Air Quality in Urban Environments: Volume 28 (Issues in Environmental Science and Technology) - Hardcover

The Air We Breathe Air Quality in Urban Environments R. E. Hester and R. M. Harrison (Eds.) RSC Publishing, Cambridge, UK, 2009, 162 pp. (HB) ISBN 9781847559074 Reviewed by Paul Seakins Hester and Harrison have brought together topical reviews on a number of issues in urban air quality to provide a volume that will be of interest and relevance to a variety of researchers and practitioners in air quality, health and local government. The volume begins with an introductory chapter introducing the issues around urban air quality and the relationships between air quality, emissions and meteorology. Three chapters then follow looking at urban meteorology, chemical processes and particulate matter. These chapters provide a good introduction to the topics, accessible to the relevant audience and with comprehensive and up to date referencing for further reading. The final chapters of the book will be particularly useful to atmospheric chemists, as they provide

Comprehensive coverage of urban air pollution from sources through atmospheric processes, to human exposure and effects on health and the policy response.