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Urban Air Pollution and Forests

Resources at Risk in the Mexico City Air Basin

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Editors:
  1. Mark E. Fenn

    1. USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, Riverside, USA

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  2. L. I. Bauer

    1. Especialidad de Agrometeorología Instituto de Recursos Naturales, Colegio de Postgraduados, Montecillo, Mexico

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  3. Tomás Hernández-Tejeda

    1. SAGARPA Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias (INIFAP), Centro Nacional de Investigación Disciplinaria en Conservación y Mejoramiento de Ecosistemas Forestales (CENID-COMEF), Mexico City, Mexico

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Part of the book series: Ecological Studies (ECOLSTUD, volume 156)

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
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  2. Past and Present Environmental and Sociological Factors Affecting Forests in the Mexico City Air Basin

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Historical Summary of the Geology, Climate, Hydrology, Culture, and Natural Resource Utilization in the Basin of Mexico

      • Guadalupe de la Lanza Espino, José Luis García-Calderón
      Pages 3-23

    3. Socioeconomic Change and Its Impact on Forest Resources in the Basin of Mexico

      • Exequiel Ezcurra, Marisa Mazari-Hiriart, Irene Pisanty, Adrián Guillermo Aguilar
      Pages 24-43

    4. Physical Geography, Hydrogeology, and Forest Soils of the Basin of Mexico

      • Luis E. Marín, Oscar Escolero-Fuentes, Antonio Trinidad-Santos
      Pages 44-67

    5. Forests in the Basin of Mexico: Types, Geographic Distribution, and Condition

      • Carlos Rodríguez-Franco
      Pages 68-85

    6. The Climate of the Mexico City Air Basin: Its Effects on the Formation and Transport of Pollutants

      • Ernesto Jáuregui
      Pages 86-117

  3. Air Pollution in the Mexico City Air Basin

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 119-119
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    2. Air Pollution Levels and Trends in the Mexico City Metropolitan Area

      • Humberto Bravo-Alvarez, Ricardo Torres-Jardón
      Pages 121-159

    3. Emissions Trends and Pollution Control Strategies in the Mexico City Metropolitan Area

      • M. Esther Ruiz, Jorge Gasca
      Pages 160-193

    4. Heavy Metals in Forest Soils, Vegetation, and Drainage Waters in the Basin of Mexico

      • Mark E. Fenn, Juana María Castro-Servín, Tomás Hernández-Tejeda, Natalie Krage, Chris Goodson, Thomas Meixner
      Pages 194-221

  4. Ecological Effects of Air Pollutants in the Mexico City Air Basin: Case Studies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 223-223
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    2. Oxidant Exposure and Effects on Pines in Forests in the Mexico City and Los Angeles, California, Air Basins

      • Paul R. Miller, L. I. de Bauer, Tomás Hernández-Tejeda
      Pages 225-242

    3. Decline of Sacred Fir in the Desierto de los Leones National Park

      • Dionicio Alvarado-Rosales, Tomás Hernández-Tejeda
      Pages 243-260

    4. Histological Symptoms of Air Pollution Injury in Foliage, Bark, and Xylem of Abies religiosa in the Basin of Mexico

      • Teresa Terrazas, Sergio Bernal-Salazar
      Pages 261-282

    5. Lichens and Air Pollution in the Forests Surrounding Mexico City

      • Angel Zambrano, T. H. Nash, M. A. Herrera-Campos
      Pages 283-297

    6. Nitrogen and Sulfur Deposition in the Mexico City Air Basin: Impacts on Forest Nutrient Status and Nitrate Levels in Drainage Waters

      • Mark E. Fenn, L. I. de Bauer, Karl Zeller, Abel Quevedo, Claudio Rodríguez, Tomás Hernández-Tejeda
      Pages 298-319

    7. Effects of Oxidants in Ambient Air on Annual Crops in the Basin of Mexico

      • Carlos Fredy Ortíz-García, Héctor D. Laguette-Rey, L. I. de Bauer
      Pages 320-333

  5. Summary, Synthesis, and Perspectives

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 335-335
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    2. Summary of Air Pollution Impacts on Forests in the Mexico City Air Basin

      • Mark E. Fenn, L. I. de Bauer, Tomás Hernández-Tejeda
      Pages 337-355
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About this book

At present, roughly half of the world's population lives in urban centers. There are now more than 20 cities with a population of over 10 million inhabitants, compared to less than 5 about 50 years ago. This tendency toward urbanization is expected to continue, particularly in the developing world. A consequence of this growing trend is that millions of people are being exposed to harmful levels of urban air pollutants caused mainly by emissions from motor vehicles and from industrial and domestic activities involving the combustion of fossil fuels. The driving force for the design and implementation of emission control strate­ gies aimed at improving air quality has been the protection of the health of the population in urban centers. There are, however, other consequences of the pres­ ence of air pollutants besides the direct effect on human health. Reduced visibil­ ity, damage to monuments and buildings, and many other such consequences indirectly affect our quality of life. Another set of consequences involves damage to ecological systems. In fact, the nature of "photochemical smog" was first uncovered in the 1950s in connection with observations of its harmful effects on crops and plants in the vicinity of Los Angeles.

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"The book makes an important contribution to the development of regulations and strategies designed to control air pollution. It provides an excellent starting point for all those interested in the topic of air pollution and its effects on forests. The book’s strength lies in the extensive collection of case studies which clearly depict the impact of pollutants on the species analysed as well as the ecological consequences of such exposure." (Alicia Chacalo Hilu, Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, Issue 4, 2006)

Editors and Affiliations

  • USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, Riverside, USA

    Mark E. Fenn

  • Especialidad de Agrometeorología Instituto de Recursos Naturales, Colegio de Postgraduados, Montecillo, Mexico

    L. I. Bauer

  • SAGARPA Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias (INIFAP), Centro Nacional de Investigación Disciplinaria en Conservación y Mejoramiento de Ecosistemas Forestales (CENID-COMEF), Mexico City, Mexico

    Tomás Hernández-Tejeda

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Urban Air Pollution and Forests

  • Book Subtitle: Resources at Risk in the Mexico City Air Basin

  • Editors: Mark E. Fenn, L. I. Bauer, Tomás Hernández-Tejeda

  • Series Title: Ecological Studies

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-22520-3

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2002

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-95337-3Published: 02 May 2002

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4684-9573-7Published: 20 July 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-22520-3Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0070-8356

  • Series E-ISSN: 2196-971X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXII, 394

  • Number of Illustrations: 92 b/w illustrations, 14 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Life Sciences, general, Biomedicine general

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