ECOLOGICAL PROBLEMS AND POSTWAR RECUPERATION: A PRELIMINARY SURVEY FROM THE CIVIL DEFENSE VIEWPOINT

Abstract

This document calls attention to the need for assessing and solving ecological problems in the post-attack environment as an integral part of Civil Defense. Basic ecological principles involving food chain relationships, climax growth, biological and environmental relationship, and land management are considered. The large-scale damage due to fire, drought, flood and other things has already presented the world with problems of reconstruction and reconstitution of biotic communities which are similar to those envisioneed in the post-attack environment. The only qualitatively new element in the post- attack situation will be the effects of radiation. The available information on this subject is summarized and the need for extensive further research is pointed out.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1961
Accession Number
AD0606326

Entities

People

  • H. H. Mitchell

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Animals
  • Cells
  • Civil Defense
  • Dose Rate
  • Environment
  • Fish
  • Food Chains
  • Forests
  • Gamma Rays
  • Habitats
  • Medical Personnel
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Plants
  • Rodents
  • Vegetables
  • Wildlife

Readers

  • Economics
  • Nuclear Civil Defense.
  • Theoretical Analysis.