ABSTRACT

Many countries experience lack of harmony among economic development, environmental management and human health. As a consequence, public health, the integrity of ecosystems, and the efforts to reach environmental sustainability, have been adversely affected. The complexity, frequency and magnitude of those impacts is increasingly parallel to the t

part |2 pages

Communicating environmental risks and the decision making process

chapter 1|10 pages

Environmental and human health risk management: An overview

ByMattheus F. A. Goosen, Eddie N. Laboy-Nieves, Evens Emmanuel

chapter 2|16 pages

Communicating environmental risks in developing countries

ByKarlo Malavé-Llamas and María del C. Cotto-Maldonado

chapter 3|12 pages

Environmental management in Brazil: Reducing organizational risks

ByEliciane Maria da Silva and Charbel José Chiappetta Jabbour

part |2 pages

Management of surface and groundwater resources

chapter 8|14 pages

Stormwater management practices: The case of Port-au-Prince, Haiti

ByFarah A. Dorval, Bernard Chocat, Evens Emmanuel and Gislain

chapter 9|16 pages

Impact of surface runoff on the aquifers of Port-au-Prince, Haiti

ByUrbain Fifi, Thierry Winiarski, Evens Emmanuel

part |2 pages

Conservation of Land, Air, Water and Cultural Assets

chapter 11|14 pages

Atmospheric aerosols: A case study from the Caribbean Region

ByAntonio E. Carro-Anzalotta, Lisbeth San Miguel-Rivera

chapter 13|16 pages

Degradation of PCBs and spilled oil by bioenhancing agents

ByEileen C. Villafañe-Deyack, Eddie N. Laboy-Nieves