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Persistent Organic Pollutants: Contaminated Site Investigation and Management Toolkit
… AUTHORS Loretta Y. Li, Professor Department of Civil Engineering University of British Columbia, Canada E-mail: … of increasing human dependence on organic chemicals. The chemical burdens, partly highlighted by persistent organic … (POPs) and other products and by-products of the emergent "chemical society," have become potent sources of …
Environmental Guidance Note for Disaster Risk Reduction - Healthy Ecosystems for Human Security
… or maintain, and often more effective than physical engineering structures, such as dykes, levees, or concrete walls. The limited effectiveness of some physical engineering approaches has been dramatically demonstrated by … and cause severe economic damage; - pollution, from chemical waste and agricultural inputs, has severely degraded …
Safe Havens: Protected Areas for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation
… The potential of wetlands in reducing storm surge. Ocean Engineering, 37(1), 59-68. 15 Abstract Climate change could … Landívar. Martínez Rojas, O. E. (2006). Physical and chemical water quality of the Chiquimulilla Channel in … Water quality of river system Deviation of physical and chemical parameters from national standard range values. …