Indicators of Environmental Quality Proceedings of a symposium held during the AAAS meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, December 26–31, 1971
Researchers and agencies collect reams of objective data and authors publish volumes of subjective prose in attempts to explain what is meant by environmental quality. Still, we have no universally recognized methods for combining our quantitative measures with our qualitative concepts of environ m...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Springer US
1972, 1972
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1972 |
| Series: | Environmental Science Research
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Indicators of Environmental Quality: An Overview
- Why Environmental Quality Indices?
- Uses of Environmental Indices in Policy Formulation
- Urban-Environmental Indicators in Municipal and Neighborhood Policy Planning and Decision Making
- The Uncommunicative Scientist: The Obligation of Scientists to Explain Environment to the Public
- Evaluation of Natural Environments
- Indicators of Environmental Quality of Urban Life: Economic, Spatial, Social, and Political Factors
- Establishing Priorities Among Environmental Stresses
- Pollutant Burdens in Humans: A Measure of Environmental Quality
- Aquatic Communities as Indices of Pollution
- Plants as Indicators of Air Quality
- Biochemical Indicators of Environmental Pollution
- Use of Sense of Smell in Determining Environmental Quality
- Development of Environmental Indices: Outdoor Recreational Resources and Land Use Shift
- A Water Quality Index — Crashing the Psychological Barrier
- Indices of Air Quality
- Statistically Based Air-Quality Indices
- Indicators of Environmental Noise
- Developing a Soil Quality Index
- Environmental Indices for Radioactivity Releases
- Plant Indicators in Ecology