Atmospheric pollution and environmental change /
Sarah Metcalfe and Dick Derwent.
- London : New York : Hodder Arnold ; Distributed in the U.S. by Oxford University Press, 2005.
- xi, 196 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
- Key issues in environmental change .
CONTENT
Chapter Background 1.0 Introduction 1.1 The atmosphere and its composition 1.2 Atmospheric lifetimes 1.3 Transformation and loss 1.4 Diffusion and dispersal 1.5 Pollutants and their sources etc
Chapter 3 The global atmosphere 3.0 Introduction 3.1 The global greenhouse 3.2 The atmospheric composition and the climate system 3.3 Atmospheric ozone 3.4 Atmospheric and climate change
Chapter 4 Regional scale pollution 4.0 Introduction 4.1 Acid deposition 4.2 Heavy metals 4.3 Tropospheric ozone 4.4 Regional, global or local
Chapter 5 Urban air quality 5.0 Introduction 5.1 Global urbanization 5.2 Health effects of air pollution 5.3 The changing face of urban air pollution 5.4 Case studies 5.5 Episodes etc.
Chapter 6 Modelling atmospheric pollution and environmental change 6.0 Introduction 6.1 Urban air quality 6.2 Regional air quality 6.3 Global air quality
Chapter 7 Pollution regulation 7.0 Introduction 7.1 The United Kingdom and western Europe 7.2 Eastern Europe 7.3 North America 7.4 Global action 7.5 Economic instruments
Chapter 8 Successes, surprises and outstanding issues 8.0 Introduction 8.1 Successes 8.2 Surprises in atmospheric pollution 8.3 Matters of scale 8.4 Outstanding issues 8.5 Do we have the tools to meet the challenges
Includes bibliographical references (177-188 p.) and index: P 189 - 196
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Air--Pollution. Global environmental change. Pollution. Polluants atmospheric Changement global (Environnement) Pollution--Aspect and environnement.