Environmental and Pollution Science, Second Edition

This unique book integrates a large number of subjects in environmental studies and provides a realistic and objective evaluation of pollution as a price we pay for a modern economy. It focuses on the scientific assessment of environmental quality by developing a framework of principles that can be applied to any environmental problem. It addresses tactical issues for managers and government workers such as remediation, environmental monitoring, risk assessment, and management. It can be used by professionals as well as undergraduate students. * Emphasizes conceptual understanding of environmental impact, integrating the disciplines of biology, chemistry, and mathematics * Topics cover the fate and transport of contaminants; monitoring and remediation of pollution; sources and characteristics of pollution; and risk assessment and management * Includes color photos and diagrams, chapter questions and problems, and highlighted key words Environmental and Pollution Science, Second Edition, provides the latest information on the environmental influence of a significant number of subjects, and discusses their impact on a new generation of students. This updated edition of Pollution Science has been renamed to reflect a wider view of the environmental consequences we pay as a price for a modern economy. The authors have compiled the latest information to help students assess environmental quality using a framework of principles that can be applied to any environmental problem. The book covers key topics such as the fate and transport of contaminants, monitoring and remediation of pollution, sources and characteristics of pollution, and risk assessment and management. It contains more than 400 color photographs and diagrams, numerous questions and problems, case studies, and highlighted keywords. This book is ideally suited for professionals and students studying the environment, especially as it relates to pollution as well as government workers and conservationists/ecologists. Emphasizes conceptual understanding of environmental impact, integrating the disciplines of biology, chemistry, and mathematics Topics cover the fate and transport of contaminants; monitoring and remediation of pollution; sources and characteristics of pollution; and risk assessment and management Includes color photos and diagrams, chapter questions and problems, and highlighted key words In this remarkable new volume, the editors have marshaled the combined expertise of numerous specialists at the University of Arizona to produce significant revision of their groundbreaking pollution science text first published in 1996. Designed to provide an up-to-date reference for professionals and advanced students, this authoritative book can also support a rigorous and quantitative capstone course in environmental science.The book has proven invaluable in developing context for specialists in areas like Water Quality, Toxicology, Industrial Hygiene, Air Pollution, as well as generalists in environmental science and ecology.The authors develop the readers' understanding of environmental impact by integrating the key scientific disciplines that investigate the fate, transport, mitigation, and toxicology of pollutants. Both biotic and abiotic processes in soils, vadose zone, surface and ground waters, and the atmosphere are covered, including practical problems of remediation, monitoring, risk assessment and management.