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Environmentalism since 1945
Series: The Making of the Contemporary World
Today environmental issues are part of daily life, a feature of the modern world almost everyone now recognises. Contemporary environmentalism has promoted a way of speaking and thinking about the environment that was not possible or imaginable decades ago. Environmentalism Since 1945 provides a...
Published September 21st 2011 by Routledge
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Urban Air Pollution in Asian Cities
Status, Challenges and Management
Air pollution has become part of the daily existence of many people who work, live and use the streets in Asian cities. Each day millions of city dwellers breathe air polluted with concentrations of chemicals, smoke and particles that dramatically exceed World Health Organization guideline values....
Published September 30th 2006 by Routledge
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The Earthscan Reader on World Transport Policy and Practice
Series: Earthscan Reader Series
Transport is now a critical problem throughout the world, and it is set to get worse. Whether it is traffic congestion, crashes (10 million killed and injured each year), noise, air pollution, landscape destruction, or greenhouse gas emissions (of which transport is the fastest-growing source), the...
Published January 31st 2003 by Routledge