Peter Ravenscroft, Hugh Brammer, Keith Richards

Gebundenes Buch

Arsenic Pollution

Beschreibung

Arsenic Pollution summarizes the most current research onthe distribution and causes of arsenic pollution, its impact onhealth and agriculture, and solutions by way of water supply,treatment, and water resource management.

Provides the first global and interdisciplinary account ofarsenic pollution occurrences

Integrates geochemistry, hydrology, agriculture, and watersupply and treatment for the first time

Options are highlighted for developing alternative watersources and methods for arsenic testing and removal

Appeals to specialists in one discipline seeking an overview ofthe work being done in other disciplines

Autor

Peter Ravenscroft is a Research Associate at the University of Cambridge and a hydrogeologist with extensive international experience in Asia, Africa, the Caribbean and Europe. He spent more than 10 years working in Bangladesh, where his involvement in research into the extent and causes of arsenic pollution in that country became the basis for this book. He co-authored the first book on groundwater resources in Bangladesh. Hugh Brammer spent 22 years with FAO in East Pakistan/Bangladesh, first as a soil surveyor then as an agricultural development adviser. Following retirement, he was a visiting consultant for a further seven years, inter alia for the Bangladesh Flood Action Plan, and wrote seven books on Bangladesh's physical environment and agriculture. Keith Richards is a fluvial geomorphologist and Professor of Geography at the University of Cambridge. He has research interests and experience in catchment and river processes and their management in Europe, Central America, India, Africa and China, and has been Director of the Scott Polar Research Institute and a Vice President (Research) of the RGS-IBG. He has authored and edited several books, and published over 150 academic papers.

Produktdetails

• RGS-IBG Book Series
• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 618
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Februar 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 37mm
• Gewicht: 990g
• ISBN-13: 9781405186025
• ISBN-10: 140518602X
• Artikelnr.: 23808811

Rezensionen

"This book lifts the lid to expose a terrifying global phenomenon - the insidious poisoning of tens of millions of people by arsenic that occurs naturally in rocks and soils and finds its way into the water we drink and the food we eat. The authors convincingly argue that we need both more information and urgent investment in mitigation efforts."
-- Sir Gordon Conway, President of the Royal Geographical Society

"Arsenic Pollution: A Global Synthesis is the most comprehensive of all the books published in recent times on one of the most discussed public health hazards of the current world. This book will definitely be on the reading list of anyone interested in any aspect of arsenic occurrences in water and soil anywhere in the world."
-- Kazi Matin Ahmed, University of Dhaka