Air pollution and health in rapidly developing countries / / edited by Gordon McGranahan and Frank Murray |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; Sterling, Va. : , : Earthscan, , 2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (256 p.) |
Disciplina | 363.739/2/091724 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
McGranahanGordon
MurrayFrank <1950-> |
Soggetto topico |
Air - Pollution - Health aspects - Developing countries
Environmental health |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-84977-046-8
1-280-47593-5 1-85383-985-X 1-136-57184-1 9786610475933 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Air Pollution and Health in Rapidly Developing Countries""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""List of Figures""; ""List of Tables""; ""List of Contributors""; ""Preface""; ""List of Acronyms and Abbreviations""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Introduction: Air Pollution and Health in Developing Countries � The Context""; ""Objectives""; ""Air Pollution in its Historical Context""; ""Types and Sources of Air Pollution""; ""Policies and Development of Standards""; ""Summary of the Contents""; ""1 Health-damaging Air Pollution: A Matter of Scale""; ""Introduction""; ""Risk Transition""
""Environmental Pathway Analysis""""Exposure Assessment""; ""Major Cross-scale Effects""; ""Concluding Remarks""; ""2 Air Pollution and Health � Studies in the Americas and Europe""; ""Introduction""; ""Health Effects of Ozone (O3)""; ""Health Effects of Particulate Matter (PM)""; ""Health Effects of Diesel Engine Exhaust""; ""Discussion and Conclusions""; ""3 Air Pollution and Health in Developing Countries: A Review of Epidemiological Evidence""; ""Introduction""; ""Global Concentration Patterns of Outdoor Air Pollution""; ""Health Effects of Particulate Matter and Sulphur Dioxide (SO2)"" ""Health Effects of Ozone""""Health Effects of Nitrogen Dioxide""; ""Health Effects of Carbon Monoxide""; ""Health Effects of Lead""; ""Conclusions""; ""4 Local Ambient Air Quality Management""; ""Introduction""; ""Use of WHO Guidelines for Air Quality in Local Air Quality Management""; ""Enforcement of Air Quality Standards: Clean Air Implementation Plans""; ""Urban Air Quality Management in Europe""; ""5 Rapid Assessment of Air Pollution and Health: Making Optimal Use of Data for Policy- and Decision-making""; ""Introduction""; ""Rapid Epidemiological Assessment"" ""Individual Level Assessment Methods""""Group Level Assessment Methods""; ""Risk Assessment""; ""Collection of Individual and Aggregate Level Data""; ""Conclusions""; ""6 A Systematic Approach to Air Quality Management: Examples from the URBAIR Cities""; ""Urban Air Quality Management and the URBAIR Project""; ""Physical Assessment""; ""Cost�benefit Analysis of Selected Measures""; ""Action Plans""; ""Policy Instruments and Plans for Air Quality Improvement in URBAIR Cities""; ""Example: The Guangzhou Action Plan for Improved Air Quality""; ""Conclusions""; ""7 Indoor Air Pollution"" ""Introduction""""Concentrations and Exposures""; ""Health Effects""; ""Health Impacts""; ""Knowledge Gaps and Necessary Research""; ""Interventions""; ""Conclusions""; ""8 Vehicle Emissions and Health in Developing Countries""; ""Background and Introduction""; ""Vehicle Population Trends and Characteristics""; ""Adverse Health Effects Resulting from Vehicle Emissions""; ""Strategies to Reduce Vehicle Emissions""; ""Conclusions""; ""9 Air Quality in Hong Kong and the Impact of Pollution on Health 1988�1997""; ""Background""; ""Methods""; ""Findings""; ""Discussion""; ""Conclusions"" ""10 Air Pollution and its Impacts on Health in Santiago, Chile"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455790603321 |
London ; ; Sterling, Va. : , : Earthscan, , 2003 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Air pollution and health in rapidly developing countries / / edited by Gordon McGranahan and Frank Murray |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; Sterling, Va. : , : Earthscan, , 2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (256 p.) |
Disciplina | 363.739/2/091724 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
McGranahanGordon
MurrayFrank <1950-> |
Soggetto topico |
Air - Pollution - Health aspects - Developing countries
Environmental health |
ISBN |
1-136-57183-3
