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Urban Pollution - Science and Management (Hardcover)
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Urban Pollution - Science and Management (Hardcover)
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Multidisciplinary treatment of the urgent issues surrounding urban
pollution worldwide Written by some of the top experts on the
subject in the world, this book presents the diverse, complex and
current themes of the urban pollution debate across the built
environment, urban development and management continuum. It
uniquely combines the science of urban pollution with associated
policy that seeks to control it, and includes a comprehensive
collection of international case studies showing the status of the
problem worldwide. Urban Pollution: Science and Management is a
multifaceted collection of chapters that address the contemporary
concomitant issues of increasing urban living and associated issues
with contamination by offering solutions specifically for the built
environment. It covers: the impacts of urban pollution; historical
urban pollution; evolution of air quality policy and management in
urban areas; ground gases in urban environments; bioaccessibility
of trace elements in urban environments; urban wastewater
collection, treatment, and disposal; living green roofs; light
pollution; river ecology; greywater recycling and reuse;
containment of pollution from urban waste disposal sites;
bioremediation in urban pollution mitigation; air quality
monitoring; urban pollution in China and India; urban planning in
sub-Saharan Africa and more. Deals with both the science and the
relevant policy and management issues Examines the main sources of
urban pollution Covers both first-world and developing world urban
pollution issues Integrates the latest scientific research with
practical case studies Deals with both legacy and emerging
pollutants and their effects The integration of physical and
environmental sciences, combined with social, economic and
political sciences and the use of case studies makes Urban
Pollution: Science and Management an incredibly useful resource for
policy experts, scientists, engineers and those interested in the
subject.
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