Ewa Wilk

Environmental Management and Socioeconomic Challenges of Removing Asbestos-Cement Roofs

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Environmental Management and Socioeconomic Challenges of Removing Asbestos-Cement Roofs addresses the urgent problems regarding asbestos-cement roof removal due to the carcinogenic impacts on human health.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 152
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 399g
• ISBN-13: 9781041022480
• ISBN-10: 1041022484
• Artikelnr.: 74444009

Autorenporträt

Ewa Wilk is a Research Scientist (adjunct) at the University of Warsaw, Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies, Department of Geoinformatics, Cartography and Remote Sensing.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Author Biography
1. Introduction.
2. From Ancient Magic Mineral to Modern Global Health Hazard.
3. Understanding Global Asbestos through Resources and Production.
4. Towards Operational Detection of Asbestos-Cement Roofs.
5. Estimating the Quantity of Asbestos-Cement Roofs at National Level:
Methods and Challenges.
6. Key Determinants of Asbestos-Cement Roof Prevalence.
7. Storage of Hazardous Waste Containing Asbestos.
8. The Challenge of Asbestos Legacy.
9. Strategies for Asbestos Abatement: From Regulatory Frameworks to
Practical Implementation
10. Summary and Conclusions