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Record Nr.

UNINA9910153115403321

Autore

Masters Gilbert M.

Titolo

Introduction to environmental engineering and science / / Gilbert M. Masters, Wendell P. Ela

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Harlow, England : , : Pearson Education Limited, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

1-292-03817-9

Edizione

[Third edition, Pearson New International edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (i, 700 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

628

Soggetti

Environmental engineering

Environmental sciences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Always learning"

"Pearson Custom Library"

Previous edition: 1998.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Mass and Energy Transfer -- 2. Environmental Chemistry -- 3. Mathematics of Growth -- 4. Risk Assessment -- 5. Water Pollution -- 6. Water Quality Control -- 7. Air Pollution -- 8. Global Atmospheric Change -- 9. Solid Waste Management and Resource Recovery.

Sommario/riassunto

Appropriate for undergraduate engineering and science courses in Environmental Engineering.   Balanced coverage of all the major categories of environmental pollution, with coverage of current topics such as climate change and ozone depletion, risk assessment, indoor air quality, source-reduction and recycling, and groundwater contamination.