Air Quality Assessment and Management: A Practical Guide

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CRC Press, 2018 M09 3 - 400 pages
Air 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

1 INTRODUCTION
1
2 AIR POLLUTION SOURCES AND TYPES
5
3 EFFECTS OF AIR POLLUTION
43
4 EMISSION INVENTORIES
79
5 AIR POLLUTION MONITORING
109
6 IMPACT PREDICTION
147
7 IMPACT SIGNIFICANCE AND LEGISLATION
183
8 MITIGATION CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT
231
9 SITE INSPECTION AND PROJEC T MANAGEMENT
269
10 CASE STUDIES
279
baseline monitoring data Epilogue
341
Appendix
343
References
357
Country index
377
Subject index
379
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D. Owen Harrop, Cordah Limited, UK

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