Urban pest management : an environmental perspective / edited by Partho Dhang.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dhang, Partho.

C.A.B. International.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Insect pests--Control--Environmental aspects.

Insect pests.

Urban pests--Control--Environmental aspects.

Urban pests.

Urban pests--Control.

Insect pests--Control.

Agriculture.

Local Subjects:

Insect pests--Control--Environmental aspects.

Insect pests--Control.

Insect pests.

Urban pests--Control--Environmental aspects.

Urban pests--Control.

Urban pests.

Agriculture.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxi, 258 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Wallingford, Oxfordshire ; Cambridge, MA : CABI, [2011]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Urban pest management has recently faced dramatic change: advances in research and formulation technology now shape the products available and how they are applied. Bringing together ideas from both academic and private enterprises, this book covers methods of pest control, their impacts on human health and the environment, and strategies for integrated management that limit the use of harmful chemicals, providing a practical resource for researchers and policy makers in pest management, urban health, medical entomology and environmental science.

Contents:

Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Insecticides as Urban Pollutants; 2 Emerging Urban Pests and Vector-borne Diseases in Brazil; 3 Mosquitoes: a Consequential Pest; 4 Environmentally Sound Bed Bug Management Solutions; 5 Digital Governance in Urban Entomology: an Innovative Approach; 6 Community Integrated Pest Management with Special Reference to School Environments; 7 Providing Integrated Pest Management to Multi-dwelling Low-income Housing; 8 Liquid Termiticides: their Role in Subterranean Termite Management; 9 Sustainable Termite Management Using an Integrated Pest Management Approach; 10 A Stand-alone Termite Management Technology in Australia; 11 Encapsulation: an Effective Environmentally Friendly Technology for Delivery of Insecticides and Repellents; 12 Pheromones: a Resourceful Tool in Modern Urban Pest Management; 13 Insect Baits and Baiting: Novel Technology for Managing Urban Pests with Less Insecticide; 14 Present and Future Approaches to Urban Pest Management: a Global Pesticide Regulatory Perspective; 15 Effective Regulation in the Practice of Structural Pest Management; Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Urban pest management.

ISBN:

9781845939090

1845939093

OCLC:

758335885

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.