Introduction To Environmental Management

Part 1. Overview. Introduction to environmental issues -- Environmental regulations -- International environmental regulations -- ISO 14000 -- Multimedia concerns -- Classification and sources of pollutants -- Effects of pollutants -- Measurement methods -- Part 2. Air. Air pollution control equipment -- Atmospheric dispersion modeling -- Climate change and global warming -- Indoor air quality -- Vapor intrusion -- Air toxics -- Part 3. Water. Water chemistry -- Safe drinking water -- Desalination -- Municipal wastewater treatment -- Industrial wastewater management -- Dispersion modeling in water systems -- Water conservation -- Water toxics -- Part 4. Solid Waste. Municipal waste management -- Industrial waste management -- Hospital waste management -- Nuclear waste management -- Superfund -- Asbestos -- Metals -- Part 5. Pollution Prevention. The pollution prevention concept -- Pollution prevention applications -- Sustainability -- Green chemistry and green engineering -- Industrial ecology -- Architecture in the environment -- Part 6. Environmental Risk. Introduction to environmental risk assessment -- Health risk assessment -- Hazard risk assessment -- Non-technical risk -- Public perception of risk -- Risk communication -- Part 7. Energy Considerations. Energy resources -- Energy conservation -- Energy conservation applications -- Heat transfer and heat exchanger principles -- Thermodynamics: Energy, entropy, exergy -- Energy - Environmental interactions -- Part 8. Other Areas of Interest. The EPA dilemma -- Electromagnetic fields -- Noise pollution -- Used oil -- Underground storage tanks -- Environmental audits -- Economics -- Nanotechnology concerns -- Acid rain -- Training options -- Legal issues --Environmental ethical considerations -- Environmental justice.

• | Author: Mary K. Theodore, Louis Theodore
• | Publisher: Crc Press
• | Publication Date: May 20, 2021
• | Number of Pages: 526 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 0367758105
• | ISBN-13: 9780367758103