1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910784567003321

Autore

Vallero Daniel A

Titolo

Environmental contaminants : assessment and control / / Daniel A. Vallero

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; London, : Elsevier Academic Press, c2004

ISBN

1-280-96151-1

9786610961511

0-08-047035-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxxix, 801 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

628.5

Soggetti

Environmental protection

Environmental risk assessment

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Front matter; Part I: An Environmental Policy Primer; Part II: Fundamentals of Environmental Science and Engineering; Part III: Contaminant Risk; Part IV: Interventions to Address Environmental Contamination; Glossary of Environmental Sciences and Engineering Terminology; APPENDIX 1: Information Needed to Prepare Environmental Impact Statements; APPENDIX 2: Safe Drinking Water Act Contaminants and Maximum Contaminant Levels; APPENDIX 3: Toxic Compounds Listed in the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments; APPENDIX 4: Physical Constants; APPENDIX 5: Universal Constants; APPENDIX 6: Constants Frequently Applied in the Physical Sciences APPENDIX 7: Periodic Table of Elements; APPENDIX 8: Minimum Risk Levels for Chemicals; APPENDIX 9: Physical Contaminants; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book serves as a tool for environmental professionals to produce technically sound and reproducible scientific evidence. It identifies ways to clean up environmental problems in air, water, soil, sediment and living systems. Ethical issues, environmental management, and professionalism, and environmental economic problems are illustrated to assist the reader in understanding and applying quantitative analysis of environmental problems.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910779567503321

Autore

Groat Linda N

Titolo

Architectural research methods / / Linda N. Groat and David Wang

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, : Wiley, 2013

Hoboken, New Jersey : , : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., , 2013

ISBN

1-118-41547-7

1-299-46498-X

1-118-41851-4

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 468 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Gale eBooks

Disciplina

720.072

Soggetti

Architecture - Research

Architecture - Study and teaching

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. The domain of architectural research -- pt. 2. Seven research strategies.

Sommario/riassunto

A practical guide to research for architects and designers-now updated and expanded!  From searching for the best glass to prevent glare to determining how clients might react to the color choice for restaurant walls, research is a crucial tool that architects must master in order to effectively address the technical, aesthetic, and behavioral issues that arise in their work. This book's unique coverage of research methods is specifically targeted to help professional designers and researchers better conduct and understand research. Part I explores basic research issues and co