Still Only One Earth: Progress in the 40 Years Since the First UN Conference on the Environment: Volume 40 (Issues in Environmental Science and Technology) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1782620761 ISBN 13: 9781782620761

Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry, 2015

Synopsis

Discussing the key environmental issues affecting the Earth today, this book brings policy makers and environmental scientists up to date with current opinions and attitudes.

About this title

About the Authors

Roy Harrison OBE is Queen Elizabeth II Birmingham Centenary Professor of Environmental Health at the University of Birmingham. In 2004 he was appointed OBE for services to environmental science. Professor Harrison’s research interests lie in the field of environment and human health. His main specialism is in air pollution, from emissions through atmospheric chemical and physical transformations to exposure and effects on human health. Much of this work is designed to inform the development of policy.

Ron Hester is an emeritus professor of chemistry at the University of York. In addition to his research work on a wide range of applications of vibrational spectroscopy, he has been actively involved in environmental chemistry and was a founder member of the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Environment Group. His current activities are mainly as an editor and as an external examiner and assessor on courses, individual promotions, and departmental/subject area evaluations both in the UK and abroad.

From the Back Cover

Forty years since the first UN Conference on the Human Environment was held in Stockholm, how has the situation changed? We still have only one Earth but are we caring for and maintaining it? This book, written by leaders in the field, discusses the key environmental issues affecting the Earth today including atmospheric science, the marine environment, waste management and a specific chapter looking at changes in attitude to environmental issues.

Aimed at policy makers, students, environmental scientists and thinkers, this title will be an important review bringing the reader right up to date with current opinions and attitudes.

From the Inside Flap

Forty years since the first UN Conference on the Human Environment was held in Stockholm, how has the situation changed? We still have only one Earth but are we caring for and maintaining it? This book, written by leaders in the field, discusses the key environmental issues affecting the Earth today including atmospheric science, the marine environment, waste management and a specific chapter looking at changes in attitude to environmental issues.

Aimed at policy makers, students, environmental scientists and thinkers, this title will be an important review bringing the reader right up to date with current opinions and attitudes.

Edition details

• Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1782620761
• ISBN 13: 9781782620761
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 285
• Editor: R M Harrison