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Environmental Systems Science
Theory and Practical Applications
A novel, interdisciplinary approach to understanding, assessing, and addressing environmental challenges
Daniel A. Vallero (Author)
9780128219539, Elsevier Science
Paperback, published 26 May 2021
704 pages, 300 illustrations (150 in full color)
23.4 x 19 x 4.3 cm, 1.36 kg
"While this book is a fresh entry, it joins multiple volumes devoted to air pollution, all written by the author of this book. The book is succinct, comprehensive, and compelling and I expect it will be broadly adopted for classroom use and as an essential reference. " --© Doody’s Review Service, John T. Pierce, MBBS(MD) PhD, reviewer, expert opinion
Environmental Systems Science: Theory and Practical Applications looks at pollution and environmental quality from a systems perspective. Credible human and ecological risk estimation and prediction methods are described, including life cycle assessment, feasibility studies, pollution control decision tools, and approaches to determine adverse outcome pathways, fate and transport, sampling and analysis, and cost-effectiveness. The book brings translational science to environmental quality, applying groundbreaking methodologies like informatics, data mining, and applications of secondary data systems. Multiple human and ecological variables are introduced and integrated to support calculations that aid environmental and public health decision making. The book bridges the perspectives of scientists, engineers, and other professionals working in numerous environmental and public health fields addressing problems like toxic substances, deforestation, climate change, and loss of biological diversity, recommending sustainable solutions to these and other seemingly intractable environmental problems. The causal agents discussed include physical, chemical, and biological agents, such as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), SARS-CoV-2 (the COVID-19 virus), and other emerging contaminants.
1. Systems Science2. The Importance of Scale3. Transitional and Translational Sciences4. Dynamics5. Tools - critical path analysis, root cause analysis, multi-criteria decision analysis, PERT, GANTT6. Equilibrium7. Clean Air Economics8. Cases9. Sustainability vs Risk Analysis10. Land Use Planning11. Future Opportunities and Problems
Subject Areas: Pollution control [TQK], The environment [RN], Chemistry [PN], Atmospheric physics [PHVJ], Environmental factors [MBNH2]
