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020 _z9781843312895 (hardback)
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_beng
_erda
_cUkCbUP
050 0 0 _aG1021.N852
_bW6 2007
082 0 0 _a363.739/20223
_222
245 0 0 _aWorld atlas of atmospheric pollution /
_cedited by Ranjeet S. Sokhi.
264 1 _aLondon :
_bAnthem Press,
_c2007.
300 _a1 online resource (1 atlas (xxii, 120 pages)) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 31 May 2016).
505 0 _a1.1 Europe and the near east: early history and legislation -- 1.2 Early ideas about air and its pollution -- 1.3 Urban histories of air pollution -- 1.4 Air pollution disasters and episodes -- 1.5 Environmental damage by acid rain -- 1.6 Global air pollution issues -- 1.7 Final thoughts -- 2.1 Growing interest in the air quality of major cities -- 2.2 Increasing population in urban areas: rise of mega-cities -- 2.3 Sources and emissions of air pollution in urban areas -- 2.4 Air quality in cities -- 2.5 Changes in air quality in urban areas -- 2.6 Indoor air pollution -- 2.7 Control of air pollution in cities -- 3.1 Regional air pollution transport -- 3.2 Hemispheric air pollution transport -- 3.3 Methods for analysing long-range transport of air pollution -- 4.1 Basic concepts of climate change -- 4.2 Global emission sources and sinks -- 4.3 Climate consequences and environmental effects of the greenhouse gases and aerosols -- 4.4 Scenarios of atmospheric emissions for climate change predictions -- 4.5 Projection of global climate change, its impacts and atmospheric composition -- 5.1 Stratospheric ozone, its abundance and variability -- 5.2 Chemicals that destroy ozone -- 5.3 The antarctic ozone hole -- 5.4 Arctic and global ozone -- 5.5 Volcanic eruptions and stratospheric ozone -- 5.6 Where are we going with stratospheric ozone? -- 6.1 Direct effects of air pollution on plants -- 6.2 Impacts of sulphur and nitrogen deposition -- 6.3 Global perspectives of air pollution impacts on vegetation -- 6.4 Health effects of air pollution -- 7.1 Population and economic development -- 7.2 Projections of energy consumption -- 7.3 Emission control measures -- 7.4 Emission projections -- 7.5 Projections of future air quality -- 7.6 Projections of air quality impacts -- 7.7 Conclusions.
520 _aProvides a revealing global overview of air pollution and its startling impact through graphical and visual representation of data.
650 0 _aAir
_xPollution.
650 0 _aAir quality management.
700 1 _aSokhi, Ranjeet S.,
_eeditor.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9781843312895
856 4 0 _uhttp://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/9780857288448/type/BOOK
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