Hazardous wastes, industrial disasters, and environmental health risks

By Francis O. Adeola

Subjects: Hazardous wastes, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disasters & Disaster Relief, Risk assessment, Hazardous Waste, Environmental Health, Industrial accidents, Environmental health, Radioactive Hazard Release, Biohazard Release, Chemical Hazard Release, Risk Assessment, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Social aspects, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General

Description: "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. 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 underdeveloped world"--