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Environmental Risk Assessment and Management: Promoting Security in the Middle East and the Mediterranean Region

Report of the Working Group on Environmental Risk Assessment and Management

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Environmental Security and Environmental Management: The Role of Risk Assessment

Part of the book series: NATO Security through Science Series ((NASTC,volume 5))

Members included: Ganoulis, J. (chair, Greece), Haruvy, N. (co-chair, Israel), Goucharova, N. (Ukraine), Zaidi, M. (USA), Lukashevich, A. (Belarus), Grebenkov, S. (Belarus), Green, M. (Israel), Tsiikerman, A. (Israel), Levner, E. (Israel), Girgin, S. (Turkey), Lipchin, O. (Israel), Simpson, L. (USA).

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Ganoulis, J., Simpson, L. (2006). Environmental Risk Assessment and Management: Promoting Security in the Middle East and the Mediterranean Region. In: Morel, B., Linkov, I. (eds) Environmental Security and Environmental Management: The Role of Risk Assessment. NATO Security through Science Series, vol 5. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3893-3_16

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