Ravenscroft / Brammer / Richards Arsenic Pollution

A Global Synthesis
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-4443-5546-8
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 616 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: RGS-IBG Book Series

Arsenic Pollution summarizes the most current research onthe distribution and causes of arsenic pollution, its impact onhealth and agriculture, and solutions by way of water supply,treatment, and water resource management.

* Provides the first global and interdisciplinary account ofarsenic pollution occurrences

* Integrates geochemistry, hydrology, agriculture, and watersupply and treatment for the first time

* Options are highlighted for developing alternative watersources and methods for arsenic testing and removal

* Appeals to specialists in one discipline seeking an overview ofthe work being done in other disciplines

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ravenscroft, Peter

Brammer, Hugh

Richards, Keith

Über Autor(innen)

Peter Ravenscroft is a Research Associate at the Universityof Cambridge and a hydrogeologist with extensive internationalexperience in Asia, Africa, the Caribbean and Europe. He spent morethan 10 years working in Bangladesh, where his involvement inresearch into the extent and causes of arsenic pollution in thatcountry became the basis for this book. He co-authored the firstbook on groundwater resources in Bangladesh.
Hugh Brammer spent 22 years with FAO in EastPakistan/Bangladesh, first as a soil surveyor then as anagricultural development adviser. Following retirement, he was avisiting consultant for a further seven years, inter aliafor the Bangladesh Flood Action Plan, and wrote seven books onBangladesh's physical environment and agriculture.
Keith Richards is a fluvial geomorphologist and Professorof Geography at the University of Cambridge. He has researchinterests and experience in catchment and river processes and theirmanagement in Europe, Central America, India, Africa and China, andhas been Director of the Scott Polar Research Institute and a VicePresident (Research) of the RGS-IBG. He has authored and editedseveral books, and published over 150 academic papers.