Introduction
Hänninen, Otto (2015)
Hänninen, Otto
Editori
Armon, Robert H.
Hänninen, Otto
Springer
2015
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe201502111573
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe201502111573
Tiivistelmä
Environmental indicators are simple events that let us know what is happening in different surrounding environments. Because of its complexity, environmental measurement should be performed using a less expensive and cumbersome approach involving a large variety of indicators. For example, to measure the presence of a pathogen in potable water in order to ensure the safety of a water supply, a large battery of expensive materials and methods are required that in some cases are useless and in others practically and economically almost impossible to accomplish! In most cases, those pathogens are found in low numbers, therefore requiring a concentration step, which will increase the economic burden (especially since thousands of such tests are required annually) to the extent of leading to economic bankruptcy! On the other hand, for health people, what is the epidemiological significance of one viral/bacterial particle in 1,000 L? Consequently, the indicator system makes our lives easier and is a matter of choice, both economically and scientifically...
This book presents many such indicators covering a large area of environmental issues that affect the human population globally. It is our pleasure to bring to the attentive environmentalist reader a large panel of indicators that are in use, or whose potential as such is proposed, to achieve a more livable and cleaner planet.
This book presents many such indicators covering a large area of environmental issues that affect the human population globally. It is our pleasure to bring to the attentive environmentalist reader a large panel of indicators that are in use, or whose potential as such is proposed, to achieve a more livable and cleaner planet.
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