to Environmental Security Challenges.- to environmental security.- Environmental Security: Priority Issues and Challenges in Romania and European Transition Countries.- Strategies and Methods/Approaches.- Developing highly effective environmental security policies for a sustainable development of the future. Case study: Romania.- DSS-ERAMANIA: A decision support system for site-specific ecological risk assessment of contaminated sites.- Enhancement of environmental security by mathematical modelling and simulations of processes.- Application of computer modeling for the analysis and prediction of contaminant behavior in groundwater systems.- Integrated management strategy for environmental risk reduction at postindustrial areas.- Industrial ecology in transition countries: historical precedent and and future prospects.- Potential of strategic environmental assessment as an instrument for sustainable development of the countries in transition.- The integrated indicator of sustainable development and policy tools.- Socioeconomic and communication tools to enhance environmental security: a case study in Egypt.- Sensors and communications in environment monitoring systems.- Teaching and research in environmental microbiology/ biotechnology to enhance environmental security in transition and other countries.- Lessons Learned as Illustrated via Research and Case Studies.- Lessons learned from the north: balancing economic development, cultural preservation, and environmental protection.- A process for focusing cleanup actions at contaminated sites: lessons learned from remote northern sites in Canada.- Decoupling environmental problems from the overall aspects of political disputes: Is it possible? The case of the PM2.5 project.- Watersheds management (Transylvania/Romania):implications, risks, solutions.- Water supply emergency for Lake Sevan.- Sediment biobarriers for chlorinated aliphatic hydrocarbons in groundwater reaching surface water (SEDBARCAH Project).- Bulgarian nuclear plants' strategy and environmental security on the Balkans.- Role of renewable energy sources in enhancement of environmental and energy security of Belarus.- Evaluation of radiation risk: cytogenetic and molecular markers of low-dose radiation effects.- Bioindication approach for an assessment of technogenic impact on the environment.- Management of agricultural buildings to protect animal health and ensure building maintenance.- Issues Related to Metals in the Environment.- Which human and terrestrial ecological receptors are most at risk from smelter emissions?.- Integration of metal bioavailability in risk assessment policy decision making.- Atmospheric heavy metal deposition in Romania and neighboring countries: comparative evaluation on the basis of all European moss monitoring.- Pollutant uptake on agricultural land: practical modeling.- Plant-microbe symbiosis for bioremediation of heavy metal contaminated soil: perspectives for Belarus.- Summary Chapter.- Environmental security in transition countries: knowledge gaps, hurdles, and effective strategies to address them.
