TY - BOOK AU - Gruiz,Katalin AU - Meggyes,T. AU - Fenyvesi,Eva TI - Environmental deterioration and contamination: problems and their management T2 - Engineering tools for environmental risk management SN - 9781138001541 U1 - 363.738 22 PY - 2014/// CY - Chennai PB - CRC Press / Taylor & Francis Group KW - Ecosystem services KW - BUEsh KW - Social aspects KW - Government policy KW - Pollutants KW - Environmental risk assessment KW - Environmental management KW - ENGGEN KW - June2015 KW - reading book N1 - Index : p. 447-457; Includes bibliographical references N2 - "Industrial, agricultural, residential land uses and the connected discharge of chemical substances cause environmental problems world-wide. This volume provides an overview on the behavior and function of the healthy environment, the capacity of the ecosystem to serve humanity and compensate for adverse changes. The prime contributors to these changes such as production and use of chemical substances, abandoned and contaminated land, chemical agriculture, mining and the complex waste problem are introduced. The focus of this book is environmental knowledge and its conscious and structured application in environmental management and decision making." ER -