Air Quality Assessment and Management: A Practical GuideAir Quality Assessment and Management: A Practical Guide describes the techniques available for an assessment while detailing the concepts and methodologies involved. It reviews the principles of air quality management; primary sources of air pollution; impact of emissions on human health, flora and fauna; scoping of air quality impacts; baseline monitoring; impact prediction; impact significance; and pollution mitigation and control. Emphasis will be placed on the practical side of AQA, with numerous international case studies and exercises to aid the reader in their understanding of concepts and applications. |
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Contents
6 | 36 |
EFFECTS OF AIR POLLUTION | 69 |
EMISSION INVENTORIES | 79 |
1 | 87 |
AIR POLLUTION MONITORING | 109 |
IMPACT PREDICTION | 147 |
14 | 170 |
IMPACT SIGNIFICANCE AND LEGISLATION | 183 |
MITIGATION CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT | 231 |
4 | 237 |
SITE INSPECTION AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT | 269 |
CASE STUDIES | 279 |
Epilogue | 341 |
A3 Units | 349 |
| 357 | |
| 377 | |
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activities addition Agency air pollution air quality annual application assessment atmosphere average calculated cause Chapter chemical cities concentrations concern considered contribution cost Council countries criteria deposition determine DETR developed Directive dispersion dust effects emission inventory Environment Environmental estimated European example exceeded exposure factors Falkirk Figure fuel given ground guidelines height hour human identified impact important increased industrial levels limit material maximum mean measures meteorological methods monitoring nature NO₂ objective occur odour operating particulate period Plan plant plume potential predicted principal production programme Protection range reduce releases risk road sampling shows smoke SO₂ sources speed stack standards stations sulphur surface Table techniques temperature units urban USEPA values vehicles VOCs wind µg/m³
Bibliographic information
| Title | Air Quality Assessment and Management: A Practical Guide Clay’s Library of Health and the Environment |
| Author | Dr Owen Harrop |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | CRC Press, 2001 |
| ISBN | 0415234115, 9780415234115 |
| Length | 400 pages |
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