Environment in Poland: Issues and Solutions - Softcover

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One The Legacy of the Past.- Europe after World War II.- Western Europe.- Central and Eastern Europe.- Environmental pollution in Poland.- Atmospheric pollution.- Water pollution.- Waste management.- Environmental pollution in Upper Silesia.- Other environmentally threatened regions.- Consequences of environmental devastation.- Nature conservation.- Two sustainable development of the polish economy.- At the crossroads.- Sustainable development of the principal economic sectors.- Restructuring of industry.- Reforming the branch structure.- Changes within industrial branches.- Reform of the energy supply system.- Fuels.- Electrical power.- Heat energy.- Energy consumption.- Energy policy for 1990-2010 in Poland.- Eco-agriculture.- Polish agriculture at present.- Intensive farming in Western Europe.- Ecological farming.- The chances for eco-agriculture in Poland.- Improving the transport system.- Urban transport systems.- Long-distance transport.- Three Conservation of nature in the strategy of sustainable development.- Introductory remarks.- Conservation of nature.- The state of Poland's natural environment.- Nature conservation programme.- Protection of individual plant and animal species.- Ecosystem protection.- Forest management.- The 'Green Lungs' of Poland.- Soil conservation.- Preserving the wealth of nature - the basis for sustainable development.- Protection of mineral resources.- Resource exploitation at present.- Programme components.- Air quality protection.- Carbon dioxide.- Methane.- Freons and halons.- Sulphur dioxide.- Nitrogen oxides.- Particulates.- Noise abatement.- Water conservation.- Water supply.- Water pollution and its causes.- Guidelines for water management reform.- Waste management.- The concept of waste.- Municipal waste.- Industrial waste.- Hazardous waste.- Protection from radiation.- Ionizing radiation.- Non-ionizing radiation.- Four Instruments of Sustainable Development Policy.- Reform of environmental law.- Current law.- New package of environmental laws.- Law enforcement.- The State Inspectorate of Environmental Protection.- The inspection system.- The monitoring system.- Economic mechanisms.- The current system for collecting environmental protection funds.- Anticipated changes in the system of economic incentives.- Co-operation with other nations.- Assistance from economically developed countries.- Co-operation with neighbouring countries.- Regional and international co-operation.- Environmental education.- Formal education.- Activities of non-governmental organizations.- The role of science.- Poland at the Brink of the Twenty-First Century.- Appendix: Poland - selected statistical data.

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