Hazardous wastes, industrial disasters, and environmental health risks : local and global environmental struggles / / Francis O. Adeola.
"The sociology of hazardous waste, risk, and disasters is a relatively new discipline with an increasing volume of empirical research by scholars. Francis O. Adeola focuses this book on hazardous and toxic wastes releases, industrial toxic disasters, contamination of communities and the environ...
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| Year of Publication: | 2011 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | xix, 235 p. :; ill. |
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| Summary: | "The sociology of hazardous waste, risk, and disasters is a relatively new discipline with an increasing volume of empirical research by scholars. Francis O. Adeola focuses this book on hazardous and toxic wastes releases, industrial toxic disasters, contamination of communities and the environment, and the subsequent adverse health effects among exposed populations. He explains the emerging sociological study of risk, natural, and technological disasters, and he reviews the accumulated body of knowledge in the field up-to-date. This groundbreaking work integrates sociological perspectives with perspectives from other disciplines in the discussion of the problems posed by technological hazards both in advanced industrialized societies and in underdeveloped world"-- |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780230118218 9780230339538 (ebook) |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Francis O. Adeola. |