New Concepts in Air Pollution Research

1. Front Matter

   Pages 1-10

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • Jan-Olaf Willums

      Pages 11-13

3. The Pollution — Biosphere Interface

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-16

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   2. Atmospheric Particles and Climate: The Impact of Man’s Activities

      • Stephen H. Schneider

      Pages 17-30

   3. The Moderate- and Long-Range Transport of Air Pollutants and Their Removal from the Atmosphere

      • D. M. Whelpdale, R. W. Shaw

      Pages 31-41

   4. Effects of Air Pollution on Forest Vegetation under Northern Conditions

      • Satu Huttunen

      Pages 43-53

   5. Air Pollution and Traffic Safety

      • Pavle Todorović

      Pages 55-60

   6. Photochemical Aspects of Air Pollution in Europe

      • S. J. Formosinho, A. C. Cardoso

      Pages 61-70

4. The Pollution — Sociosphere Interface

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 71-72

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   2. Pollution Damage to Works of Art

      • Josef Riederer

      Pages 73-85

   3. New Economical Aspects of Air Pollution

      • Erich Hoedl

      Pages 87-94

   4. Air Pollution, Air Conservation and International Economic Relations

      • Christoph Andreas Uhlig

      Pages 95-106

   5. Trans-Frontier Air Pollution and International Law

      • Peter H. Sand

      Pages 107-113

   6. Air Pollution Control in the Developing Country

      • Michael G. McGarry

      Pages 115-122

5. Eco-Engineering

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 123-124

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   2. Monitoring Atmospheric Pollution Levels by Laser Ranging Systems

      • B. D. Green, J. I. Steinfeld

      Pages 125-137

   3. X-Ray Fluorescence — an International Calibration Method

      • J. M. Deshpande

      Pages 139-143

   4. Nitric Oxide Formation in Industrial Combustors

      • D. Thompson

      Pages 145-155

6. Eco-Management

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 157-157

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   2. A Markov Process Model for Dynamic Control of Emissions

      • Nitin R. Patel

      Pages 159-167

Recent publications on the fate of our limited earth have stirred up vivid worldwide discussions, during which it became clear that our knowledge of the complex ecosystem is far from sufficient today. All planning and predictive models are only as good as the input data they are based on. Improved research methods and new ideas and impulses are therefore urgently needed, both to stimulate the specialized scientists and to supply the concerned citizen with the updated background information necessary to make responsible decisions. Generally, most of the serious publications in the field of pollution are written by well-known and well-established scientists. It is beyond doubt that their experience and profound knowledge is an essential contribution to the understanding of our environment. But one whole group of scientists has not been able to present their ideas and concerns to a broader scientific or non­ scientific readership: the young scientist at the beginning of his career. He belongs to a new generation of scientists who have studied during a time when environmental concern has become a vital part of the university life. Now, in the first decade of his academic career, his educational approach and his devel­ oping expertise in this field may synthesize ideas that will fall on what is already a fertile ground for new concepts that are urgently needed to solve the environmental crisis.

• air pollution
• atmosphere
• ecosystem
• emission
• environment
• Europe
• Generation
• knowledge
• methods
• Nation
• pollution
• transport

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA

  Jan-Olaf Willums

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