Abstract
In the East and West alike, the transfer of former military bases to civilian hands creates challenges for those responsible for redevelopment. The former Warsaw Pact countries and former Soviet Union Republics countries have great difficulties solving the environmental problems that these lands present. The negative effect of military activities on the environment is far from uniform in different military areas. These differences have been determined mainly by the kind of military activity conducted in a particular area, as well as by the individual characteristics of the local natural environment. This report reviews our experience in research on the impact of military activities on the environments of both former and working military sites; environmental risk prevention and control; the Lithuanian experience in environmental management and evaluation of military lands; and ways to address environmental risk reduction, reuse, and renovation of damaged military territories.
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Ignatavičius, G. (2004). Environmental Risk Prevention and Environment Management in Lithuanian Military Lands. In: Linkov, I., Ramadan, A.B. (eds) Comparative Risk Assessment and Environmental Decision Making. Nato Science Series: IV: Earth and Environmental Sciences, vol 38. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-2243-3_29
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