The state of the environment
by
Hinnawi, Essam E.
Title
:
The state of the environment
Author
:
Hinnawi, Essam E.
ISBN
:
9781483102726
Personal Author
:
Hinnawi, Essam E.
Publication Information
:
London ; Boston : Butterworths, 1987.
Physical Description
:
1 online resource (x, 182 pages) : illustrations
Contents
:
Front Cover; The State of the Environment; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. Air quality and atmospheric issues; Air quality; Indoor air pollution; Changes in atmospheric ozone and its environmental impact; The impact of carbon dioxide and other trace gases on climate; Acidic deposition; References; Chapter 3. Land, water and food production; Land and soil loss; Water quality; Agriculture and food production; Post-harvest food losses and residues; References; Chapter 4. Energy and transport; Energy production and consumption
Nuclear powerThe fuelwood problem; Energy conservation; Transport and environment; References; Chapter 5. Chemicals and hazardous waste; Pesticides; Heavy metals; Intermediate chemical compounds; Hazardous waste; References; Chapter 6. Environmental health; Malaria; Schistosomiasis; Cancer; Chapter 7. Military activity; Nuclear war; The arms race versus development; References; Chapter 8. Social and economic issues; Population and the environment; Environment and the economic dialogue; Environmental economics; Public perception and attitude; National responses; References; Index
Abstract
:
The State of the Environment is the annual report of the United Nations that contains the current state of the environment and the biosphere as well as certain important environmental issues. The monograph also discusses social and economic issues and their implication to the environment. The book covers environmental concerns - air and atmospheric issues such as indoor air pollution, changes in atmospheric ozone, and the effects of carbon dioxide and other trace gases in the atmosphere; issues related to land and water such as land and soil loss, water quality, and food production; and power-
Corporate Subject
:
United Nations Environment Programme.
Programme des Nations Unies pour l'environnement. (CaOONL)ncf10147457
United Nations Environment Programme. (OCoLC)fst00540086
Global Environment Monitoring System.
Subject Term
:
Environmental protection.
Pollution.
Environmental policy.
Environnement -- Protection.
Pollution -- Aspect de l'environnement.
Environnement -- Politique gouvernementale.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General.
Environmental policy. (OCoLC)fst00913250
Environmental protection. (OCoLC)fst00913324
Pollution. (OCoLC)fst01070069
Milieukunde.
AIR QUALITY.
AIR POLLUTION.
ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING.
POLLUTION CONTROL.
OZONE LAYER.
CLIMATE CHANGE.
TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS.
WATER QUALITY.
FOOD PRODUCTION.
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION.
POST-HARVEST LOSSES.
ENERGY CONSUMPTION.
NUCLEAR POWER.
ENERGY CONSERVATION.
NOISE POLLUTION.
TOXIC WASTE MANAGEMENT.
PESTICIDES.
HEAVY METALS.
TOXIC SUBSTANCES.
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH.
MALARIA.
SCHISTOSOMIASIS.
CANCER.
MILITARY ACTIVITY.
NUCLEAR WAR.
ARMS RACE.
POPULATION.
ENVIRONMENT.
ECONOMIC ASPECTS.
ROAD TRANSPORT.
Environnement.
PNUE = Programme des Nations unies pour l'environnement.
Umweltpolitik (DE-588)4078523-3
Umweltverschmutzung (DE-588)4186812-2
Umwelt. (DE-601)091395887 (DE-STW)15759-6
Umweltschutz. (DE-601)091396123 (DE-STW)15770-4
Genre
:
Electronic books.
Added Author
:
Hashmi, Manzur-ul-Haque.
Added Corporate Author
:
United Nations Environment Programme.
Electronic Access
:
| Shelf Number | Item Barcode | Shelf Location | Shelf Location | Holding Information |
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| GF41 | 1177075-1001 | Elsevier E-Book Collections | Elsevier E-Book Collections | |