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LEGAL ASPECTS OF THE ENVIRONMENT
The environment has become a concern of the law and
Environmental Law is now a recognized and established legal
discipline.
The body of Environmental ... excavation of the fossil beds
may have deprived the landowners of the most profitable use
of their land, but did not prohibit all uses of the land...
... Procedures The study of sensory thresh-
olds is one of the oldest areas of psychology, going back
to the work of Weber and Fechner towards the end of the
nineteenth century. Classically, two types of ... Zeigler and J.R. Pfafflin (1983) Effects of chemical pol-
lutants on human ecology, The Encyclopedia of Environmental Science
and Engineering, 2nd E...
...
for a specified concentration and time of exposure.
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Thus, the
toxicity is a function of the nature of the substance, its concen-
tration, time of exposure and environmental conditions.
... aera-
tion basins, an hourly oxygen demand of 50 to 80 mg/L per
1000 mg/L of VSS is exerted near the beginning of the tank
and is reduced to 20 mg/L per 1000 mg/L...
... subdivision of the total run-off
depends on the present status of each section of the soil mois-
ture and groundwater components, and so the sub division
process is non-linear. The degree of non-linearity ... forecasts of run-off. He
also must simulate the total system behavior and then subject
the system to sequences of run-off patterns generated from the...
... Force The stability of an erodible chan-
nel depends on (a) the resistance of the material lining the
bottom and sides against the erosive force of the stream and
(b) the ability of the stream ... Consider the water particle of mass, m, and of weight, W
(Figure 5). The elevation and pressure energies of the parti-
cle are Wh
1
; and Wh
2...
... PROCESSES: ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS 997
Land and Waterway Use
The purpose of the land and waterway use—demographics
effort is to:
1) determine the existing land use of the site and
existing and ... be identi-
fied in the areas of potential impact. The characterization of
the environment, the definition of the process operations and
the identifi...
... tdv
(23)
The first term on the right-hand side represents the rate of
formation of particles of volume v due to coagulation, and
the second term that rate of loss of particles of volume v ... hundreds of
miles of tiny capillaries. Oxygen is added to and carbon diox-
ide is removed from the blood through the walls of these capil-
laries. The transfer...
... Florida has the highest per-
centage of acidic surface waters (23 percent of the
lakes and 39 percent of the streams). In the mid-
Atlantic Highlands, mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain, and
the Adirondack ... is pri-
marily the result of long-range transport of pollutants from
the heavily industrialized areas of northern Europe.
The rain and snow in portions of...
... is affected by the size, shape and refractive
index of the particles and by the wavelength, intensity, polar-
ization and scattering angle of the incident light. The theory
of light scattering ... tdv
(23)
The first term on the right-hand side represents the rate of
formation of particles of volume v due to coagulation, and
the second term that rate...
... the packaging of articles they choose, and the type
and cost of the fuels they use—choices they may be reluc-
tant to make, even if they will improve the quality of their
air environment. Choices ... effectiveness of
the controls, and the quality of the surveillance instituted to
ensure the continued proper use and maintenance of the con-
trols. A fact...