Strategies to Enhance Environmental Security in Transition Countries

Preface.- List of Contributors.- I. Introduction to Environmental Security Challenges.-1. Introduction to environmental Security; C.-H. Barbu et al. 2. Environmental Security — Priority Issues and Challenges in Romania and European Transition Countries; A. Ozunu et al.- II. Strategies and Methods/Approaches.- 3. Developing Highly Effective Environmental Security Policies for a Sustainable Development of the Future. Case Study: Romania; L.-D. Galatchi.- 4. DSS-ERAMANIA: A decision support system for site-specific ecological risk assessment of contaminated sites; E. Semenzin et al.- 5. Enhancement of Environmental Security by Mathematical Modelling and Simulations of Processes; V. Tasoti.- 6. Application of computer modelling for the analysis and prediction of contaminant behavior in ground-water systems; S.P. Kundas et al.- 7. Integrated management strategy for environmental risk reduction at postindustrial areas; G. Malina.- 8. Industrial Ecology in Transition Countries: Historical Precedent and Future Prospects; I. Grdzelishvili, R. Sathre.- 9. Potential of strategic environmental assessment as an instrument for sustainable development of the countries in transition; 0. Borysova.- 10. The Integrated Indicator of Sustainable Development and Policy Tools; A. Gorobets.- 11. Socioeconomic and Communication Tools to Enhance Environmental Security: A Case Study in Egypt; N. Zohdi.- 12. Sensors and communications in environment monitoring systems; W. Nawrocki, T. Nawalaniec.- 13. Teaching and research in environmental microbiology I biotechnology to enhance environmental security in transition and other countries; Z. Filip, K. Demnerova.- III. Lessons Learned as Illustrated via Research and Case Studies.- 14. Lessons Learned from the North: Balancing Economic Development, Cultural Preservation, and Environmental Protection; S. Allen-Gil.- 15. A process for focusing clean-up actions at contaminated sites: lessons learned from remote northern sites in Canada; S.M.Swanson.- 16. Decoupling environmental problems from the overall aspects of political disputes — Is it possible? the case of the Pm2.5 project; S. Brenner et al.- 17. Watersheds management (Transylvania/Romania) - implications, risks, solutions; A. Curtean-Banaduc et al.- 18. Water Supply Emergency for Lake Sevan; G. Torosyan.- 19. Sediment Biobarriers for Chlorinated Aliphatic Hydrocarbons in Groundwater Reaching Surface Water (SEDBARCAH-Project); K. Hamonts et al.- 20. Bulgarian nuclear plants’ strategy and environmental security on the Balkans; P. Gramatikov. 21. Role of renewable energy sources in enhancement of environmental and energy security of Belarus; S.P. Kundas et al.- 22. Evaluation of radiation risk: cytogenetic and molecular markers of low dose radiation effects; S. Melnov et a!.- 23. Bioindication approach for an assessment of technogenic impact on the environment; S.A. Geras’kin et al.- 24. Management of agricultural buildings to protect animal health and ensure building maintenance; I. Tanasescu.- IV. Issues related to metals in the environment.- 25. Which human and terrestrial ecological receptors are most at risk from smelter emissions? R.N. Hull, S.R. Hilts.- 26. Integration of Metal Bioavailability in Risk Assessment Policy Decision Making; E. Gurzau et al.- 27. Atmospheric heavy metal deposition in Romani and neighbouring countries: comparative evaluation on the basis of all European moss monitoring; 0. Blum 28. Pollutant uptake on agricultural land: Practical modeling; N. Goncharova et al.- 29. Plant-microbe symbiosis for bioremediation of heavy metal contaminated soil: perspectives for Belarus; A. Lopareva, N. Goncharova.- V. Summary chapter.- 30. Environmental security in transition countries: Knowledge gaps, hurdles and effective strategies to address them; S. Allen-Gil, 0. Borysova.- Index.-