Ecological Risks:

Perspectives from Poland and the United States

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Publication Year:1990

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Front Matter	i-xii
Overview	1-2	(skim)
Assessment and Management of Ecological Risks	3-13	(skim)
Executive Summary	14-28	(skim)
Environmental Management Concepts	29-30	(skim)
Evaluating Ecological Impacts: A Conceptual Framework	31-40	(skim)
The Relationship Between Strategies of Social Development and Environmental Protection	41-59	(skim)
Environmental Protection as an Element of International Economic Cooperation in Poland	60-76	(skim)
The Role of Ecological Risk Assessment in Environmental Decision Making	77-88	(skim)
Human Effects on the Terrestrial Environment	89-90	(skim)
Characterizing Ecosystem Responses to Stress	91-115	(skim)
Measuring Function and Disfunction in Ecosystems	116-140	(skim)
Air Pollution Impacts on Forests in North America	141-154	(skim)
Air Pollution and Forest Health in Central Europe: Poland, Czechoslovakia, and the German Democratic Republic	155-170	(skim)
Impacts of Air Pollution on Agriculture in North America	171-195	(skim)
Impacts of Air Pollution on Agriculture and Horticulture in Poland	196-214	(skim)
Distribution and Movement of Selected Elements in Poland Using Pine Needle Analysis	215-231	(skim)
Long-Term Ecological Monitoring in the National Parks of Poland	232-246	(skim)
Agricultural Impacts	247-248	(skim)
Ecological Guidelines for Management of Rural Areas in Poland	249-264	(skim)
Ecological Problems Associated with Agricultural Development: Some Examples in the United States	265-280	(skim)
Impacts of Aquatic Ecosystems	281-282	(skim)
Assessment of Trophic Impact on the Lake Environment in Poland: A Proposal and Case Study	283-296	(skim)
Aquatic Research and Water Quality Trends in the United States	297-314	(skim)
River Water Quality Assessment and Management in Poland	315-330	(skim)
Environmental Management Case Studies	331-332	(skim)
Environmental Policy in Eastern Europe	333-341	(skim)
Acid Deposition: A Case Study of Scientific Uncertainty and International Decision Making	342-354	(skim)
Diagnosis of Environmental Protection Problems in Poland	355-373	(skim)
Energy Use and Environmental Consequences in Poland	374-386	(skim)
Recommendations	387-388	(skim)
Recommendations for a Science-Based Program of Ecological Risk Assessment and Environmental Protection	389-396	(skim)
Appendices	397-398	(skim)
Appendix 1: List of Participants	399-403	(skim)
Appendix 2: Summary Memoranda	404-407	(skim)
Appendix 3: Cooperative Projects Suggested at 1987 Workshop	408-412	(skim)
Appendix 4: Cooperative Projects Suggested at 1988 Workshop	413-416	(skim)

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