Part A Global Environmental Problems and Sustainable Development 1
Unit 1 Global Environmental Problems 1
Unit 2 Urban Environment 12
Unit 3 Housing and Living Environment 24
Unit 4 Urban Sustainable Development 33
Part B Urban Water Environment 50
Unit 5 Water Use and Availability 50
Unit 6 Parameters of Water Quality 65
Unit 7 Safe Drinking Water Act 80
Unit 8 Drinking Water Purification 95
Unit 9 Water Distribution Systems 116
Unit 10 Water Pollution 134
Unit 11 Wastewater Properties 140
Unit 12 Wastewater Treatment 148
Unit 13 Treatmentand Disposal of Solids and Biosolids in the Wastewater 159
Unit 14 Wastewater Reuse 174
Part C Urban Air Environment 183
Unit 15 Type and Sources of Air Pollutants 183
Unit 16 Effects of Air Pollution 193
Unit 17 Control of Particulate Pollutants 200
Unit 18 Control of Gaseous Pollutants 212
Unit 19 Summary of Environmental Impact Assessment 225
Part D Urban Solid Waste and Sound Environment 231
Unit 20 Solid Waste Characteristics 231
Unit 21 Municipal Solid Waste Processing 237
Unit 22 Treatment,Storage,and Disposal of Hazardous Waste Management 243
Unit 23 Adverse Health Effects of Noise 253
Unit 24 Engineering Noise Control 260
Part E Urban Eco-Environment 271
Unit 25 Benefits of Trees In Urban Areas 271
Unit 26 Urban Woodlands Reducing the Particulate Pollution 276
Unit 27 Ecological Structure,Functions and Services of Green Roofs 283
Unit 28 The Ecological City:Metaphor versus Metabolism 291
Appendix 1 The Science of Scientific Writing 302
Appendix 2 The Skills in Paper Writing 321
Appendix 3 Skills in Abstracts Writing 325
Appendix 4 与环境科学相关的网站地址 331