Part 1: Climate change, plants and heavy metal contamination; Part 2: Occupational exposure of environmental contaminants; Part 3: Environmental contamination and genetics of organisms (Uses and Prospects); Part 4: Microbial contamination; Part 5: Management of environmental contamination.
Within our Solar System, Earth is known as the water planet, and water is an absolute requirement of life. On our planet, the most controlling resource is water not oil or minerals but water. Its distribution, quantity, availability, and quality are the controls for the development of agriculture, industry, rural, urban, and municipal use. The water-rich areas of the world are truly the richest places on Earth.
This book describes the physical microenvironment of living organisms. It presents a simplified discussion of heat and mass transfer models and applies them to exchange processes between organisms and their surroundings. Emphasis is placed on teaching the student how to calculate actual transfer rates, rather than just studying the principles involved. Numerous examples are provided to illustrate many of the principles, and problems are included at the end of each chapter to help the student develop skills in using the equations and to gain an understanding of modern environmental biophysics.
The book provides a comprehensive, systematic approach to analyzing the effect that a project or action may have on the human environment and presents examples of methodologies for assessing the environment and explores related topics, such as international perspectives on environmental assessment, the global commons, environmental justice, social and economic impacts.
