Hot topics : everyday environmental concerns / S.A. Abbasi.

By:

Abbasi, S. A. (Shahid A.)

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New Delhi ; New York : Oxford University Press, c1999.Description: xviii, 208 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:

0195645340 (hc)

DDC classification:

363.7 21

Contents:

Subject: Acid rain, global warming, the greenhouse effect, ozone holes, CFCs, radioactive wastes, water disinfectants, the Bhopal gas tragedy, carbon monoxide emissions, methane levels, flash fires, mercury poisonings are all hot topics today. This book demystifies and explains these terms and many others that are increasingly a tangible part of our everyday lives: what are the likely impacts of a 'warmed' earth?; why is the ozone hole predominantly at the Antarctic?; after CFCs, what?; how is radioactive waste treated and transported?; what are the basic components of a hazard control system?; how does the disaster management software MAXCRED work?; what are the various methods of water disinfection? All these and more are covered in eight lucid chapters written in an 'easy-read' style, with case histories and illustrations

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Australian Emergency Management Library	BOOK	363.7 HOT (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		011236727

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. The Greenhouse effect -- 2. Acid rain -- 3. The ozone hole -- 4. Hazardous wastes and their management - I -- 5. Hazardous wastes and their management - II -- 6. Disaster management - I -- 7. Disaster management - II -- 8. Water treatment

Acid rain, global warming, the greenhouse effect, ozone holes, CFCs, radioactive wastes, water disinfectants, the Bhopal gas tragedy, carbon monoxide emissions, methane levels, flash fires, mercury poisonings are all hot topics today. This book demystifies and explains these terms and many others that are increasingly a tangible part of our everyday lives: what are the likely impacts of a 'warmed' earth?; why is the ozone hole predominantly at the Antarctic?; after CFCs, what?; how is radioactive waste treated and transported?; what are the basic components of a hazard control system?; how does the disaster management software MAXCRED work?; what are the various methods of water disinfection? All these and more are covered in eight lucid chapters written in an 'easy-read' style, with case histories and illustrations

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