Environmentally Devastated Areas in River Basins in Eastern Europe

The fall of the iron curtain revealed widespread environmental and safety short­ comings in relation to industrial operations, mining and other human activities. It was the purpose of this Advanced Research Workshop, sponsored by NATO, to bring together a group of eminent experts from East and West...

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Other Authors: Buekens, Alfons G. (Editor), Dragalov, Vasily V. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 1998, 1998
Edition:1st ed. 1998
Series:Nato Science Partnership Subseries: 2, Environmental Security
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • I. General Consideration
  • Scientific and Technological Policy of Ministry of Sciences of Russian Federation in Application to Water Treatment
  • Target Federal Program - Revival of the Volga
  • II. River Basins and their Characterization
  • River Basin Management in the Upper and Middle Odra River
  • Water Quality and Environmental Degradation in the Tom River Basin (Western Siberia): The Need for an Integrated Management Approach
  • Danube Environmental Programme on the Hron River Basin, Slovakia
  • Global Regularities in the Occurence of the Environmentally Devastated Urban Areas as a Fundamental Basis for Urbo-Monitoring (Methodology of Sustainable Development of Towns in River Basins)
  • Principles of Integrated Water Management for the Revival of Old Industrial Areas
  • Pollution Potentials of Storm Runoff from Urban and Industrial Areas
  • Assessment of Pollution Hazards in the Estarreja Aquifer (Portugal) - Remediation Strategies
  • Some Experiences in Rehabilitation of Urban Drainage Infrastructure and Sewage Treatment Systems in Germany
  • Use of Remote Sensing and GIS for Environmental Modelling and Monitoring
  • Deterioration of the Water Quality in the River Simav by Industrial Activities
  • III. Technical Aspects of Rehabilitation
  • Technical Aspects of Soil Sanitation
  • Solution to the Problematics of Dredged Materials in the Port of Antwerp
  • Treatment of Contaminated Dredged Sediments - the Dutch Approach
  • Thermal Treatment Methods for Contaminated Dredged Sludges
  • An Integrated Approach in Urban Drainage Infrastructure Design and Performance Assessment
  • Waste Treatment in Moscow
  • Environmental Pollution in Colorado by Nuclear Processing
  • Environmental Pollution by Mining in Colorado
  • Removal of Heavy Metal Ions from Industrial Waste Waters
  • IV. Conclusions.-Rehabilitation of Environmentally Devastated River Basins