Environmental and Human Health : Risk Management in Developing Countries (Hardcover)

Contents Communicating environmental risks and the decision making process 1. Environmental and human health risk management: An overview 2. Communicating environmental risks in developing countries 3. Environmental management in Brazil: reducing organizational risks 4. Tsunami hazards: A case study of risk management in the Caribbean Region 5. Cost-benefit analysis to enhance the risk management decision making process 6. Adjusted Genuine Savings and Human Development Index: A two dimensional indicator for sustainability Management of surface and groundwater resources 7. Management, public opinion and research on Costa Rica’s surface and groundwater resources 8. Stormwater management practices: The case of Port-au-Prince, Haiti 9. Impact of surface runoff on the aquifers of Port-au-Prince, Haiti Conservation of Land, Air, Water and Cultural Assets 10. Ethnoecological restoration of deforested and agricultural tropical lands for Mesoamerica 11. Atmospheric aerosols: A case study from the Caribbean Region 12. The potential of Thillandsia sp. to monitor PAHs from automobile sources in Puerto Rico 13. Degradation of PCBs and spilled oil by bioenhancing agents 14. Cryptosporidium oocyst transmission in the aquatic environment of Haiti 201 Risk Management and Wastewater Reuse 15. Health-related aspects of wastewater reuse in urban truck farming: A case study of Yaounde, Cameroon 16. Application of low-cost sorbents to remove chromium from industrial wastewater discharges 17. Viability of the upflow anaerobic sludge process for risk management of wastewater treatment