Air Pollution Reviews - Vol. 4
AIR POLLUTION IMPACTS ON CROPS AND FORESTS
A Global Assessment
edited by Lisa Emberson (University of York, UK), Mike Ashmore (University of Bradford, UK) & Frank Murray (Murdoch University, Australia)
Preface (88k)
Table of Contents (83k)
Chapter 1: Air Pollution Impacts on Crops and Forests: An Introduction (269k)
Air pollution is a problem affecting every part of our planet however, its global effects are poorly understood. This book provides the first truly global assessment of the scale of impacts of air pollution on crops and forests. The core of the book comprises assessments of the problem by experts from 12 different countries on every continent — describing the evidence of air pollution effects on crop yields and forest vitality with regard to environmental policies. These analyses are placed in the context of a global assessment of the scale of current and future air pollution levels, as well as in the socio-economic context of local production systems.
Contents:
- Air Pollution Impacts on Crops and Forests
- Air Pollution Impacts on
Vegetation in Industrialised Countries
- Air Pollution Impacts on Vegetation in Developing Countries
Readership: Upper level graduates, graduate students and researchers in
environmental science, botany and ecology, as well as environmental managers, agronomists and forest managers.
| 388pp |
Pub. date: Dec 2003 |
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