Landmines And Unexploded Ordnance: A Resource BookWritten by a Nobel Peace Prize co-laureate who is one of the leading voices in the anti-landmines campaign, this timely book is a comprehensive, practical guide to landmines and unexploded ordnance. |
Contents
An Introduction to Landmines | 1 |
Landmines and Unexploded Ordnance | 29 |
Risk considerations | 76 |
The basics chickens and eggs | 83 |
How to conduct a Level One impact assessment | 94 |
How to implement a Level Two survey | 110 |
Comparative values of Level One assessments and Level | 133 |
Electronic search | 141 |
Dogs | 150 |
Accidents being prepared | 163 |
Responding to the Needs of Mineaffected | 190 |
Appendix Resource Information | 219 |
Organisations and companies working in minerelated fields | 225 |
Endnotes | 234 |
Glossary | 241 |
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