Urban Pollution

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Science and Management

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Urban Pollution delves into the complexities of air, water, and soil contamination in metropolitan areas. It explores the origins of pollutants, their impacts on human health and ecosystems, and the challenges of mitigating such pollution. The book also looks into future trends and solutions to create healthier urban environments.
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You might enjoy this book if you're interested in understanding the complex interactions between urban environments and pollution. It delves into the science behind pollution sources, health impacts, and potential solutions, making it a thought-provoking read for anyone passionate about environmental science and sustainable urban development.

Urban Pollution

Description

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.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781119260486

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 21 December 2018

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell

Contributors:

Edited by Colin A. Booth
Edited by Susanne M. Charlesworth

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 25.0mm

Width: 170.0mm

Height: 252.0mm

Weight: 1134g

Pages: 464

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About the Author

SUSANNE M. CHARLESWORTH is a Professor of Urban Physical Geography in the Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience at Coventry University, United Kingdom.

COLIN A. BOOTH is Associate Head of Research and Scholarship for the School of Architecture and the Built Environment at the University of the West of England, Bristol, United Kingdom.