Air Pollution in the Ural Mountains: Environmental, Health and Policy Aspects

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Front Matter....Pages 1-2
Particulate Air Pollution....Pages 3-8
Mining and Environment in the Urals during the 18 TH and 19 TH Centuries....Pages 9-20
Front Matter....Pages 21-22
Analysis of the Environmental Situation in the Ural Economic Region....Pages 23-29
Pollution Stress of Siberian Forests....Pages 31-54
Dry Deposition of Particles from the Atmosphere....Pages 55-73
Russian Regulatory Diffusion Models: Status, Results of Validation and International Intercomparisons....Pages 75-80
Numerical Simulation Models for Airborne Heavy Metals in Europe: A Review....Pages 81-97
Measurements and Models for Trace Element Input and Time Distribution Recorded in Forest Soil and Bog Ecosystems....Pages 99-114
The Use of Portable Instrumentation for Assessing Environmental Contamination in the Urals Region of Russia....Pages 115-126
Use of Small Mammals for Monitoring Heavy Metal Contamination in the Environment....Pages 127-133
Influence of Air Pollutants in the 7 Be Size Distribution of Atmospheric Aerosols....Pages 135-140
Environmental Conditions in the Areas Exposed to Emission from the Gas Processing Industry in South Ural....Pages 141-143
Study of the Environmental Contamination in the Major Industrial Areas of the Urals with Focus on Remediation of Human Health Problems....Pages 145-150
Front Matter....Pages 151-152
Assessment and Comparative Analysis of Health Risks Caused by Air Pollution in Cities of Russia....Pages 153-180
Lead Contamination of Russian Cities: Assessment of Risk to Children’s Health....Pages 181-193
Evaluation of Existing Environmental Information Systems in Russia Applicable for Human Health Effects Assessment....Pages 195-217
Existing Health Information Systems in the Russian Federation and their Use in the Assessment of Environmental Health Effects....Pages 219-229
Assessing Chronic Health Risks from Stationary Source Air Emissions in Volgograd, Russia....Pages 231-237
Public Health Trends in a Transitional Russian City (1959–1994)....Pages 239-240
Contemporary Problems of Ecopathology and Evaluation of Health Risk in Management of Environmental Quality in the Ural Region....Pages 241-250
Front Matter....Pages 151-152
Evaluation of Ecological Pathology for the Tasks of Monitoring and Nature Protection Management....Pages 251-259
Ecopathology of Mercury Pollution....Pages 261-262
Perspectives on United States Methods of Human and Environmental Risk Assessment....Pages 263-275
Prioritizing Environmental Activities in Nizhnii Tagil Based on the Assessment of Human Health Risks Due to Air Contamination....Pages 277-282
Health Effects Associated with Air Pollution in the Ural Mountains....Pages 283-288
Front Matter....Pages 289-290
The Role of Economic Valuation in Decision Making About Air Pollution....Pages 291-305
Optimal Control Applied to Air Pollution....Pages 307-314
Uncertainty Assessment of Biogenic Emissions Estimates and Its Impact on Ozone Attainment Control Strategy Selection....Pages 315-339
Air Pollution Space-Time Analysis....Pages 341-349
Automated Information System for Decision Making Support Designed to Reduce Environmental Consequences of Industrial Accidents....Pages 351-353
Hazard Ranking for Industrial Areas....Pages 355-356
Assessment of Sources of Heavy Metals and SO x Emissions in the Southern Ural Mountains and Recommendations for Emissions Abatement....Pages 357-359
Front Matter....Pages 361-361
The Contamination and Recovery of Natural Ecosystems by Smelting and Mining Activities at Sudbury, Ontario....Pages 363-373
Retrospective Analysis of the Environment and Community Associated with the O’Donnell Roast Bed, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada....Pages 375-381
Heavy Metal Atmospheric Deposition around an Iron Smelter Complex Studied by the Moss Biomonitoring Technique....Pages 383-389
Exposure to Lead and Its Effect on Childrens’ Health in Belovo (Metallurgical Plant)....Pages 391-404
Air Pollution in Poland....Pages 405-406
Atmospheric Pollution in Greece....Pages 407-411
Air Pollution Around the World....Pages 413-416
Front Matter....Pages 417-417
Problems of Radioactive Contamination in the Urals....Pages 419-422
Front Matter....Pages 417-417
Radioactive Contamination of the Techa River....Pages 423-428
Significance of Long Range Atmospheric Transport for Heavy Metal and Radionuclide Contamination of the Terrestrial Environment....Pages 429-434
Epidemiologic Studies on the Health Effects of Ionizing Radiation....Pages 435-439
Radioactive and Trace Elements in the Ural Mountains....Pages 441-444
Back Matter....Pages 445-455