Understanding our environment : an introduction to environmental chemistry and pollution / edited by Roy M. Harrison.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Harrison, Roy M., 1948-

Royal Society of Chemistry (Great Britain)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pollution.

Environmental chemistry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (468 pages)

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, U.K. : Royal Society of Chemistry, c1999.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

As an introductory text aimed at those having little background knowledge of the field and requiring only a modest background in science, Understanding our Environment is unparalleled.This third edition enhances the standing of the title by developing a more international approach. Bridging all the important environmental media such as the atmosphere, fresh waters, oceans and solid earth, it also emphasises the inter-linkages between these media. The major human and environmental impacts of pollution are summarised, and case studies are included as illustrations of the measures needed for cont

Contents:

Introduction / Roy M. Harrison

The atmosphere / A.G. Clarke and A.S. Tomlin

Freshwaters / John G. Farmer and Margaret C. Graham

The oceanic environment / Stephen J. de Mora

Land contamination and reclamation / B.J. Alloway

Environmental cycling of pollutants / Roy M. Harrison

Environmental monitoring strategies / C. Nicholas Hewitt and Robert Allott

Ecological and health effects of chemical pollution / S. Smith

Managing environmental quality / Andrew Skinner.

Notes:

Previous ed.: 1992.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781847552235

1847552234

9781591249290

1591249295

OCLC:

843642388