Hakutulokset: Sarja NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security
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Resilience and Risk
This volume addresses the challenges associated with methodology and application of risk and resilience science and practice to address emerging threats in environmental, cyber, …
Emerging Threats of Synthetic Biology and Biotechnology
Synthetic biology is a field of biotechnology that is rapidly growing in various applications, such as in medicine, environmental sustainability, and energy production. However …
Water Scarcity, Land Degradation and Desertification in the Mediterranean Region
Based on the suggestions made by the speakers of Plenary Session IV “Ch- lenges to the management of water resources and to countering deserti cation in the Mediterranean region” …
Green Chemical Reactions
Green Chemistry is an inventive science based on fundamental research towards the development of new sustainable chemical processes. There is a great need to create a new type of …
Understanding and Managing Threats to the Environment in South Eastern Europe
This volume presents reflections on a variety of environmental issues in South-Eastern Europe from diverse contemporary scientific disciplines. The contributions address many …
Disposal of Dangerous Chemicals in Urban Areas and Mega Cities
Oxides and acids of nitrogen play an important role in regulating atmospheric radical levels, in particular, that of the OH radical the main initiator of the degradation of …
Methods and Techniques for Cleaning-up Contaminated Sites
Soil and groundwater pollution caused by contaminants including petroleum hydrocarbons, represents a serious threat to the environment in NATO and NATO Partner countries. Solutions …
Soil Chemical Pollution, Risk Assessment, Remediation and Security
The book contains the contributions at the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Soil Chemical Pollution, Risk Assessment, Remediation and Security, which took place in Sofia, …
Environmental Security of the European Cross-Border Energy Supply Infrastructure
The current volume provides examples of how environmental hazards such as landslides, earthquakes, mountain processes, cold climate processes and tidal flows and currents can …
Riverbank Filtration for Water Security in Desert Countries
Riverbank filtration is a low cost, yet efficient water treatment technology. It has most potential to provide safe drinking water to large cities located along rivers or lakes. In …
Security and Environmental Sustainability of Multimodal Transport
Not until the recent attacks on transport systems has transport security become a focus of public concern and academic research. Various aspects of transport security have already …
Uncertainties in Environmental Modelling and Consequences for Policy Making
Mathematical modelling has become in recent years an essential tool for the prediction of environmental change and for the development of sustainable policies. Yet, many of the …