Air pollution impacts on crops and forests [[electronic resource] ] : a global assessment / / editors, Lisa Emberson, Mike Ashmore, Frank Murray

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910782124903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, : Imperial College Press; River Edge, NJ, : Distributed by World Scientific Pub. Co., c2003
• ISBN: 1-281-86588-5; 9786611865887; 1-84816-127-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (387 p.)
• Collana: Air pollution reviews ; ; vol. 4
• Altri autori (Persone): EmbersonLisa; AshmoreM. R (Mike R.); MurrayFrank <1950->
• Disciplina: 632/.1
• Soggetti: Crops - Effect of air pollution on; Trees - Effect of air pollution on; Crops - Wounds and injuries; Trees - Wounds and injuries; Crop losses; Trees - Losses; Air quality management
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: CONTENTS; Contributors; Preface; Air Pollution Impacts on Crops and Forests; Chapter 1 Air Pollution Impacts on Crops and Forests: An Introduction; Air Pollution Impacts on Vegetation in Industrialised Countries; Chapter 2 Air Pollution Impacts in North America; Chapter 3 Air Pollution Impacts on Vegetation in Europe Chapter 4 Air Pollution Impacts on Vegetation in Japan; Chapter 5 Air Pollution Impacts on Vegetation in Australia; Air Pollution Impacts on Vegetation in Developing Countries; Chapter 6 Air Pollution Impacts on Vegetation in China Chapter 7 Air Pollution Impacts on Vegetation in Taiwan; Chapter 8 Air Pollution ; Impacts on Vegetation in India; Chapter 9 Air Pollution Impacts on Vegetation in Pakistan; Chapter 10 Air Pollution and Vegetation in Egypt: A Review; Chapter 11 Air Pollution Impacts on Vegetation in South Africa Chapter 12 Air Pollution Impacts on Vegetation in Mexico; Chapter 13 Disturbances to the Atlantic Rainforest in Southeast Brazil; Chapter 14 Assessing the Extent of Air Pollution Impacts in Developing Countries Region; Chapter 15 Social and Economic Policy Implications of Air Pollution Impacts on Vegetation in Developing Countries Subject Index; Plant Species Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Air pollution is a problem affecting every part of our planet however, its global effects are poorly understood. This book provides the first truly global assessment of the scale of impacts of air pollution on crops and forests. The core of the book comprises assessments of the problem by experts from 12 different countries on every continent - describing the evidence of air pollution effects on crop yields and forest vitality with regard to environmental policies. These analyses are placed in the context of a global assessment of the scale of current and future air pollution levels, as well