Introduction to Environmental Engineering and Science - Couverture souple

Masters, G. M.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0134817141 ISBN 13 : 9780134817149

Editeur : Prentice-Hall, 1991

Synopsis

Designed for engineering students and quantitatively-oriented scientists, this introduction covers a broad range of environmental topics including issues related to air and water pollution, hazardous waste and risk assessment, waste treatment technologies and global climate change. Topical issues also covered include hazardous substances, risk analysis, groundwater flow and contamination, global warming, stratospheric ozone depletion, and outdoor and indoor air pollution including radon in homes and acid rain.

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture

Balanced coverage of all the major categories of environmental pollution, with coverage of current topics such as climate change and ozone depletion, risk assessment, indoor air quality, source-reduction and recycling, and groundwater contamination. Slightly more quantitative than most books on the market.

FEATURES:

• Explores urgent environmental problems such as the depletion of the ozone layer, greenhouse effect, groundwater flow and contamination, and indoor air quality.
• Includes several important pedagogical aids.
  • Many examples of each quantitative concept.
  • Worked examples in each quantitative section.
  • Numerous problems at the end of each chapter.

  NEW TO THIS EDITION:

  • NEW— Includes a new chapter covering Solid Waste Management and Resource Recovery (Chapter 9). This chapter focuses on pollution prevention and product stewardship.
  • NEW—Risk Assessment has been greatly expanded and moved earlier in the book (chapter 4), reflecting the importance of this topic in Environmental Engineering and policy-making.
  • NEW— Provides a completely revised chapter on Global Atmospheric Change corresponding with the perspectives, terminology, and approaches that have become the standard according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Scientific Assessments. (Chapter 8)
  • New—Presentsexpanded coverage of water resources and Groundwater remediation, including challenges posed by subsurface contamination of nonaqueous-phase liquids.(Chapter 5)
  • NEW— Summarizes the National Resource Council's assessment of the ability of conventional pump-and-treat remediation technologies to restore aquifer quality. (Chapter 5)
  • NEW—Covers the treatment of hazardous wastes and descriptions of the key pieces of environmental legislation that regulate hazardous substances. (Chapter 6)
  • NEW—Updates coverage of mobile source controls in the chapter on air pollution (Chapter 7) to include descriptions of reformulated gasoline and other alternative fuels as well as new material on two-stroke engines and hybrid electric vehicles.
  • NEW—Includes unique coverage of indoor air quality.
  • NEW—All topics have been given a more careful, thorough treatment in order to bring them up-to-date and increase the depth and breadth of the information presented.

Quatrième de couverture

About the cover: Death Valley, one of the hottest places on Earth and home to more than 1000 species of plants, including more than 50 endemics, received record amounts of rain during the winters of 2004 and 2005. Through March of 2005, more than 8 inches of rain fell―4 times the yearly average of only 1.96 inches. Dormant seeds of various desert flowers germinated and flourished at record levels. This photograph was taken during one of these record rainfalls in March 2005. 

 

“One of the strengths of Masters/Ela is that the text is easily readable by undergraduate students who do not already have much background in environmental engineering and science. The writing style is clear and engaging.” Bruce E. Rittman, Arizona State University
 
“This is one of the clearest and best written textbooks I have used. The text is concise and informative with a minimum of technological jargon.... I know that I could not be as effective an educator without well written and thoughtful textbooks such as Introduction to Environmental Engineering and Science.” Gail Montgomery Brion, University of Kentucky
 
“The best features of this text are its readability and clarity. Secondly, its use of the mass balance approach, and carrying it throughout the rest of the book, is a great strength as well.” Gregory G. Wilbur, Oklahoma State University

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Prentice-Hall
• Date d'édition: 1991
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0134817141
• ISBN 13: 9780134817149
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 685
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible