustainable Development, Incorporating Environmental Economics, Toxicology and Brownfields."--Pref.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-79214-0

9786613702531

1-84564-605-3

OCLC:

797916349