Environmental Hazards of War

Releasing Dangerous Forces in an Industrialized World
1. Auflage 1990
ISBN: 978-0-8039-8386-1
Verlag: Sage Publications UK

Buch, Englisch, 128 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 347 g

Reihe: International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO)

The implications of a major war in an increasingly industrial world would be far-reaching and incalculable. Releasing Dangerous Forces discusses the ramifications and places special emphasis on the fast growing potential for collateral effects: the release of dangerous forces from civil artifacts. The key issues at stake are not only the unprecedented loss of human life but also the threat to basic human life support systems, both economic and environmental, placing the future of all human existence in doubt.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Westing, Arthur H

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Friedens- und Konfliktforschung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Ausrüstung & Waffen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Konflikt- und Friedensforschung, Rüstungskontrolle, Abrüstung
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltverschmutzung, Umweltkriminalität, Umweltrecht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface - Sverre Lodgaard and Mostafa K Tolba
Foreword - Jayantha Dhanapala
Environmental Hazards of War in an Industrializing World - Arthur H Westing
The Release in War of Dangerous Forces from Nuclear Facilities - Allan S Krass
The Release in War of Dangerous Forces from Chemical Facilities - Jiri Matousek
The Release in War of Dangerous Forces from Hydrological Facilities - Margareta Bergstr[um]om
The Mitigation of Environmental Disruption by War - Jozef Goldblat
Legal Approaches
Towards Preventing the Release of Dangerous Forces - Arthur H Westing