UID:
edocfu_9961565808102883
Format:
1 online resource (159 pages)
ISBN:
1-000-69918-8
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1-000-69846-7
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0-429-34670-0
Content:
Originally published in 1973, this book has enduring relevance in the 21st Century. Asking difficult questions it encourages the reader to think about the individual and societal changes which are needed to protect the planet and the health and prosperity of future generations. Despite the title of the book, it covers air, water and land pollution, evolution, the industrial revolution, the growth of technology, climatology and meteorology, pollution legislation and the economics of a green economy.
Note:
Includes index.
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THE NEED FOR AIR POLLUTION: An atmosphere of pollution -- The lifeless planets -- The living atmosphere -- What are smogs? -- The expansion of water pollution -- The destruction of species -- Sulphur: food or poison? -- Our need of air pollution -- CLEANSING THE AIR: The residence time -- Where is most of the pollution removed? -- The four layers of the atmosphere -- Chemical transformations -- Smogs -- Fluorosis -- Natural pollution of clean air -- THE FURTHER EVOLUTION OF INDUSTRIAL MAN: The evolutionary situation -- Evolution before our eyes -- The place of conservation -- The distant vision -- The immediate need -- LOCAL AIR POLLUTION: Effects of pollution on local climate -- The advantages of the climate of large cities -- The effects of local climate on pollution -- Meteorological control -- The creation of disaster potential -- A THEORY OF ANTI-POLLUTION LAW: The liberating purpose of a theory -- Do we need any new anti-pollution laws? -- The avoidance of disaster potential -- Prohibitive legislation backed up by penalties -- Air quality standards: a crime? -- The 'best practicable means': the 1956 Clean Air Act in Britain -- Pricing pollution -- The polluter must pay -- New technology: our inability to take advantage of it -- The mood of revolution -- Scaring the public: lead, carbon monoxide, cigarettes, mercury, DDT, SSTs, 'Wolf!', 'Fire!' 'Help!' -- Is international agreement necessary? -- THE CULTIVATION OF THE WORLD: Was Malthus right after all? -- Who is this Man? -- The atmosphere above all -- What men believe about themselves -- MEANWHILE, BACK AT THE RANCH: To be or not to be -- The cul-de-sac and the trailer -- New criteria -- A summary of objectives -- Vultures and lions -- Science and the obvious -- Is there a simple message? -- Brass tax -- The nuclear age.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-367-36527-8
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-367-36518-9
Language:
English
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