- presents a history of radioecology, from World War II through to the critical years of the Cold War
- reviews, synthesizes and discusses the implications of the ecological research supported by the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) of the United States government, from World War II to the early 1970s.
- will be of great interest to students and scholars of radioecology, environmental pollution, environmental technology, bioscience and environmental history.
Patrick C. Kangas is a systems ecologist with interests in the structure and function of novel ecosystems. From 1990 until his retirement in 2021, he was an Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental Science and Technology at the University of Maryland. He has conducted research in Puerto Rico, Brazil, and Belize and has published more than 100 papers, book chapters and contract reports on a variety of environmental subjects. He is the editor of Ecological Engineering: Principles and Practice (2004).
Title: A History of Radioecology (Routledge Explorations in Environmental Studies)
Author: Kangas, Patrick C.
ISBN: 9781032257655
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Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Publication Date: 2022-12-26
Number of Pages: 228
Weight: 0.3501 kg