Soils and Food Security - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1849734267 ISBN 13 : 9781849734264

Editeur : Royal Society of Chemistry, 2012

Synopsis

This book, the 35th volume of Issues in Environmental Science and Technology, examines the current status of soils across the globe and their potential for food production to meet the needs of the World's population in the 21st Century.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Ron Hester is an emeritus professor of chemistry at the University of York. In addition to his research work on a wide range of applications of vibrational spectroscopy, he has been actively involved in environmental chemistry and was a founder member of the Royal Society of Chemistry's Environment Group. His current activities are mainly as an editor and as an external examiner and assessor on courses, individual promotions, and departmental/subject area evaluations both in the UK and abroad.

Roy Harrison OBE is Queen Elizabeth II Birmingham Centenary Professor of Environmental Health at the University of Birmingham. In 2004 he was appointed OBE for services to environmental science. Professor Harrison's research interests lie in the field of environment and human health. His main specialism is in air pollution, from emissions through atmospheric chemical and physical transformations to exposure and effects on human health. Much of this work is designed to inform the development of policy.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Royal Society of Chemistry
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1849734267
• ISBN 13: 9781849734264
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 250
• Éditeur: Hester R E, Harrison R M
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible