World atlas of atmospheric pollution
Provides a revealing global overview of air pollution and its startling impact through graphical and visual representation of data
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| Sprache: | English |
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Anthem Press
2007
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Inhaltsangabe:
- 1.1 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