Encyclopedia of Environmental Science and Engineering

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Engineering Environment

Table of contents

- COVER PAGE (Page 1)
- TITLE PAGE - VOLUME 1 A-L (Page 4)
- ISBN 0849398436 (Page 5)
- EDITORS (Page 6)
- CONTENTS (Page 10)
- VOLUME 1 (Page 10)
- VOLUME 2 (Page 12)
- FOREWORD (Page 16)
- EDITORS’ PREFACE (Page 18)
- EDITORS (Page 20)
- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS (Page 22)
- LIST OF DECEASED AUTHORS (Page 25)
- A (Page 26)
- ACID RAIN (Page 26)
- ACOUSTICS OF THE ENVIRONMENT: see NOISE (Page 39)
- AEROSOLS: see also PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; PARTICULATE REMOVAL (Page 39)
- AEROSOLS (Page 40)
- AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS: see PESTICIDES (Page 53)
- AIR POLLUTANT EFFECTS (Page 54)
- AIR POLLUTANT REMOVAL: see ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATION; INDOOR (Page 68)
- AIR POLLUTION; PARTICULATE REMOVAL; MOBILE SOURCE POLLUTION (Page 68)
- AIR POLLUTION INSTRUMENTATION: see also STACK SAMPLING; REMOTE SENSING (Page 68)
- AIR POLLUTION INSTRUMENTATION (Page 69)
- AIR POLLUTION METEOROLOGY (Page 84)
- AIR POLLUTION MODELING—URBAN: see URBAN (Page 94)
- AIR POLLUTION MODELING (Page 94)
- AIR POLLUTION SOURCES (Page 95)
- AIR POLLUTION SOURCES: see ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY, (Page 137)
- AQUATIC PRIMARY PRODUCTION (Page 138)
- ATMOSPHERIC: see also AIR—various titles (Page 142)
- ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY (Page 143)
- B (Page 162)
- BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT OF WASTEWATER (Page 162)
- BROWNFIELDS (Page 185)
- C (Page 191)
- CHEMICAL EFFECTS: see EFFECTS OF CHEMICALS; AIR POLLUTANT EFFECTS; POLLUTION EFFECTS ON FISH (Page 191)
- CHEMICAL TREATMENT: see PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL TREATMENT OF WASTEWATERS (Page 191)
- COAL GASIFICATION PROCESSES (Page 191)
- COMMUNITY HEALTH (Page 196)
- COMPOSTING (Page 210)
- CONSERVATION: see ENERGY SOURCES—ALTERNATIVES (Page 218)
- D (Page 219)
- DESALINATION (Page 219)
- DESULFURIZATION: see FOSSIL FUEL CLEANING PROCESSES; VAPOR AND GASEOUS POLLUTANT CONTROL FUNDAMENTALS (Page 248)
- DISINFECTION (Page 249)
- DRAINAGE-SURFACE: see URBAN RUNOFF (Page 268)
- E (Page 269)
- EARTH–SPACE ORGANIZATION: see THE TERRESTRIAL SYSTEM (Page 269)
- ECOLOGY: see ECOSYSTEM THEORY (Page 269)
- ECOLOGY OF FISH: see POLLUTION EFFECTS ON FISH; THERMAL EFFECTS ON FISH ECOLOGY (Page 269)
- ECOLOGY OF HUMANS: see EFFECTS OF CHEMICALS; HAZARDOUS WASTES (Page 269)
- ECOLOGY OF PLANTS (Page 269)
- ECOLOGY OF PRIMARY TERRESTRIAL CONSUMERS (Page 278)
- ECOLOGY RADIATION: see RADIATION ECOLOGY (Page 284)
- ECOSYSTEM THEORY (Page 285)
- EFFECTS OF AIR POLLUTANTS: see AIR POLLUTANT EFFECTS (Page 295)
- EFFECTS OF CHEMICALS (Page 296)
- ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATION (Page 307)
- ENERGY SOURCES—ALTERNATIVES (Page 320)
- ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS AND RELATED IMPACTS (Page 350)
- ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION (Page 358)
- ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH (Page 359)
- ENVIRONMENTAL LAW (Page 386)
- EPIDEMIOLOGY (Page 393)
- EUTROPHICATION (Page 414)
- F (Page 427)
- FLUIDIZED BED COMBUSTION (Page 427)
- FISH ECOLOGY: see POLLUTION EFFECTS ON FISH; THERMAL EFFECTS ON FISH ECOLOGY (Page 435)
