Local Air Quality Control and Health

Theory and Practice
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-67961-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 174 Seiten, Format (B × H): 129 mm x 198 mm

Reihe: Routledge Focus on Environmental Health

This highly accessible book identifies the major air pollutants which cause human health concerns and examines the sources of these pollutants. With a focus on NOx gases, particulate matter, tropospheric ozone, and volatile organic compounds, part 1 covers the theory and relates these pollutants to specific health outcomes by examining the nature of anatomical/physiological systems which are affected and the mechanisms by which these effects take place.

Part 2 then covers the legal responsibilities of regulators in relation to analysis and control of local air pollution and the techniques used to measure levels of pollution. Part 3 outlines the role of the EHP in dealing with local air quality management for communities before a number of applications used to control pollution are discussed, both in terms of using the law effectively, and some technological interventions which can trap air pollution at source.

The book is principally aimed at undergraduate and/or post graduate students in Environmental Health and Public Health, and EHPs practising in the field of air quality control, but it will have relevance to students of environmental sciences, health sciences, medicine, nursing, environmental law and policy.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Professional Reference

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hardwick, Mark

Kidan, Nahum

Smith, Nathaniel

Manning, Steve

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Public Health, Gesundheitsmanagement, Gesundheitsökonomie, Gesundheitspolitik
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umwelttechnik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Umwelt- und Gesundheitspolitik
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Umweltmedizin, Arbeitsmedizin, Tropenmedizin, Sportmedizin Umweltmedizin
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltpolitik, Umweltprotokoll
• Technische Wissenschaften Umwelttechnik | Umwelttechnologie Umwelttechnik
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Umweltrecht Umweltrecht allg., Technikrecht, Immissionsschutzrecht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents  Preface

Table of statutes and cases

List of figures and tables

Introduction

Part 1:

- Chapter 1: Air pollutants

- Chapter 2: Respiratory system

- Chapter 3: Meteorology

- Chapter 4: Indoor air pollution

- Chapter 5: Control of emissions

Part 2:

- Chapter 6: Influences on air quality

- Chapter 7: Air quality limit values and targets – national level commitments

- Chapter 8: The local air quality management framework

- Chapter 9: Improving air quality – statutory powers

Part 3:

- Chapter 10: Air quality functional settings in local authorities

Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Mark Hardwick was a Lecturer in Environmental Health, Public Health, Health Sciences, Sports Sciences for around 25 years. He was a member of the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (MCIEH) and the Programmes Manager for Environmental Health degrees at the University Centre Weston, UK.

Nahum Kidan is a Qualified Environmental Health Practitioner and has worked in local government in commercial environmental health. He is a lecturer at University Centre Weston, UK and was previously a Senior Lecturer at the University of the West of England (UWE). He has also acquired experience in the Civil Service, at both Defra and the FSA.

Nathaniel Smith (BSc, MCIEH) is Company Director of Kernow Consult Ltd. He is a trainer and assessor for the Degree Apprenticeship – Environmental Health Practitioner.

Steve Manning is an EHP with 30 years practice in Public and Private Sector Environmental Protection. He is currently Senior Scientific Officer (Air & Land Quality) at Newport City Council and Associate Lecturer at Cardiff Metropolitan University.