Ecological Risks

Ecological Risks

Perspectives from Poland and the United States

  • Publisher: National Academies Press
  • ISBN: 9780309042932
  • eISBN Pdf: 9780309555739
  • Place of publication:  United States
  • Year of digital publication: 1990
  • Month: January
  • Pages: 428
  • DDC: 577
  • Language: English
  • Cover
  • Front Matter
  • Overview
  • Assessment and Management of Ecological Risks
  • Executive Summary
  • Environmental Management Concepts
  • Evaluating Ecological Impacts: A Conceptual Framework
  • The Relationship Between Strategies of Social Development and Environmental Protection
  • Environmental Protection as an Element of International Economic Cooperation in Poland
  • The Role of Ecological Risk Assessment in Environmental Decision Making
  • Human Effects on the Terrestrial Environment
  • Characterizing Ecosystem Responses to Stress
  • Measuring Function and Disfunction in Ecosystems
  • Air Pollution Impacts on Forests in North America
  • Air Pollution and Forest Health in Central Europe: Poland, Czechoslovakia, and the German Democratic Republic
  • Impacts of Air Pollution on Agriculture in North America
  • Impacts of Air Pollution on Agriculture and Horticulture in Poland
  • Distribution and Movement of Selected Elements in Poland Using Pine Needle Analysis
  • Long-Term Ecological Monitoring in the National Parks of Poland
  • Agricultural Impacts
  • Ecological Guidelines for Management of Rural Areas in Poland
  • Ecological Problems Associated with Agricultural Development: Some Examples in the United States
  • Impacts of Aquatic Ecosystems
  • Assessment of Trophic Impact on the Lake Environment in Poland: A Proposal and Case Study
  • Aquatic Research and Water Quality Trends in the United States
  • River Water Quality Assessment and Management in Poland
  • Environmental Management Case Studies
  • Environmental Policy in Eastern Europe
  • Acid Deposition: A Case Study of Scientific Uncertainty and International Decision Making
  • Diagnosis of Environmental Protection Problems in Poland
  • Energy Use and Environmental Consequences in Poland
  • Recommendations
  • Recommendations for a Science-Based Program of Ecological Risk Assessment and Environmental Protection
  • Appendices
  • Appendix 1: List of Participants
  • Appendix 2: Summary Memoranda
  • Appendix 3: Cooperative Projects Suggested at 1987 Workshop
  • Appendix 4: Cooperative Projects Suggested at 1988 Workshop

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