This volume provides useful insight on the differing approaches to water quality issues and the diversity of strategies in water quality management worldwide. This book is divided into two parts: The first part deals with aspects of water quality in various countries and several remedies are suggested. Also considered are theoretical and practical topics including policy and resource management. The second part discusses water as a world problem in both developed and developing countries. Aspects of the problem relating to seas, deserts, forests and freshwater are examined with reference to...
This volume provides useful insight on the differing approaches to water quality issues and the diversity of strategies in water quality management wo...
Because our chemical environment affects our physical and mental well-being, it is a matter of increasing concern and is therefore attracting much research effort. This timely collection of essays highlights current developments in the field of environmental toxicology. Chapters analyze the carcinogenic, mutagenic, genotoxic, and neurotoxic effects of both anthropogenic and natural toxins in the soil, air, and water around us, as well as in our workplace and diet. The book also examines the effects of toxins on other organisms, as well as the techniques, policies, and management strategies...
Because our chemical environment affects our physical and mental well-being, it is a matter of increasing concern and is therefore attracting much res...
The effects of the rapidly expanding human population on the environment and the planet's future is a matter of increasing concern and lively debate. This timely collection of essays discusses some of the most important aspects of the population growth phenomenon and offers potential solutions. Chapters analyse population dynamics, carrying capacity of the environment, water and food supply, effects on tribal societies, and the AIDS pandemic.
The effects of the rapidly expanding human population on the environment and the planet's future is a matter of increasing concern and lively debate. ...
This book is a record of the contents of the papers accepted by the Congress Committee for presentation at the Fourth International Congress of Cybernetics and Systems (Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 21-25 August 1978). Two hundred and forty-five papers from authors from thirty-three countries of all the five continents are included. The papers are presented in an abridged form in order to highlight the main themes and produce a book that is both readable and relatively inexpensive. It was felt that after the publication of the weighty and rather costly form of the Proceedings of the Third...
This book is a record of the contents of the papers accepted by the Congress Committee for presentation at the Fourth International Congress of Cybern...
