This is the first volume of the five-volume book series Engineering Tools for Environmental Risk Management, dealing with the following topics:
types and management of environmental deterioration, particularly pollution;
environmental toxicology as a versatile tool in monitoring and risk management;
risk assessment of chemical substances and contaminated land;
risk reduction measures, focusing on bio- and ecotechnologies;
case studies demonstrating the interaction between regulation, management and engineering and the individual application of engineering tools.

Chemical substances, physical agents and built structures exhibit various types of hazard due to their inherent toxic, mutagenic, carcinogenic, reprotoxic and sensitizing character or damaging to the immune and hormone system. The first steps in managing an environment contaminated by chemical substances are characterization of hazards and quantification of their risks. Chemical models using only analytical data are still the most widely used applications for assessing potential adverse effects and the fate and behavior of chemicals in the environment. Chemical models rely on the...

This is the third volume of the five-volume book series Engineering Tools for Environmental Risk Management . The book series deals with the following topics:

Environmental deterioration and pollution, management of environmental problems
Environmental toxicology a tool for managing chemical substances and contaminated environment
Assessment and monitoring tools, risk assessment
Risk reduction measures and technologies
Case studies for demonstration of the application of engineering tools

The authors aim to describe interactions and options in risk...