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Elsevier Environmental and Pollution Science by Mark L. Brusseau, Ian L. Pepper, Charles Gerba
Environmental and Pollution Science, Third Edition, continues its tradition on providing readers with the scientific basis to understand, manage, mitigate, and prevent pollution across the environment, be it air, land, or water. Pollution originates from a wide variety of sources, both natural and man-made, and occurs in a wide variety of forms including, biological, chemical, particulate or even energy, making a multivariate approach to assessment and mitigation essential for success. This third edition has been updated and revised to include topics that are critical to addressing pollution issues, from human-health impacts to environmental justice to developing sustainable solutions. Environmental and Pollution Science, Third Edition is designed to give readers the tools to be able to understand and implement multi-disciplinary approaches to help solve current and future environmental pollution problems.
Table of contents :
PART 1 Fundamental Concepts
1. The Extent of Global Pollution
2. Physical-Chemical Characteristics of Soils and the Subsurface
3. Physical-Chemical Characteristics of Waters
4. Physical-Chemical Characteristics of the Atmosphere
5. Microbial Characteristics of the Environment
6. Ecosystems and Ecosystem Services
7. Physical Processes Affecting Contaminant Transport and Fate
8. Chemical Processes Affecting Contaminant Transport and Fate
9. Biological Processes Affecting Contaminant Transport and Fate PART 2 Environmental Pollution
10. The Role of Environmental Monitoring in Pollution Science
11. Physical Contaminants
12. Chemical Contaminants
13. Microbial Contaminants
14. Soil and Land Pollution
15. Subsurface Pollution
16. Surface Water Pollution
17. Atmospheric Pollution
18. Urban and Household Pollution PART 3 Remediation, Restoration, Treatment, and Reuse
19. Soil and Groundwater Remediation 20. Ecosystem Restoration and Land Reclamation
21. Industrial and Municipal Solid Waste Treatment and Disposal
22. Municipal Wastewater Treatment
23. Land Application of Biosolids and Animal Wastes
24. Drinking Water Treatment and Water Security PART 4 Global Systems and the Human Dimensions to Environmental Pollution
25. Pollution and Environmental Perturbations in the Global System
26. Environmental Human Health
27. Medical Geology and the Soil Health: Human Health Nexus
28. Environmental Toxicology
29. Risk Assessment
30. Environmental Laws and Regulations 31. Environmental Justice
32. Sustainable Development and Other Solutions to Pollution and Global Change 33. Epilogue: Is the Future of Pollution History?