1st Edition

Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Improving Air Quality Two Interrelated Global Challenges

By Larry E. Erickson, Gary Brase Copyright 2020
178 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

178 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

The world’s atmosphere is a common resource. Air quality, along with energy, transportation, and climate change have significant impacts on our lives and this book helps readers understand the changes happening at the nexus of these areas, as they relate to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and improving air quality. Discussing the transitions to electric vehicles, solar and wind energy for... Read more

Introduction. Paris Agreement on Climate Change. Urban Air Quality and Health. Electrification of Transportation. Renewable Energy. Batteries. Smart Grid. Electrical Power Management of Supply and Demand. Off Grid Power Management. Policy. Community Planning and Action. Public Health. Economics. Agriculture. International Developments. Examples of Progress. Conclusions.

Biography

Larry E. Erickson is professor of chemical engineering at Kansas State University. His research interests include environmental engineering, air quality and sustainable development. His teaching includes air quality seminar and sustainability seminar. He helps to provide leadership for the Consortium for Environmental Stewardship and Sustainability and the annual Dialog on Sustainability. His degrees are in chemical engineering from K-State.

Gary Brase is a Professor and the Graduate Program Director in the Department of Psychological Sciences at Kansas State University. Dr. Brase studies complex human decision making, using cognitive and evolutionary theories, including topics such as medical decisions, decisions about sustainability issues, relationship decision making, and reasoning about social rules. He has over 75 journal articles and other publications, and over 100 research presentations. Dr. Brase received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1997 and has been at K-State since 2007.