Environmental Security and Ecoterrorism

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Environmental Security and Its Meaning for the State

   • Allan W. Shearer, P. H. Liotta

   Pages 1-13

3. Eco-Terrorism/Enviro-Terrorism: Background, Prospects, Countermeasures

   • Simon M. Berkowicz

   Pages 15-29

4. Ecoterrorism: An Ecological-Economic Convergence

   • Ganna Kharlamova

   Pages 31-37

5. Food Defence and Security: The New Reality

   • Alexandra Veiga

   Pages 39-54

6. Theoretical Issues of Food Chain Security and Case Studies in the Czech Army

   • Ales Komar, Jiri Dvorak

   Pages 55-71

7. Impact of Pesticides as Organic Micro-Pollutants on the Environment and Risks for Mankind

   • Faruk Bozoglu

   Pages 73-82

8. Environmental Lead Contamination as Eco-Terrorism and a Threat to Ecosystems and Public Health

   • Alexander Omelchenko

   Pages 83-99

9. Emergence of the Science and Technology of Electroactivated Aqueous Solutions: Applications for Environmental and Food Safety

   • Elena N. Gnatko, Vasilij I. Kravets, Elena V. Leschenko, Alexander Omelchenko

   Pages 101-116

10. Environmental and Human Health Issues of Silver Nanoparticles Applications

    • Renat R. Khaydarov, Rashid A. Khaydarov, Svetlana Evgrafova, Stefanie Wagner, Seung Y. Cho

    Pages 117-127

11. Environmental Security of Solid Wastes in the Western Donbas Coal Mining Region, Ukraine

    • Mykola M. Kharytonov, Anna A. Kroik

    Pages 129-137

12. Urban Air Quality Management and Emergency Response

    • Volodymyr I. Nochvai, Angelina V. Shavrina, Oleksandr A. Veles

    Pages 139-145

13. Processing of Hyperspectral Imagery for Contamination Detection in Urban Areas

    • Mikhail A. Popov, Sergey A. Stankevich, Ludmila P. Lischenko, Vladimir V. Lukin, Nikolay N. Ponomarenko

    Pages 147-156

14. Ukraine and Romania: Transboundary Environmental Security and Ecology of Shared Water Resources

    • Igor Winkler

    Pages 157-169

15. Destruction of the Biosphere as the Result of Negative Influences of Different Factors on Living Organisms and the Environment

    • Irina Ermakova

    Pages 171-179

16. Back Matter

    Pages 181-187

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In recent years, the concept of environmental security has been adapted to include preparedness for acts of ecoterrorism. This latter term has now become synonymous with environmental terrorism where the perpetrator uses the environment as a weapon to harm an opponent. The intended outcome is usually large-scale deaths, severe damage to the environment, and instilling fear in the general population. This book explores various facets of ecoterrorism including the role of the state in pursuing and maintaining environmental security, a review of the concept of ecoterrorism, food security challenges and weaknesses, technological countermeasures to enable rapid detection or response, and existing pollution sources and hazards that may serve as targets for terrorist acts. In sum, this volume provides a useful overview for both the layperson and experienced researchers.

• Ecoterrorism research
• Environmental Security
• Environmental terrorism

• Food Engineering Dept., Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey

  Hami Alpas

• , Institute of Earth Sciences, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel

  Simon M. Berkowicz

• , Inst. of Higher Nervous Activity of RAS, Inst. of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation

  Irina Ermakova

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