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William N. Rom - Environmental Policy and Public Health: Air Pollution, Global Climate Change, and Wilderness - 9780470593431 - V9780470593431
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Environmental Policy and Public Health: Air Pollution, Global Climate Change, and Wilderness

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Description for Environmental Policy and Public Health: Air Pollution, Global Climate Change, and Wilderness Paperback. This important resource provides an overview of the major environmental policy issues, both historic and topical, and explains how science plays a role in various forms of policy response. Series: Public Health/Environmental Health. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: MBN; RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 179 x 235 x 24. Weight in Grams: 710.

This textbook provides an overview of the major environmental policy issues, past and present, and explains the interplay among law, science, and advocacy as related to environmental policymaking in the United States and abroad.

Environmental Policy and Public Health examines the main sources of pollution and threats to environmental integrity and explores the consequences of pollution on the environment and the population. Throughout the book, noted environmental policy expert William N. Rom explains the legal basis for environmental action, beginning with the Clean Air Act, the Wilderness Act, the National Environmental Policy Act, the Endangered Species Act, and international treaties. ... Read more

Comprehensive in scope, the book incorporates developments in law, economics, global warming, and air pollution. Environmental Policy and Public Health covers these topics and also puts an emphasis on wilderness protection. An important focus of the book is an assessment of the role of policy analysis in the formation and implementation of national and local environmental policy.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
Series
Public Health/Environmental Health
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780470593431
SKU
V9780470593431
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1

About William N. Rom
William N. Rom MD, MPH, is Sol and Judith Bergstein Professor of Medicine, Departments of Medicine (Pulmonary Disease) and Environmental Medicine and director of the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, director of the NYU Lung Cancer Biomarker Center, and director of the Chest Service and Environmental Lung Disease Laboratory at Bellevue Hospital Center. He recently was chair ... Read more

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