Environmental Perspectives A Brief Overview of Selected Topics /

• Main Author: Shifrin, Neil (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science,
• Subjects: Environment.; Environmental chemistry.; Environmental law.; Environmental policy.; Environmental Chemistry.; Environmental Monitoring/Analysis.; Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice.

This short, readable book is intended as a big-picture introduction/overview for environmental students and lay-people involved with environmental issues. Every freshman in college intending to study environmental science should read it. It begins with a historical perspective on waste and environme...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Historical Context For Examining Industrial Pollution
• Environmental Sampling
• Environmental Analytical Chemistry 101
• Environmental Forensics
• Environmental Data Visualization
• Environmental Modeling
• Risk Assessment
• Water Quality and its Management
• Air Quality and its Management
• The National Contingency Plan
• Technical Impracticability
• Superduperfund
• Heads in the Sand
• The Safety of Chemical Products.