- FOSSIL FUEL CLEANING PROCESSES (Page 436)
- G (Page 450)
- GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS (Page 450)
- GREENHOUSE GASES EFFECTS (Page 452)
- GROUNDWATER RESOURCES (Page 464)
- H (Page 475)
- HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT (Page 475)
- HAZARDOUS WASTES (Page 484)
- HYDROLOGY (Page 490)
- HEALTH PHYSICS: see MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE ENGINEERING; RADIATION ECOLOGY (Page 514)
- I (Page 515)
- INDOOR AIR POLLUTION (Page 515)
- INCINERATION: see MANAGEMENT OF SOLID WASTE (Page 526)
- INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY (Page 527)
- INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE ENGINEERING (Page 537)
- INDUSTRIAL WASTE MANAGEMENT (Page 551)
- INSTRUMENTATION: WATER AND WASTEWATER ANALYSIS (Page 563)
- L (Page 615)
- LEGAL ASPECTS OF THE ENVIRONMENT (Page 615)
- LAKES: see AQUATIC PRIMARY PRODUCTION, WATER—FRESH (Page 632)
- LEGAL ASPECTS: see also ENVIRONMENTAL LAW (Page 632)
- LIMNOLOGY (Page 633)
- TITLE PAGE - VOLUME 2 M-Z (Page 651)
- M (Page 652)
- MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES (Page 652)
- MANAGEMENT OF SOLID WASTE (Page 667)
- MARINE SPILLAGE—SOURCES AND HAZARDS (Page 693)
- MICROBIOLOGY (Page 709)
- MINE DRAINAGE: see POLLUTION FROM MINE DRAINAGE (Page 725)
- MOBILE SOURCE POLLUTION (Page 726)
- MODELING OF ESTUARINE WATER QUALITY (Page 739)
- MONITORING OF STACK EFFLUENTS: see STACK SAMPLING (Page 751)
- MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER (Page 752)
- MUNICIPAL WATER REUSE: see WATER REUSE (Page 761)
- MUNICIPAL WATER SUPPLY: see WATER TREATMENT (Page 761)
- N (Page 762)
- NATURAL SYSTEMS FOR WASTEWATER TREATMENT (Page 762)
- NITROGEN OXIDES REDUCTION (Page 771)
- NOISE (Page 794)
- NON-IONIZING RADIATIONS (Page 804)
- O (Page 815)
- OCEANOGRAPHY (Page 815)
- OIL SPILLAGE INTO WATER—TREATMENT (Page 827)
- P (Page 842)
- PARTICULATE EMISSIONS (Page 842)
- PARTICULATE REMOVAL (Page 857)
- PCBs AND ASSOCIATED AROMATICS (Page 870)
- PESTICIDES (Page 981)
- PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL TREATMENT OF WASTEWATERS (Page 997)
- PLANNING (Page 1015)
- PLANNING FOR NEW PROCESSES: ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS (Page 1017)
- PLANNING WATER SUPPLY AND SANITATION PROJECTS IN DEVELOPING NATIONS (Page 1028)
- POLLUTION EFFECTS ON FISH (Page 1035)
- POLLUTION FROM MINE DRAINAGE (Page 1041)
- POLLUTION LAW: see ENVIRONMENTAL LAW (Page 1046)
- POLLUTION METEOROLOGY: see AIR POLLUTION METEOROLOGY (Page 1046)
- POLLUTION OF GROUNDWATER: see GROUND WATER RESOURCE (Page 1046)
- PRIMARY TERRESTRIAL CONSUMERS: see ECOLOGY OF PRIMARY TERRESTRIAL CONSUMERS (Page 1046)
- PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT: see ENVIRONMENTAL LAW (Page 1046)
- PREVENTION OF TOXIC CHEMICAL RELEASE (Page 1047)
- PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF MAN’S ENVIRONMENT (Page 1053)
- PUBLIC HEALTH: see COMMUNITY HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH (Page 1065)
- R (Page 1066)
- RADIATION ECOLOGY (Page 1066)
- RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT: see MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTE (Page 1071)
- RADON (Page 1072)
- RECYCLING WASTE MATERIALS (Page 1083)
- REMOTE SENSING (Page 1086)
- S (Page 1089)
- SEDIMENT TRANSPORT AND EROSION (Page 1089)
- SEWAGE: see MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER (Page 1106)
- SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL: see MANAGEMENT OF SOLID WASTE (Page 1106)
- SOURCE OF ENERGY: see ENERGY SOURCES—ALTERNATIVES (Page 1106)
- SOURCES OF POLLUTANTS: see AIR POLLUTION SOURCES (Page 1106)
- SMALL FLOW WASTEWATER TREATMENT TECHNOLOGY FOR DOMESTIC AND SPECIAL APPLICATIONS (Page 1107)
- STACK SAMPLING (Page 1119)
- STATISTICAL METHODS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE (Page 1148)
- T (Page 1162)
- THE TERRESTRIAL SYSTEM (Page 1162)
- TEACHING OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES: see ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION (Page 1170)
- THERMAL EFFECTS ON FISH ECOLOGY (Page 1171)
- TOXIC EFFECTS: see AIR POLLUTANT EFFECTS; EFFECTS OF CHEMICALS (Page 1176)
- TOXICOLOGY (Page 1177)
- U (Page 1188)
- URBAN AIR POLLUTION MODELING (Page 1188)
- URBAN RUNOFF (Page 1205)
- V (Page 1236)
- VAPOR AND GASEOUS POLLUTANT FUNDAMENTALS (Page 1236)
- VAPOR AND GASEOUS POLLUTANT FUNDAMENTALS: see Nitrogen Oxides Reduction (Page 1266)
- W (Page 1267)
- WATER AND WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS IN SPACE (Page 1267)
- WATER CHEMISTRY (Page 1281)
- WASTES OF INDUSTRY: see INDUSTRIAL WASTE MANAGEMENT (Page 1299)
- WATER—DESALTING: see DESALINATION (Page 1299)
- WATER FLOW (Page 1300)
- WATER: PROPERTIES, STRUCTURE, AND OCCURRENCE IN NATURE (Page 1314)
- WATER REUSE (Page 1332)
- WATER TREATMENT (Page 1336)
- WATER SUPPLY AND SANITATION: see COMMUNITY HEALTH (Page 1353)
- WATER TRANSPORT: see HYDROLOGY; WATER FLOW (Page 1353)
- APPENDIX (Page 1354)
- Table 1: Conversion factors (Page 1354)
- Table 2: Viscosity and density of water calculated from international critical tables, 1928 and 1929 (Page 1357)
- Table 3a: Composition of some typical natural waters (after Baldwin, 1948) (Page 1358)
- Table 3b: Relative abundance of ions (by weight) in natural waters (Page 1358)
- Table 4: Saturation values of dissolved oxygen in fresh- and seawater exposed to an atmosphere containing 20.9% oxygen under a pressure of 760 mm of mercury (Page 1358)
- Table 5: Standard atmosphere (Page 1359)
- Table 6: Dynamic viscosity of gases in absolute CGS units (Page 1360)
- Table 7: Kinematic viscosity of gases in stokes (Page 1361)
- Table 8: Densities of gases at standard conditions (0C, 1 atm) (Page 1362)
- Table 9: CP/CV: Ratios of specific heats of gases at 1 atm pressure (Page 1363)
- Table 10: Fuel-oil grades (Page 1364)
- Table 11: The Nordwijk Declaration on Climate Change (Nov. 6, 1989) (Page 1365)
- Table 12: Excerpts from the Kyoto Protocol of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (Page 1370)
- ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS (Page 1378)
- A (Page 1378)
- B (Page 1379)
- C (Page 1379)
- D (Page 1381)
- E (Page 1382)
- F (Page 1384)
- G (Page 1384)
- H (Page 1385)
- I (Page 1386)
- J (Page 1387)
- K (Page 1387)
- L (Page 1387)
- M (Page 1388)
- N (Page 1389)
- O (Page 1391)
- P (Page 1391)
- Q (Page 1393)
- R (Page 1393)
- S (Page 1394)
- T (Page 1395)
- U (Page 1396)
- V (Page 1397)
- W (Page 1397)
- X,Y,Z (Page 1398)
- INDEX (Page 1400)
- A (Page 1400)
- B (Page 1400)
- C (Page 1401)
- D (Page 1401)
- E (Page 1402)
- F (Page 1402)
- G,H (Page 1403)
- I (Page 1403)
- K (Page 1404)
- L,M (Page 1404)
- N,O (Page 1405)
- P (Page 1406)
- Q (Page 1406)
- R (Page 1406)
- S (Page 1407)
- T (Page 1408)
- U (Page 1408)
- V (Page 1408)
- W (Page 1408)
- X,Y,Z (Page 1408)