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Environmental Impacts of Road Vehicles : Past, Present and Future, PDF eBook

Environmental Impacts of Road Vehicles : Past, Present and Future PDF

Edited by R M Harrison, R E Hester

Part of the ISSN series

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The first concerns that come to mind in relation to pollution from road vehicles are direct emissions of carbon dioxide and toxic air pollutants.

These are, of course, important but the impacts of road traffic are altogether more substantial.

This volume of the Issues in Environmental Science and Technology Series takes a broader view of the effects on the environment and human health, excluding only injury due to road traffic accidents.

By looking across the environmental media, air, water and soil, and taking account also of noise pollution, the volume addresses far more than the conventional atmospheric issues.

More importantly, however, it examines present and future vehicle technologies, the implications of more extensive use of batteries in electric vehicles and the consequences of recycling vehicles at the end of use.

Finally, examples of life-cycle analysis as applied to road vehicles are reviewed.

This book is a comprehensive source of authoritative information for students studying pollution, and for policy-makers concerned with vehicle emissions and road traffic impacts more generally.

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