Author: László PásztorPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electrostatic precipitation
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health in the United States
Author: US Global Change Research ProgramPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1510726217
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
As global climate change proliferates, so too do the health risks associated with the changing world around us. Called for in the President’s Climate Action Plan and put together by experts from eight different Federal agencies, The Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health: A Scientific Assessment is a comprehensive report on these evolving health risks, including: Temperature-related death and illness Air quality deterioration Impacts of extreme events on human health Vector-borne diseases Climate impacts on water-related Illness Food safety, nutrition, and distribution Mental health and well-being This report summarizes scientific data in a concise and accessible fashion for the general public, providing executive summaries, key takeaways, and full-color diagrams and charts. Learn what health risks face you and your family as a result of global climate change and start preparing now with The Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health.
Managing and disposing of residues from environmental control facilities in the steel industry
Author: László PásztorPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electrostatic precipitation
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
Treatment Technologies for Solvent Containing Wastes
Author: M. BretonPublisher: William Andrew
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 792
Book Description
Lining of Waste Impoundment and Disposal Facilities
Author: Toxicological Profile for Styrene
Author: Toxicological Profile for Cresols
Author: Growing Smart Legislative Guidebook
Author: Stuart MeckPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351178318
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 1528
Book Description
States and their local governments have practical tools to help combat urban sprawl, protect farmland, promote affordable housing, and encourage redevelopment. They appear in the American Planning Association's Growing Smart Legislative Guidebook: Model Statutes for Planning and the Management of Change. The Guidebook and its accompanying User Manual are the culmination of APA's seven-year Growing Smart project, an effort to draft the next generation of model planning and zoning legislation for the United States. The Guidebook is also pertinent to those who are affected by planning decisions and who have an interest in how the statutes are revised, including: Local planners Builders Developers Real estate and design professionals Smart growth and affordable housing advocates Environmentalists Highway and transit specialists Citizens.
Converging Technologies for Improving Human Performance
Author: Mihail C. RocoPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401703590
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 477
Book Description
M. C. Roco and W.S. Bainbridge In the early decades of the 21st century, concentrated efforts can unify science based on the unity of nature, thereby advancing the combination of nanotechnology, biotechnology, information technology, and new technologies based in cognitive science. With proper attention to ethical issues and societal needs, converging in human abilities, societal technologies could achieve a tremendous improvement outcomes, the nation's productivity, and the quality of life. This is a broad, cross cutting, emerging and timely opportunity of interest to individuals, society and humanity in the long term. The phrase "convergent technologies" refers to the synergistic combination of four major "NBIC" (nano-bio-info-cogno) provinces of science and technology, each of which is currently progressing at a rapid rate: (a) nanoscience and nanotechnology; (b) biotechnology and biomedicine, including genetic engineering; (c) information technology, including advanced computing and communications; (d) cognitive science, including cognitive neuroscience. Timely and Broad Opportunity. Convergence of diverse technologies is based on material unity at the nanoscale and on technology integration from that scale.
Report to Congress on Hazardous Waste Disposal
Author: United States. Environmental Protection AgencyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Factory and trade waste
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
Author: