Journal of pollution publishes research articles short and. Polluted water is of great concern to the aquatic organism, plants, humans, and climate and indeed alters the ecosystem. Researchers role is to make this adaptation easier, to prepare humankind to the new circumstances and challenges, to trace and predict. Causes, effects and control is the fourth edition of a bestselling introductory level book dealing with chemical and radioactive pollution in its broadest sense. Fundamentals of air pollution engineering caltechauthors. The journal is being published seasonally 4 issues per year.
Ijep is a refereed journal providing an international forum for the field of environment and pollution. Sjr is a prestige metric based on the idea that not all citations are the same. Air pollution control an overview sciencedirect topics. We use cookies to offer you a better experience, personalize content, tailor advertising, provide social media features, and better understand the use of our services. It seeks to embrace the entire fields of physics and chemistry of the earths atmospheric pollutants, giving priority to relevant cuttingedge themes. This thoroughly revised fifth edition of fundamentals of air pollution has been updated throughout and remains the most complete text available, offering a stronger systems perspective and more coverage.
Peering into chinas thick haze of air pollution january. Kubasiak 1 1department of environmental health, me dical university of silesia, katowice 2university of ecology and management, warsaw poland 1. Papers should present novel experimental results, theory and modeling of air pollution on local, regional, or global scales. Everyone is exposed to pollution when breathing the outdoor air. The specialty section of air pollution aims to publish innovative insights into airpollution issues and their impacts on the natural and indoor environment. One of three key journals along with ijetm and ijgenvi which together offer complete coverage of key environmental issues, it addresses mediumterm challenges involving scientific prediction, modelling and assessment, and social and economic policy areas. It charged the public health service within the department of health, education, and welfare dhew with coordinating information gathering and scientific findings relating to the causes and effects of air pollution. Although the climate of the earth is continually changing from the very beginning, anthropogenic effects, the pollution of the air by combustion and industrial activities make it change so quickly that the adaptation is very difficult for all living organisms. Indian journal of air pollution control air pollution generation from municipal solid waste transport sector of kolkata this work presents an estimate of the air pollution from municipal solid waste transport haulage sector for the city of kolkata. Man made activities thermal power plants, agricultural activities. Airborne particulate matter pm is especially detrimental to health 58, and has previously been estimated to cause between 3 and 7 million deaths every year, primarily by creating or worsening cardiorespiratory. Clean air is vital to sustain the delicate balance of life on earth. Consequences of air pollution co 2 is a good transmitter of sunlight, but it also partially restricts infrared radiation going back from the earth into space, which produces the socalled greenhouse effect that prevents a drastic cooling of the earth during the night increasing the amount of co 2 in the atmosphere.
It enables you to deposit any research data including raw and processed data, video, code, software, algorithms, protocols, and methods associated with your research manuscript. The scope of the book ranges from the sources of pollutants and their environmental behaviour, to their effects on human and nonhuman receptors, to the technologies and strategies available for control. Fundamentals of air pollution is an important and widely used textbook in the environmental science and engineering community. This includes chemical, physical and biological processes affecting flora, fauna, water, air and soil in relation to environmental pollution. Its complexity is exemplified by the fact that, in many respects, the simplest hydrocarbon combustion, the methaneoxygen flame, has. This includes chemical, physical and biological processes affecting flora, fauna, water, air and. Natural pollution volcanic eruptions, forest fires, biological decay.
An introduction to air pollution definitions, classifications, and history. A comprehensive treatment ofeach ofthese three areas is beyond the scope of a single book, however. The presence of one or more contaminants like dust, smoke, mist and odor in the atmosphere which are injurious to human beings, plants and animals. Asian journal of water, environment and pollution ios press.
Impact of air pollution on public health intechopen. Journal of air pollution and health is a research journal for scientists and researchers in different disciplines interested in air pollution and its impacts published by center for air pollution research capr, institute for environmental research ier in collaboration of tehran university of medical sciences tums and iranian association of environmental health iaeh. As a multidisciplinary journal, pollution serves international community with all aspects of environmental sciences. Air pollution occurs when certain gases and particles build up in the atmosphere to such levels that they can cause harm to our health, causing breathing and respiratory problems, and even resulting in premature death, as well as damaging the environment around us. Dhaka city is surrounded by a number of rivers and canals of which turag, buriganga, dhaleshwari, balu and shitalakhya are the important ones. The major sources of air pollution are transportation engines, power and heat generation, industrial processes, and the burning of solid waste.
Updated list of high journal impact factor air pollution. Formation of the most prevalent pollutants occurs during the combustion process, a tightly coupled system involving fluid flow, mass and energy transport, and chemical kinetics. Air pollution and health is the first fully comprehensive and current account of air pollution science and it impact on human health. Air quality, atmosphere, and health is a multidisciplinary journal which, by its very.
Discover librarianselected research resources on air pollution from the questia online library, including fulltext online books, academic journals. This book covers principles and practices of air pollution such as sampling, analysis and control. Mendeley data repository is freetouse and open access. Latest mendeley data datasets for environmental pollution. The journal publishes papers on the health consequences of air pollution, innovative. Most cited environmental pollution articles elsevier. List of books and articles about air pollution online. The united states air pollution control act of 1955 4 marked the first direct national commitment to air quality issues. Pollution research workers including chemists, toxicologists, environmentalists, conservationists, botanists, marine scientists, ecologists, biologists.
Because of its scope, the subject areas are diverse and. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for scientists and academicians all over the world to promote, share, and discuss various new issues and developments in different areas of air pollution. Pollution research is one of the leading enviromental journals in world and is widely subscribed in india and abroad by institutions and individuals in industry, research and govt. Both for the purpose of this research, emphasis are on water pollution and control. Fundamentals of air pollution chemistry textbooks elsevier. Air pollution shop and discover over 5 books and journals. List of books and articles about air pollution online research. Well researched and well written, the book documents what is known and not known about air pollution damage in china. Read more about air pollution in the unep year book 2010 sections on harmful substances and climate change. Introduction the air we breathe contains emissions from many different sources. The stress on our water environment as a result of increased industrialization, which aids urbanization, is becoming very high thus reducing the availability of clean water.
Only open access journals only scielo journals only wos journals. Air quality, atmosphere, and health is a multidisciplinary journal which, by its very name, illustrates the broad range of work it publishes and which focuses on atmospheric consequences of human activities and their implications for human and ecological health. The book will be useful to students of environmental science and atmospheric science, as well as environmental consultants and researchers interested in air. The water pollution threatens food production and is raising both environmnetal and human health concerns 38. Fundamentals of air pollution focuses on air quality and the control of air pollution. Seuss, just a dream by chris van allsburg, the sheep look up by john brunner, and sil. Sources of water pollution water pollution in nigeria according to gbamanija 1998 arises from various activities, among which are. A smallscale, portable method for extracting microplastics from marine sediments open access. Air pollution and health effects srikanth s nadadur. It ranges in scope from meteorology, atmospheric chemistry, and particle physics to the causes and scope of allergic reactions and. Air pollution and its effects discusses the cause, effect, transport, measurement, and control of air pollution. This journal covers areas like environmental toxicology, bioremediation, public health and toxicogenomics and creates a platform for the authors. Air pollution is a problem for much of the developing world and is believed to kill more people worldwide than aids, malaria, breast cancer, or tuberculosis 14. Because of the lack of the water resources management plan and.
Analysis and abatement of air pollution involve a variety of technical disciplines. It also deals with the types, origins, sources, atmospheric movements and effects of air pollution. In this route, environmentalist disciplines are welcomed to contribute their knowledge and experience. Open journal of air pollution ojap is an openly accessible journal published quarterly. Certain groups of people, including children and adults with lung diseases such as asthma and chronic. Many regions of the continent face severe problems of water pollution on local as well. Air pollution is a serious cardiovascular risk journal of environmental health, vol. Air pollution consisting of fine particulates less than 2. Popular pollution books meet your next favorite book.
As per available reports about 200 journals, 392 conferences, 183 workshops are presently dedicated exclusively to air pollution and about 2,35,000 articles are being published on. Atmospheric pollution research apr is an international journal designed for the publication of articles on air pollution. It welcomes highquality original and unpublished research articles concerned with. A substantial proportion of the global burden of disease is directly or indirectly attributable to exposure to air pollution. Published by the arab school for science and technology asst. International journal of environment and pollution ijep. Exposures occurring during the periods of organogenesis and rapid lung growth during fetal development and early post. The preservation of our water environment, which is embedded in sustainable development, must be well. Outdoor air pollution consists of a mixture of particles and gases that can affect the health of children and adults. This book discusses the meteorology of air pollution and the behavior of the atmosphere, which differentiates air pollution from the various aspects of environmental.
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