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Viva Books Environmental Science and Management 2nd Ed. by Abhijit Mallick
This book is specially designed for B.E./B.Tech. students of all branches of engineering and technology. The book is highly informative on different aspects of the environment. Efforts have been made to explain the fundamental concepts in a simple but comprehensive manner so that students can use this book as a reference. In the edition some topics like ecology noise pollution etc. have been revised thoroughly with the addition of some new topics. The book has fifteen chapters covering the following topics Ecology Biodiversity Atmosphere Greenhouse effect Noise pollution Solid waste management Ozone Air pollution Air pollution control Water pollution Metal and nuclear pollution Population and growth Sustainable development Environmental management system Hardness of water A set of MCQs has been added at the end of each chapter. The unique strength of this book is the scientific approach with a mathematical model as far as practicable. Mathematical problems and model questions including MCQs short- and long-answer type questions are given in Appendix-II as an exercise for students.