A Perspective of Environmental Pollution

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title A Perspective of Environmental Pollution
Authors and Contributors      By (author) M. W. Holdgate
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:290
Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152
Category/GenreEnvironmental science, engineering and technology
ISBN/Barcode 9780521299725
ClassificationsDewey:363.6 363.73
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 4 December 1980
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Holdgate's 1979 book A Perspective of Environmental Pollution was an intensely important volume when it was first published, looking as it did to contextualise and extensively review the effects of pollution throughout the 1970s. As founding director of the Department of the Environment's Central Unit on Environmental Pollution, Dr Holdgate was eminently well qualified to provide this analysis. Holdgate takes an ecological view of pollutants, pathways and environmental change, whilst also looking at international pollution and the way in which patterns of pollution are monitored and costed. Whilst his primary analysis is scientific, he also writes confidently and convincingly on the legal, administrative and economic effects of industrial processes on the environment. This book will continue to be of use to anyone with an interest in the impact and assessment of environmental pollution.