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The environment is considered the surroundings in which an organism operates, including air, water, land, natural resources, flora, fauna, humans and their interrelation. It is this environment which is both so valuable, on the one hand, and so endangered on the other. And it is people which are by and large ruining the environment both for themselves and for all other organisms. This book presents important new research spanning a broad spectrum of topics relevant to this field.

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Table of Contents:
Preface

Chapter 1. Environmental Governance and Policy Making in Developing Countries; pp. 1-40
By Chung-Chiang Chen (Graduate Inst. of Environmental Management, Nan Hua Univ.)

Chapter 2. Wetland Issues; pp. 41-57
By Jeffrey A. Zinn and Claudia Copeland

Chapter 3. Calfed Bay-Delta Program: Overview of Institutional and Water Use I; pp. 59-75
By Pervaze A. Sheikh and Betsy A. Cody

Chapter 4. The Aquatic Resources Trust Fund; pp. 77-82
By Eugene H. Buck

Chapter 5. National Park System: Establishing New Unit; pp. 83-89
By Carol Hardy Vincent

Chapter 6. Decision Support for Systematic Screening for Childhood Lead Poisoning around Industrial Sites; pp. 91-109
By Philippe Glorennec (National Sch. of Public Health, France)

Chapter 7. Implementing Environmental Management Systems to Protect Water Quality from Animal Waste Nutrients; pp. 111-122
By Terence J. Centner, Carrie Lynn Presley Fowler, L. Mark Risse, and Michael E. Wetzstein, et al (Coll. of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, The Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA)

Chapter 8. Emerging Nonbacterial Pathogens Call for New Approaches and Techniques for Monitoring Drinking Waters; pp. 123-146
By Malamatenia Arvanitidou (Lab. of Hygiene, Med. Sch., Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece), Ilias Tirodimos (Lab. of Hygiene, Med. Sch., Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece), and Dimitra Vagiona (Div. of Hydraulics and Environmental Engineering, Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece)

Chapter 9. Modulation of Sulfur Dioxide Derivatives on Ion Channels in Acutely Isolated Rat Neurons and Cardiomyocytes; pp. 147-170
By Ziqiang Meng and Aifang Nie (Inst. of Environmental Medicine and Toxicology, Shanxi Univ., Taiyuan, P. R. China)

Chapter 10. United States Fire Administration: An Overview; pp. 171-177
By Lennard G. Kruger

Chapter 11. Natural Resources: Selected Issues for the 109th Congress; pp. 179-201
By Nicole Carter and Carol Hardy Vincent

Index