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Record Nr.

UNINA9910317583803321

Autore

Lopez Badilla Gustavo

Titolo

Air Quality : New Perspective / / edited by Michael Schorr, Benjamin Valdez, and Gustavo Lopez

Pubbl/distr/stampa

IntechOpen, 2012

London, England : , : IntechOpen, , 2012

ISBN

953-51-5307-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (340 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

363.7392

Soggetti

Air quality

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

This book contains 15 chapters reporting air pollution of interest to experts in academia and industrial plants dealing with the environmental issues. These chapters emphasize the problems of air pollution involving the human sector as an essential part in the control of air pollutants. The book contains an analysis of various geographic regions and evaluation of different activities related to these areas. Descriptive analyzes present the generation of air pollution and its effect on society and materials evaluations. The major sources of emission of pollutants and the damage that they originate in the towns and industrial plants are reported. This volume provides methods and tools for assessment according to each location. Other important aspects are the activities of governmental authorities, the academic and sectors for solving the environment problem.