1-84977-046-8 1-280-47593-5 1-85383-985-X 1-136-57184-1 9786610475933 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Air Pollution and Health in Rapidly Developing Countries""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""List of Figures""; ""List of Tables""; ""List of Contributors""; ""Preface""; ""List of Acronyms and Abbreviations""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Introduction: Air Pollution and Health in Developing Countries � The Context""; ""Objectives""; ""Air Pollution in its Historical Context""; ""Types and Sources of Air Pollution""; ""Policies and Development of Standards""; ""Summary of the Contents""; ""1 Health-damaging Air Pollution: A Matter of Scale""; ""Introduction""; ""Risk Transition""
""Environmental Pathway Analysis""""Exposure Assessment""; ""Major Cross-scale Effects""; ""Concluding Remarks""; ""2 Air Pollution and Health � Studies in the Americas and Europe""; ""Introduction""; ""Health Effects of Ozone (O3)""; ""Health Effects of Particulate Matter (PM)""; ""Health Effects of Diesel Engine Exhaust""; ""Discussion and Conclusions""; ""3 Air Pollution and Health in Developing Countries: A Review of Epidemiological Evidence""; ""Introduction""; ""Global Concentration Patterns of Outdoor Air Pollution""; ""Health Effects of Particulate Matter and Sulphur Dioxide (SO2)"" ""Health Effects of Ozone""""Health Effects of Nitrogen Dioxide""; ""Health Effects of Carbon Monoxide""; ""Health Effects of Lead""; ""Conclusions""; ""4 Local Ambient Air Quality Management""; ""Introduction""; ""Use of WHO Guidelines for Air Quality in Local Air Quality Management""; ""Enforcement of Air Quality Standards: Clean Air Implementation Plans""; ""Urban Air Quality Management in Europe""; ""5 Rapid Assessment of Air Pollution and Health: Making Optimal Use of Data for Policy- and Decision-making""; ""Introduction""; ""Rapid Epidemiological Assessment"" ""Individual Level Assessment Methods""""Group Level Assessment Methods""; ""Risk Assessment""; ""Collection of Individual and Aggregate Level Data""; ""Conclusions""; ""6 A Systematic Approach to Air Quality Management: Examples from the URBAIR Cities""; ""Urban Air Quality Management and the URBAIR Project""; ""Physical Assessment""; ""Cost�benefit Analysis of Selected Measures""; ""Action Plans""; ""Policy Instruments and Plans for Air Quality Improvement in URBAIR Cities""; ""Example: The Guangzhou Action Plan for Improved Air Quality""; ""Conclusions""; ""7 Indoor Air Pollution"" ""Introduction""""Concentrations and Exposures""; ""Health Effects""; ""Health Impacts""; ""Knowledge Gaps and Necessary Research""; ""Interventions""; ""Conclusions""; ""8 Vehicle Emissions and Health in Developing Countries""; ""Background and Introduction""; ""Vehicle Population Trends and Characteristics""; ""Adverse Health Effects Resulting from Vehicle Emissions""; ""Strategies to Reduce Vehicle Emissions""; ""Conclusions""; ""9 Air Quality in Hong Kong and the Impact of Pollution on Health 1988�1997""; ""Background""; ""Methods""; ""Findings""; ""Discussion""; ""Conclusions"" ""10 Air Pollution and its Impacts on Health in Santiago, Chile"" |
Altri titoli varianti | Air pollution & health in rapidly developing countries |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780319603321 |
London ; ; Sterling, Va. : , : Earthscan, , 2003 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Air pollution and health in rapidly developing countries / / edited by Gordon McGranahan and Frank Murray |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; Sterling, VA, : Earthscan, 2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (256 p.) |
Disciplina | 363.739/2/091724 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
McGranahanGordon
MurrayFrank <1950-> |
Soggetto topico |
Air - Pollution - Health aspects - Developing countries
Environmental health |
ISBN |
1-136-57183-3
1-84977-046-8 1-280-47593-5 1-85383-985-X 1-136-57184-1 9786610475933 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Air Pollution and Health in Rapidly Developing Countries""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""List of Figures""; ""List of Tables""; ""List of Contributors""; ""Preface""; ""List of Acronyms and Abbreviations""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Introduction: Air Pollution and Health in Developing Countries � The Context""; ""Objectives""; ""Air Pollution in its Historical Context""; ""Types and Sources of Air Pollution""; ""Policies and Development of Standards""; ""Summary of the Contents""; ""1 Health-damaging Air Pollution: A Matter of Scale""; ""Introduction""; ""Risk Transition""
