| Author(s) | Susanne M. Charlesworth, Colin A. Booth |
 | Year | 2019 |
 | Pages | 445 |
 | Language | English |
 | Format | PDF |
 | Size
| 14 MB
|
 | Publisher | Wiley-Blackwell |
 | ISBN | 1119260485, 978-1119260486, B07JMFPW59 |
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.
