Air Pollution and Its Management/G. Gaur. 1997, 413 p., tables, figs., $43.
Contents: Preface. 1. An overview of air pollution problem. 2. The atmosphere. 3. Meteorology and inversion temperature. 4. Green house effect radiation balance. 5. Gaseous inorganic pollutants. 6. Smog and organic pollutants. 7. Particulates. 8. Acid rain. 9. Industry and pollution-Bhopal gas tragedy--a case study. 10. Management of control of air pollution. 11. Prediction and assessment of impacts on the air pollution.
"Environmental science is indisputably one of the expanding areas of study. Air pollution and its management, one of branchs of environmental science is most important and exciting among all. This book is a sincere attempt to cover most of the topics under the heading. The chapters have been divided in such a way that book must be useful to environmentalists, biologists, chemists, engineers, doctors, health technicians, agriculture scientists and all those who are engaged actively in the field of environmental investigation.
"An attempt has been made to keep each chapter self sufficient and to avoid cross references so that reader may be able to satisfy all his curiosities without much difficulty." (jacket)
[G. Gaur's books include Water Pollution and Its Management, Noise Pollution and Its Management and Nuclear Waste Pollution and Its Management.]