""Environmental Pathway Analysis""""Exposure Assessment""; ""Major Cross-scale Effects""; ""Concluding Remarks""; ""2 Air Pollution and Health � Studies in the Americas and Europe""; ""Introduction""; ""Health Effects of Ozone (O3)""; ""Health Effects of Particulate Matter (PM)""; ""Health Effects of Diesel Engine Exhaust""; ""Discussion and Conclusions""; ""3 Air Pollution and Health in Developing Countries: A Review of Epidemiological Evidence""; ""Introduction""; ""Global Concentration Patterns of Outdoor Air Pollution""; ""Health Effects of Particulate Matter and Sulphur Dioxide (SO2)"" ""Health Effects of Ozone""""Health Effects of Nitrogen Dioxide""; ""Health Effects of Carbon Monoxide""; ""Health Effects of Lead""; ""Conclusions""; ""4 Local Ambient Air Quality Management""; ""Introduction""; ""Use of WHO Guidelines for Air Quality in Local Air Quality Management""; ""Enforcement of Air Quality Standards: Clean Air Implementation Plans""; ""Urban Air Quality Management in Europe""; ""5 Rapid Assessment of Air Pollution and Health: Making Optimal Use of Data for Policy- and Decision-making""; ""Introduction""; ""Rapid Epidemiological Assessment"" ""Individual Level Assessment Methods""""Group Level Assessment Methods""; ""Risk Assessment""; ""Collection of Individual and Aggregate Level Data""; ""Conclusions""; ""6 A Systematic Approach to Air Quality Management: Examples from the URBAIR Cities""; ""Urban Air Quality Management and the URBAIR Project""; ""Physical Assessment""; ""Cost�benefit Analysis of Selected Measures""; ""Action Plans""; ""Policy Instruments and Plans for Air Quality Improvement in URBAIR Cities""; ""Example: The Guangzhou Action Plan for Improved Air Quality""; ""Conclusions""; ""7 Indoor Air Pollution"" ""Introduction""""Concentrations and Exposures""; ""Health Effects""; ""Health Impacts""; ""Knowledge Gaps and Necessary Research""; ""Interventions""; ""Conclusions""; ""8 Vehicle Emissions and Health in Developing Countries""; ""Background and Introduction""; ""Vehicle Population Trends and Characteristics""; ""Adverse Health Effects Resulting from Vehicle Emissions""; ""Strategies to Reduce Vehicle Emissions""; ""Conclusions""; ""9 Air Quality in Hong Kong and the Impact of Pollution on Health 1988�1997""; ""Background""; ""Methods""; ""Findings""; ""Discussion""; ""Conclusions"" ""10 Air Pollution and its Impacts on Health in Santiago, Chile"" |
Altri titoli varianti | Air pollution & health in rapidly developing countries |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910829057603321 |
London ; ; Sterling, VA, : Earthscan, 2003 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Air pollution impacts on crops and forests [[electronic resource] ] : a global assessment / / editors, Lisa Emberson, Mike Ashmore, Frank Murray |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Imperial College Press |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (387 p.) |
Disciplina | 632/.1 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
EmbersonLisa
AshmoreM. R (Mike R.) MurrayFrank <1950-> |
Collana | Air pollution reviews |
Soggetto topico |
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 |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-281-86588-5
9786611865887 1-84816-127-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454271003321 |
London, : Imperial College Press | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Air pollution impacts on crops and forests [[electronic resource] ] : a global assessment / / editors, Lisa Emberson, Mike Ashmore, Frank Murray |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Imperial College Press |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (387 p.) |
Disciplina | 632/.1 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
EmbersonLisa
AshmoreM. R (Mike R.) MurrayFrank <1950-> |
Collana | Air pollution reviews |
Soggetto topico |
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 |
ISBN |
1-281-86588-5
9786611865887 1-84816-127-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782124903321 |
London, : Imperial College Press | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Air pollution impacts on crops and forests : a global assessment / / editors, Lisa Emberson, Mike Ashmore, Frank Murray |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Imperial College Press |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (387 p.) |
Disciplina | 632/.1 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
EmbersonLisa
AshmoreM. R (Mike R.) MurrayFrank <1950-> |
Collana | Air pollution reviews |
Soggetto topico |
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 |
ISBN |
1-281-86588-5
9786611865887 1-84816-127-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910824290403321 |
London, : Imperial College Press | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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