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Fundamentals of Air Pollution

  • 6th Edition - May 15, 2025
  • Latest edition
  • Author: Daniel A. Vallero
  • Language: English

Fundamentals of Air Pollution, Sixth Edition offers an extensive study of the science of air pollution. With a highly interdisciplinary approach, the book's author examines air po… Read more

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Fundamentals of Air Pollution, Sixth Edition offers an extensive study of the science of air pollution. With a highly interdisciplinary approach, the book's author examines air pollution through the lenses of chemistry, physics, meteorology, engineering, toxicology, regulation, and more. Students, faculty, and researchers alike will find a world of information in this comprehensive text that is strategically organized into six parts: Foundations of Air Pollution, The Risks of Air Pollution, Tropospheric Pollution, Biogeochemistry of Air Pollutants, Addressing Air Pollution, and The Future for Air Pollution Science and Engineering.

Readers will find helpful features throughout, including case studies, topical sidebars, worked examples, calculations, and reference data. This valuable resource offers an up-to-date and comprehensive analysis of air pollution with its wealth of benefits to both students and researchers.

Key features

  • Provides a systems approach to air pollution that helps readers understand the physical, chemical, biological, and engineering underpinning of any air quality topic
  • Includes new sidebars and examples of emerging problems to help readers apply skills needed to address air pollution
  • Presents critical equations, symbology, and a glossary useful for anyone who reads the Federal Register, state, province, and national standards and guidelines, and journal articles

Readership

Students and faculty for graduate courses in air pollution and control taught in departments of environmental science and engineering, atmospheric science, and public health, researchers/practitioners looking for the latest information on pollution science, Students in some appropriate upper-level undergraduate courses as well.

Table of contents

Part I. Foundations of Air Pollution

1. The State of the Atmosphere

2. The Physics of the Atmosphere

3. The Science of Air Pollution

4. Air Pollution Decision Tools

5. Life Cycle Assessment of Air Pollutants

Part II. The Risks of Air Pollution

6. Inherent Properties of Air Pollutants

7. Air Pollutant Hazards

8. Air Pollutant Exposures

9. Respiratory Effects of Air Pollutants

10. Cardiovascular Effects of Air Pollutants

11. Cancer and Air Pollutants

12. Reproductive and Hormonal Effects of Air Pollutants

13. Neurological Effects of Air Pollutants

14. Air Pollution's Impact on Ecosystems

15. Air Pollution's Impact on Materials and Structures

Part III. Tropospheric Pollution

16. Scale and Complexity of Air Pollution

17. Air Pollutant Kinetics and Transformation

18. Air Pollutant Kinetics and Equilibrium

19. Temporal Aspects of Air Pollution

Part IV. Biogeochemistry of Air Pollutants

20. The Hydrologic Cycle

21. The Carbon Cycle

22. The Nitrogen and Sulfur Cycles

23. Metal and Metalloid Cycles

Part V. Addressing Air Pollution

24. Source Sampling and Emission Measurement

25. Methods for Measuring Air Pollutants

26. Applying and Interpreting Air Quality Monitoring Data

27. Modeling Applications

28. Air Quality Status and Trends

29. Air Pollutant Emissions

30. Air Pollution Control Technologies

31. Controlling Air Pollution from Sources

Part VI. The Future for Air Pollution Science and Engineering

32. Sustainable Approaches

33. Grand Challenges

Product details

  • Edition: 6
  • Latest edition
  • Published: June 12, 2025
  • Language: English

About the author

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Daniel A. Vallero

Professor Daniel A. Vallero is a renowned environmental scientist and engineer with four decades of experience. He has advised U.S. government agencies on critical issues like PBTs, climate change, acid rain, and chemical risks. At Duke University, he led the Engineering Ethics program and taught courses on air pollution, sustainable design, and ethics. Vallero has served on the National Academy of Engineering’s Online Ethics Committee and the National Institute of Engineering Ethics. An expert in emerging technologies, he focuses on societal, ethical, and public health challenges related to nanotechnology and environmental biotechnology. His work also encompasses emergency response and homeland security, making him a leading voice in environmental risk and ethics.
Affiliations and expertise
Full Adjunct Professor, Pratt School of Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Duke University, USA

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