Marquita K. Hill

Broschiertes Buch

Understanding Environmental Pollution

Beschreibung

This undergraduate textbook examines environmental pollution ranging from our homes to the global environment. Completely updated and with over 50% new and rewritten material, this edition assesses the international scope of pollution, including air and water pollution, climate change, energy, solid and hazardous waste, and pollution at home.

Autor

Marquita K. Hill holds a Ph.D. in comparative biochemistry from the University of California, Davis. She was assistant and then associate professor in the biochemistry department at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg. Later, at the University of Maine's Department of Chemical Engineering, she conducted research funded by the US Department of Energy and the US Environmental Protection Agency. Then, after educating herself as an environmental scientist, she taught courses in environmental pollution, which led to the text Understanding Environmental Pollution. She was co-founder of the Green Campus Consortium of Maine, an organization working toward sustainable environmental management in Maine's higher-education institutions. For nine years she served on an advisory committee for International Paper's mill in Skowhegan, Maine. During those same years she was a visiting scholar at the Harvard School of Public Health.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• 4., überarb. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 470
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. September 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 280mm x 216mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 1330g
• ISBN-13: 9781108436106
• ISBN-10: 1108436102
• Artikelnr.: 58503691

Rezensionen

Review of previous edition: 'This book, aimed mainly at students, provides a thorough background to pollution, from global issues to personal pollution in the home ... This book provides an excellent introduction to the subject, providing the right information to enable students to evaluate environmental problems for themselves.' Environmental Assessment Magazine