Air pollution : sources, impacts and controls /

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Imprint:	Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK ; Boston, MA : CAB International, [2019]
Description:	1 online resource (vii, 224 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps
Language:	English
Subject:	Air -- Pollution. Air quality management. Air -- Pollution -- Health aspects. Air -- Pollution. Air -- Pollution -- Health aspects. Air quality management.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12399177

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Other authors / contributors:	Saxena, Pallavi, editor. Nāīka, Vaiśālī, editor.
ISBN:	1786393905 9781786393913 1786393913 9781786393906 9781786393890 1786393891 9781787857230 1787857239
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 08, 2020).
Summary:	This book with 12 chapters aims to provide a broad overview of the issues surrounding air pollution and how to control and monitor pollution levels. Beginning with a brief background on the subject, the book moves on to discuss global emissions, with an emphasis on megacities and their effects. Possible pollution control measures and methods of air pollution measurement and modelling are also explored. The book ends with descriptions of the various indices used for assessing air quality with a focus on human health impacts, and a discussion on policy making to control air pollution. The book will be useful to students of environmental science and atmospheric science, as well as environmental consultants and researchers interested in air quality
Other form:	Print version: Air pollution. Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK ; Boston, MA : CAB International, [2019] 9781786393890

Table of Contents:

Anthropogenic sources of air pollution / Chinmay Mallik, Max Planck
Biogenic sources of air pollution: / Harpreet Kaur and Ruchi Kumari
Transport of air pollutants / Naveen Chandra and Vineet Goswami
Methods for measurement of air pollutants / S. Tiwari and N. Mishra
Air pollution modelling apects, an overview / Monojit Chakraborty, Sangeeta Bansal, Renu Masiwal, Amit Awasthi
Indices used for assessment of air quality / Prashant Rajput, Gyanesh Kumar Singh and Tarun Gupta
Impact of air pollution on the environment and economy / Saurabh Sonwani and Vandana Maurya
Effects of air pollution on human health / Priyanka Kulshrestha
Air pollution in mega cities / Arti Choudhary, Manisha Gaur and Anuradha Shukla
Cost effective technologies used to curb air pollution / Ravi Singh1and Saumya Singh
Chemical and isotopic characterization of atmospheric contaminants / Vineet Goswami and Naveen Chandra
Air pollution control by policies and laws / Ruchi Singh and Amit Kumar

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