Global approaches to environmental management on military training ranges. ([2020])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Tracey J. Temple and Melissa K. Ladyman.
• Editors: Temple, Tracey J; Ladyman, Melissa K
• Other Names: Institute of Physics (Great Britain), publisher.
• Contents: Introduction : a global approach to environmental management on military training ranges -- 1. Scientific principles of environmental management -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Contextualising military training environments -- 1.3. Behaviour of explosives in the environment -- 1.4. Predicting environmental behaviour of explosives -- 1.5. Conclusion 2. Characterization of soils on military training ranges -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Background -- 2.3. Steps in the multi-increment sampling process -- 2.4. Error and error reduction -- 2.5. Sampling -- 2.6. Sampling on snow and ice--a special case -- 2.7. Sample processing and analysis 3. Hydrologeological characterization of military training ranges and production of maps for land management -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Production of maps for land management of range training areas 4. Analysis of explosives in the environment -- 4.1. Sample preparation -- 4.2. Detection and chemical analysis of explosives -- 4.3. Conclusion 5. Environmental management of military ranges with the support of a life-cycle assessment approach -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. Life-cycle assessment methodology -- 5.3. Life-cycle assessment of the use of ammunition in military ranges -- 5.4. Discussion of the application of life-cycle assessment methodology to manage military ranges 6. Hazard assessment of exposure to ammunition-related constituents and combustion products -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. Approaches to performing experiments, analyses and evaluations -- 6.3. Hazard assessment and evaluation -- 6.4. Recommendations and way forward 7. Review of remediation technologies for energetics contamination in the US -- 7.1. Introduction -- 7.2. Background -- 7.3. Remedial technologies for energetic materials and co-contaminants -- 7.4. Conclusions and further work 8. Characterization and monitoring of energetic compounds on training ranges : case studies in Alaska, United States -- 8.1. Introduction -- 8.2. Studied ranges -- 8.3. Methods -- 8.4. Results and discussion -- 8.5. Conclusion 9. Heavy metal contamination on small arms shooting ranges -- 9.1. Introduction -- 9.2. Methods for contaminated site management -- 9.3. Pollutant management techniques -- 9.4. Case study shooting range, Flumserberg, Switzerland -- 9.5. Discussion and conclusion 10. Metal and energetics survey of the Borris shooting range, Denmark -- 10.1. Introduction -- 10.2. History of Borris shooting range -- 10.3. Conducting the survey -- 10.4. Compounds -- 10.5. Sampling -- 10.6. Results -- 10.7. Assessment -- 10.8. Conclusion 11. Mitigation of the environmental footprint of a munition -- 11.1. Introduction -- 11.2. Development of field demilitarization methods in Canada and the USA for the destruction of the excess artillery gun propellant -- 11.3. Introduction -- 11.4. The development of reactive membranes for absorption of heavy metals and energetic materials -- 11.5. Investigations on the efficiency of remedial methods for energetic materials : dithionite and lime -- 11.6. Conclusions 12. Environmental assessment at a Brazilian Army site -- 12.1. Introduction -- 12.2. Case study -- 12.3. Conclusions 13. Bushfire management (Australia) -- 13.1. Background -- 13.2. Outline of the Defence Estate -- 13.3. Defence bushfire management policy -- 13.4. Case study Marrangaroo/State Mine Fire 2013 -- 13.5. Service delivery model for bushfire management -- 13.6. Bushfire Management Yampi Sound Training Area -- 13.7. Conclusion 14. Greener or insensitive munitions : selecting the best option -- 14.1. Introduction -- 14.2. Matrix selection criteria -- 14.3. Insensitive munitions -- 14.4. Environmental properties -- 14.5. Costs -- 14.6. Technical feasibility -- 14.7. Performance -- 14.8. Final selection -- 14.9. Conclusions.
• Publisher Details: Bristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK) : IOP Publishing
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
• Subjects: 363.73/1; Armed Forces -- Environmental aspects; Bombing and gunnery ranges -- Environmental aspects; Military training camps -- Environmental aspects; Environmental management; SCIENCE / Environmental Science; Armed Forces -- Environmental aspects; Bombing and gunnery ranges -- Environmental aspects; Military training camps -- Environmental aspects; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780750316057; 0750316055; 9780750316040; 0750316047
• Related ISBNs: 9780750316033; 0750316039; 9780750319386; 0750319380
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Title from PDF title page (viewed on January 6, 2020).
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