
Environmental Risk Assessment and Management from a Landscape Perspective.
Title:
Environmental Risk Assessment and Management from a Landscape Perspective.
Author:
Kapustka, Lawrence A.
ISBN:
9780470593011
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (431 pages)
Contents:
ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT FROM A LANDSCAPE PERSPECTIVE -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- CONTRIBUTORS -- PROLOGUE -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- 2 ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT TOWARD A LANDSCAPE PERSPECTIVE -- 3 POPULATIONS, HABITAT, AND ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS: ELUSIVE BUT ESSENTIAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR A LANDSCAPE PERSPECTIVE -- 4 RELEVANCE OF SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL SCALES TO ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT -- 5 QUANTITATIVE MEASURES AND ECOLOGICAL HIERARCHY -- 6 BAYESIAN MODELS IN ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT -- 7 LINKING REGIONAL AND LOCAL RISK ASSESSMENT -- 8 INTEGRATING HEALTH IN ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ASSESSMENTS -- 9 VALUING WILDLANDS -- 10 PREDICTING CLIMATE CHANGE RISKS TO RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEMS IN ARID WATERSHEDS: THE UPPER SAN PEDRO AS A CASE STUDY -- 11 INVASIVE SPECIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ASSESSMENT -- 12 LANDSCAPE NONINDIGENOUS SPECIES RISK ASSESSMENT: ASIAN OYSTER AND NUN MOTH CASE STUDIES -- 13 ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT OF THE INVASIVE SARGASSUM MUTICUM FOR THE CHERRY POINT REACH, WASHINGTON -- 14 INTEGRATED LABORATORY AND FIELD INVESTIGATIONS: ASSESSING CONTAMINANT RISK TO AMERICAN BADGERS -- 15 ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ASSESSMENT OF PHARMACEUTICALS -- 16 ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF ECOLOGICAL GOODS AND SERVICES -- 17 ECOSYSTEM SERVICE VALUATION CONCEPTS AND METHODS -- 18 METRICS AND INDICES FOR SUSTAINABLE SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL LANDSCAPES -- EPILOGUE -- INDEX.
Abstract:
"Traditional risk assessment, as currently conducted, suffers from many drawbacks well recognized by those who practice it and precisely stated in this volume. Rather than simply point out these flaws, the authors take further steps in combining topics which take risk assessment into the next century. It is axiomatic that landscape attributes are an important aspect of assessing risk and making decisions, and this work provides a useful mix of theoretical/conceptual ideas within detailed analyses of new tools available to accomplish the task. It provides the background, purpose, direction, illustrated with examples where the science of risk assessment is heading." -Mark S. Johnson, Ph.D., D.A.B.T.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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