Environmental and human health : risk management in developing countries / editors, Eddie N. Laboy-Nieves, Evens Emmanuel, Mattheus Goosen
Imprint
Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press/Balkema, 2010
Descript
xix, 276 p. : ill. ; 26 cm
CONTENT
Environmental and human health risk management: An overview -- Communicating environmental risks in developing countries -- Environmental management in Brazil: Reducing organizational risks -- Tsunami hazards: A case study of risk management in the Carribbean Region -- Cost-benefit analysis to enhance the risk management decision making process -- Adjusted Genuine Savings and Human Development Index: A two dimensional indicator for sustainability -- Management, public opinion and research on Costa Rica's surface and groundwater resources -- Stormwater management practices: The case of Port-au-Prince, Haiti -- Impact of surface runoff on the aquifers of Port-au-Prince, Haiti -- Ethnoecological restoration of deforested and agrocultural tropical lands for Mesoamerica -- Atmospheric aerosols: A case study from the Caribbean Region -- The potential of Thillandsia sp. To monitor PAHs from automobile sources in Puerto Rico -- Degradation of PCBs and spilled oil by bioenhancing agents -- Cryptosporidium oocyst transmission in the aquatic environment of Haiti -- Health-related aspects of wastewater reuse in urban truck farming: A case study of Yaounde, Cameroon -- Application of low-cost sorbents to remove chromium from industrial wastewater discharges -- Viability of the upflow anaerobic sludge process for risk management of wastewater treatment
SUBJECT
Environmental health -- Developing countries
Health risk assessment -- Developing countries
Environmental management -- Health aspects -- Developing countries
Sustainable development -- Health aspects -- Developing countries
Economic development -- Health aspects -- Developing countries