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1 online resource. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Issues in Environmental Science and Technology ; 28
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Issues in environmental science and technology ; 28.
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| Contents |
Urban Air Pollution Climates throughout the World / Ole Hertel and Michael Evan Goodsite -- Influences of Meteorology on Air Pollution Concentrations and Processes in Urban Areas / Jennifer A. Salmond and I.G. McKendry -- Atmospheric Chemical Processes of Importance in Cities / William Bloss -- Air Pollution in Underground Railway Systems / Imre Salma -- Human Exposure: Indoor and Outdoor / Sotiris Vardoulakis -- Health Effects of Urban Pollution / Robert L. Maynard -- Policy Response to Improving Urban Air Quality / Martin Williams. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and subject index. |
| Summary |
Comprehensive coverage of urban air pollution from sources through atmospheric processes, to human exposure and effects on health and the policy response. Urban air quality is a topic which remains high on the scientific and political agenda. Concentrations of most air pollutants are higher in urban areas than in the surrounding rural regions, and given the high population densities, it is within urban areas that the majority of the population receive their air pollutant exposure. Despite the continued implementation of abatement measures, concentrations of air pollutants within urban areas frequently exceed health-based guidelines and stricter measures to restrict emissions are required. This comprehensive volume, written by authoritative authors, deals with the basic science of urban air pollution in relation to the sources and concentrations, and the atmospheric chemical and physical processes which determine those concentrations and lead to the formation of secondary pollutants by chemical reactions in the atmosphere. The health effects of urban air pollution are described as is the policy response designed to mitigate the problems. Some of the highest air pollutant exposures occur within underground railway systems and this topic is considered explicitly in its own chapter. With comprehensive coverage from sources through atmospheric processes, to human exposure and effects on health and the policy response, this topical work will be of interest to scientists and policy makers within this field as well advanced students. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Air quality.
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Air quality. |
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Air -- Pollution.
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Air -- Pollution. |
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Urban ecology (Sociology)
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Urban ecology (Sociology) |
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Electronic books.
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| ISBN |
9781847559654 (electronic book) |
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1847559654 (electronic book) |
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9781847559074 |
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1847559077 |
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