FIFTY ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS OF TIMELY IMPORTANCE

Abstract

The paper surveys some of the most recognizable and pressing problems of the environment, and includes comments on them from the current literature. Topics include short articles on pollution involving SST and stratospheric air force planes, Heat, DDT, Airports, Design of satellite-city systems, Respiratory diseases and smog, Radioactive waste disposal methods, Constructive use of garbage, Indemnity payments by air polluters, Phosphorus in waste waters, Constructive use of sewage, Biologic effects of lead, Clean-up of fuel oil, Weather modification, Ocean pollution, Reuse of golf courses, graveyards, and railroad properties, City slums, Resources of continental shelves, Hot pipeline in arctic, Los Angeles and earthquakes, Weather and CO2, Dome over manhattan, Extermination genus rattus, Helium, Eutrophication, Law for pollution control, Atmospheric CO, Starfish and its control, Oil spills, Logging, Tundra lands, and Ice fog.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0712722

Entities

People

  • L. M. Libby

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Conditioning
  • Air Pollution
  • Birds
  • Chemistry
  • Dielectric Gases
  • Environmental Protection
  • Eutrophication
  • Fish
  • Health Services
  • Hygiene
  • Land Transportation
  • Law
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Petroleum
  • Quarantine
  • Seabed
  • Wildlife

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Environmental Remediation and Restoration.
  • Theoretical Analysis.
  • Urban Planning and Geography.

Technology Areas

  • Space