Title:
Pollution in the air: problems, policies and priorities [by] R.S. Scorer.
Author:
Scorer, R. S. (Richard Segar), 1919-
General Notes:
Includes index., Includes index.
Publisher:
Routledge and Kegan Paul,
Publication Place:
London, Boston,
ISBN:
0710075693
9780710075697
Subject:
Air -- Pollution.
Air Pollution.
Air -- Pollution.
Luftverschmutzung
Air Pollution
lucht
hygiene
luchtverontreiniging
air pollution
milieu
environment
schade
damage
milieueffect
environmental impact
atmosfeer
atmosphere
aerosols
samenstelling
composition
stof
dust
luchtkwaliteit
air quality
overheidsbeleid
government policy
milieubeleid
environmental policy
milieuwetgeving
environmental legislation
bodemverontreiniging
soil pollution
waterverontreiniging
water pollution
Air Pollution
Luchtverontreiniging
Contents:
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.
Physical Description:
viii, 148 pages
Publication Date:
1973.
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