Eco-disasters What Happened and How to Prevent Them /

This book consists of 7 parts covering 42 representative environmental disasters. Part 1 introduces representative disasters in Europe, America, and Asia in the 19th century. Part 2 covers disasters related to the atmosphere. Part 3 deals with disasters caused by water and food affected by heavy met...

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Glavni avtor: Park, Seok Soon (Author)
Korporativna značnica: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Elektronski eKnjiga
Jezik:angleščina
Izdano: Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2025.
Izdaja:1st ed. 2025.
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Online dostop:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-8667-4
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Kazalo:
  • Part 1: Before the 20th Century
  • Chapter 1. London Cholera Outbreak
  • Chapter 2. Chicago Typhoid Outbreak
  • Chapter 3. Ashio Mine Disaster
  • Part 2: Polluting the Air We Breathe
  • Chapter 4. Donora Smog
  • Chapter 5. London Great Smog
  • Chapter 6. Los Angeles Smog
  • Chapter 7. Yokkaichi Asthma
  • Chapter 8. Mexico City Air Pollution
  • Part 3: Poisoned Water and Food
  • Chapter 9. Minamata Disease
  • Chapter 10. Hinkley Chromium
  • Chapter 11. Itai-Itai Disease
  • Chapter 12. Milwaukee Cryptosporidium Outbreak
  • Chapter 13. Niigata Mercury Poisoning
  • Chapter 14. Michigan PBB
  • Chapter 15. Kanemi Oil PCB
  • Chapter 16. Woburn Groundwater Contamination
  • Part 4: Sick and Poisoned Nature
  • Chapter 17. Clear Lake DDD
  • Chapter 18. Vietnam War Herbicide
  • Chapter 19. Amoco Cadiz Oil Spill
  • Chapter 20. Love Canal
  • Chapter 21. Darling River Algal Bloom
  • Chapter 22. Guatemala Shellfish Poisoning
  • Chapter 23. Times Beach Dioxin
  • Chapter 24. Gulf War Eco-Terror
  • Part 5: Nuclear and Industrial Accidents
  • Chapter 25. Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster
  • Chapter 26. Bhopal Gas Catastrophe
  • Chapter 27. Rhine River Basel Chemical Spill
  • Chapter 28. Three Mile Island Nuclear Accident
  • Chapter 29. Seveso Toxic Cloud
  • Chapter 30. James River Kepone
  • Chapter 31. Goiânia Cesium Tragedy
  • Chapter 32. Nakdong River Phenol Leak
  • Chapter 33. Tokaimura Fukushima Nuclear Accidents
  • Part 6: Dangerous Modern Living Environment
  • Chapter 34. Philadelphia Legionnaires Outbreak
  • Chapter 35. Stanley Watras Radon Story
  • Chapter 36. Humidifier Disinfectant Catastrophe
  • Chapter 37. San Diego Electromagnetic Radiation Mystery
  • Part 7: Cross-border Disputes and Planet in Danger
  • Chapter 38. Scandinavian Acid Rain
  • Chapter 39. Jordan River Water War
  • Chapter 40. Koko Toxic Waste Dumping
  • Chapter 41. Sahel Desertification
  • Chapter 42. Ozone Layer Depletion.