Assessment of environmental hot spots in Iraq/ (Record no. 158519)
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| fixed length control field | 00365nam a2200133Ia 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9280726501 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Transcribing agency | CUS |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 333.709567 |
| Item number | UNI/A |
| 245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Assessment of environmental hot spots in Iraq/ |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | United Nations Environment Programme |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Nairobi : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | UNEP, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2005. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 164p. : |
| Other physical details | ill., map, tables. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | 2. The environmental site assessment project 22<br/>2.1 Objectives and scope ................ ............................ 22<br/>2.2 National partners ................................................ 22<br/>2.3 Project management .............................................. 23<br/>2.4 Security ................................. ..................... 24<br/>3. Country context 26<br/>3.1 Introduction ................................................ 26<br/>3.2 Geography, demographics and land use .... . . .................... 26<br/>3.3 Water resources .............................................. . 28<br/>3.4 Environmental and population vulnerability .......................... 29<br/>3.5 Industrial development background ................. ........... .... . 30<br/>3.6 Hazardous waste background ....... .......... .................. 33<br/>3.7 Conflict damage to Iraqi industry ..... , . ., .. ......... ....... .34<br/>3.8 The current state of Iraqi industr"-nd indt&MAYtel'i ... .... , ........ 35<br/>3.9 Future use of industrial sites ...................................... . 37<br/>4. ESA capacity building activities 38<br/>4.1 Introduction ................................ ................ . 38<br/>4.2 Training ................ ...................................... 38<br/>4.3 Equipm ent ................................... . 39<br/>4.4 Information technology and document-based tools .. . 40<br/>4.5 Lessons learned from capacity building ........... .. 41<br/>5. Site identification and screening 42<br/>5.1 Introduction .................................................... 42<br/>5.2 Priority industries and activities ...................................... 43<br/>5.3 Sites selected for priority assessment ................................. 50<br/>6. Site assessment activities 54<br/>6.1 Introduction ................................................... 54<br/>6.2 Desk studies and mapping ........................................ 54<br/>6.3 Fieldwork ..................................................... 55<br/>6.4 Chemical analyses .............................................. 57<br/>6.5 Interpretation .................................................. 58<br/>6.6 Development of recommendations .................................. 61<br/>6.7 Reporting ....................................................... 61<br/>7. Al Qadissiya results and recommendations 62<br/>7.1 Site introduction ............................................... 62<br/>7.2 Chemicals and toxicology ....................................... . 66<br/>7.3 Site assessm ent activities ........................... ............. .. 68<br/>7.4 Hazardous wastes............................................. 68<br/>7.5 Land and water contamination ........................... ...... . 70<br/>7.6 Risk assessment .............................................. 70<br/>7.7 Findings ..................................... .................. 72<br/>7.8 Recommendations ............................................ 72<br/>8. Al Suwaira results and recommendations 74<br/>8.1 Site introduction................................... .... ......... 74<br/>8.2 Site assessment activities ............................. ... ........ .. 77<br/>8.3 Chemicals and toxicology .......................................... 77<br/>8.4 Hazardous wastes................... ........................... 79<br/>8.5 Land and water contamination .................................. 81<br/>8.6 Risk assessment ................................................ 81<br/>8.7 Findings ..................................................... 82<br/>8.8 Recommendations .............................................. 82<br/>9. Khan Dhari results and recommendations 84<br/>9.1 Site introduction ..................................... .......... . 84<br/>9.2 Site assessment activities .......................................... 86<br/>9.3 Chem icals and toxicology .......................................... 86<br/>9.4 Hazardous wastes ................ ............................... 88<br/>9.5 Land and water contamination ...................................... 90<br/>9.6 Risk assessment .................................................. 90<br/>9.7 Findings ........................................................ 92<br/>9.8 Recommendations ................. .............................. 92<br/>10. Al Mishraq results and recommendations 94<br/>10.1 Site introduction................................................. 95<br/>10.2 Mining geology and hydrology ............................ ........ 98<br/>10.3 2003 sulphur fire ............................................... 98<br/>10.4 Site assessment activities ........................................ 104<br/>10.5 Site chemicals and toxicology ...................................... 104<br/>10.6 Hazardous wastes and soil contamination .......................... 105<br/>10.7 Land degradation ............................................ 106<br/>10.8 Surface Water contamination ................................ . 106<br/>10.9 Groundwater contamination ......................... ........... . 107<br/>10.10 Risk assessment .................................... .......... 108<br/>10.11 Findings ...................................................... 110<br/>10.12 Recommendations ............................................. 111<br/>11. Ouireej results and recommendations 112<br/>11.1 Site introduction............................................ .112<br/>11.2 The military scrap industry in Iraq .................................. 114<br/>11.3 Site assessm ent activities .......................................... 116<br/>11.4 Hazardous wastes................ ............................. 117<br/>11.5 Unexploded ordnance ................................ ......... .. 117<br/>11.6 Land and water contamination ................................... 118<br/>11.7 Risk assessment .................................. .. .......... 119<br/>11.8 Findings ..................................... ................. 120<br/>11.9 Recommendations ............................................ 120<br/>12. General findings and recommendations 122<br/>12.1 Site introduction ................................................ 122<br/>12.2 Priority site identification ................................. ..... . 123<br/>12.3 Priority site corrective action. ...................................... 124<br/>12.4 Capacity building ............................... ..... ........... 125<br/>12.5 H azardous waste facilities ....................................... . 126<br/>12.6 Military industrial sites .......................................... 128<br/>12.7 Oil industry sites .............................................. 129<br/>12.8 Mining sites ................ ................................. 130<br/>12.9 Munitions disposal sites ......................................... 131<br/>12.10 Military scrap yards ............................................ 131<br/>12.11 National strategy, policy and legislation ............................. 132<br/> |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT | |
| Keyword | Environmental impact assessment. |
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| Keyword | Land degradation. |
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| Keyword | Hazardous wastes. |
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| Keyword | Environmental health. |
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| Keyword | Risk assessment. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | General Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Full call number | Accession number | Date last seen | Date last checked out | Koha item type |
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| Central Library, Sikkim University | Central Library, Sikkim University | General Book Section | 29/08/2016 | 333.709567 UNI/A | P13348 | 12/07/2018 | 12/07/2018 | General Books |