Biological and Environmental Hazards, Risks, and Disasters, Second Edition provides an integrated look at major impacts to the Earth’s biosphere caused by diseases, algal blooms, insects, animals, species extinction, deforestation, land degradation, and comet and asteroid strikes, with important implications for humans.
This second edition from Elsevier’s Hazards and Disasters Series incorporates perspectives from the natural and social sciences to offer in-depth coverage of threats from microscopic organisms to celestial objects and their potential impacts. Contributions from expert biological, health, ecological, environmental, wildlife, physical, and health scientists, readers will gain valuable insights on damages, causality, economic impacts, preparedness, and mitigation.
1. Chapter 1 Introduction - p. 1 2. Chapter 2 Harmful algal blooms - p. 9 3. Chapter 3 Grasshopper infestations and the risks they pose to western North America range and crop lands, North of Mexico - p. 55 4. Chapter 4 Senegalese grasshopper—a major pest of the Sahel - p. 77 5. Chapter 5 Locusts: An introduction - p. 97 6. Chapter 6 The Australian plague locust—risk and response - p. 109 7. Chapter 7 The Central American locust: risk and prevention - p. 129 8. Chapter 8 Animal hazards—their nature and distribution - p. 155 9. Chapter 9 Loss of biodiversity: concerns and threats∗ - p. 183 10. Chapter 10 Threats to the sacred groves of Kerala - p. 191 11. Chapter 11 Multidrug resistance: a threat to antibiotic era - p. 197 12. Chapter 12 Chronic environmental diseases: burdens, causes, and response - p. 223 13. Chapter 13 Bleaching of the world's coral reefs - p. 251 14. Chapter 14 Deforestation - p. 273 15. Chapter 15 Deforestation in Nepal: status, causes, consequences, and responses - p. 277 16. Chapter 16 Deforestation in Southeast Asia - p. 319 17. Chapter 17 Mangroves as coastal rainforests: imminent threats, hazards, and changing status of ecosystem services - p. 335 18. Chapter 18 Land degradation and environmental change - p. 359 19. Chapter 19 Desertification - p. 369 20. Chapter 20 Land degradation in rangeland ecosystems - p. 395 21. Chapter 21 The Aral Sea disaster: revisiting the past to plan a better future - p. 435 22. Chapter 22 Ecological impacts of climate change - p. 449 23. Chapter 23 Understanding the risks of ionizing radiation exposure: a case of dichotomy between science and policy - p. 481 24. Chapter 24 Meteor impact hazard - p. 499 25. Index - p. 525 26. Index - Continued - p. 541
Biological and Environmental Hazards, Risks, and Disasters, Second Edition provides an integrated look at major impacts to the Earth’s biosphere caused by diseases, algal blooms, insects, animals, species extinction, deforestation, land degradation, and comet and asteroid strikes, with important implications for humans.
This second edition from Elsevier’s Hazards and Disasters Series incorporates perspectives from the natural and social sciences to offer in-depth coverage of threats from microscopic organisms to celestial objects and their potential impacts. Contributions from expert biological, health, ecological, environmental, wildlife, physical, and health scientists, readers will gain valuable insights on damages, causality, economic impacts, preparedness, and mitigation.
1. Chapter 1 Introduction - p. 1 2. Chapter 2 Harmful algal blooms - p. 9 3. Chapter 3 Grasshopper infestations and the risks they pose to western North America range and crop lands, North of Mexico - p. 55 4. Chapter 4 Senegalese grasshopper—a major pest of the Sahel - p. 77 5. Chapter 5 Locusts: An introduction - p. 97 6. Chapter 6 The Australian plague locust—risk and response - p. 109 7. Chapter 7 The Central American locust: risk and prevention - p. 129 8. Chapter 8 Animal hazards—their nature and distribution - p. 155 9. Chapter 9 Loss of biodiversity: concerns and threats∗ - p. 183 10. Chapter 10 Threats to the sacred groves of Kerala - p. 191 11. Chapter 11 Multidrug resistance: a threat to antibiotic era - p. 197 12. Chapter 12 Chronic environmental diseases: burdens, causes, and response - p. 223 13. Chapter 13 Bleaching of the world's coral reefs - p. 251 14. Chapter 14 Deforestation - p. 273 15. Chapter 15 Deforestation in Nepal: status, causes, consequences, and responses - p. 277 16. Chapter 16 Deforestation in Southeast Asia - p. 319 17. Chapter 17 Mangroves as coastal rainforests: imminent threats, hazards, and changing status of ecosystem services - p. 335 18. Chapter 18 Land degradation and environmental change - p. 359 19. Chapter 19 Desertification - p. 369 20. Chapter 20 Land degradation in rangeland ecosystems - p. 395 21. Chapter 21 The Aral Sea disaster: revisiting the past to plan a better future - p. 435 22. Chapter 22 Ecological impacts of climate change - p. 449 23. Chapter 23 Understanding the risks of ionizing radiation exposure: a case of dichotomy between science and policy - p. 481 24. Chapter 24 Meteor impact hazard - p. 499 25. Index - p. 525 26. Index - Continued - p. 541
