Description
| Product ID: | 9781137517760 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Hazardous Wastes, Industrial Disasters, and Environmental Health Risks |
| Subtitle: | Local and Global Environmental Struggles |
| Authors: | Author: Francis O. Adeola |
| Page Count: | 235 |
| Subjects: | Social groups, communities and identities, Social groups, Sociology, Politics and government, Environmental factors, The environment, Sociology, Politics & government, Environmental factors, The environment |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating The sociology of hazardous waste, risk, and disasters is a relatively new discipline. This book focuses on hazardous and toxic wastes releases, industrial toxic disasters, contamination of communities and the environment, and the subsequent adverse health effects among exposed populations The sociology of hazardous waste, risk, and disasters is a relatively new discipline with an increasing volume of empirical research by scholars. Francis O. Adeola focuses this book on hazardous and toxic wastes releases, industrial toxic disasters, contamination of communities and the environment, and the subsequent adverse health effects among exposed populations. He explains the emerging sociological study of risk, natural, and technological disasters, and he reviews the accumulated body of knowledge in the field up-to-date. Now in paperback, this groundbreaking work integrates sociological perspectives with perspectives from other disciplines in the discussion of the problems posed by technological hazards both in advanced industrialized societies and in developing countries. |
| Imprint Name: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Publisher Name: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2015-06-30 |
