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The debate opens - early milestones The gam e plan unfolds International initiatives Growing awareness and heated exchanges (1983) A ctions and decisions (1984) Enforcem ent and progress ( 1985) Conclusions A C ID R A IN IN T H E U N IT E D STA TES G ripes of w rath. THE POLITICS OF ACID RAIN IN T E R N A T IO N A L C O N C E R N A N D IN IT IA T IV E S T he acid rain storm. THE TECHNOLOGY OF ACID RAIN C U R ES AND R EM ED IE S ‘We have the technology. Effects on materials and buildings Effects on human health Conclusion P art IIIĩ2 96 100 105 106 108 110 111 112 114 114 123 130 Acidification o f soils Effects on vegetation Waldsterben - damage to West German forests Damage spreads Forest damage in Britain Complexity o f forest damage Crop damage Trees as pollution filters ConclusionsĮFFECTS ON BU ILD IN G S A ND HUM ANS ‘Palaces and people. Acidification o f surface waters Evidence o f recent changes Acidification processes Effects o f acidification on surface waters The heavy metal connection ConclusionsĮFFECTS ON SOILS AND V EG E TA T IO N ‘D eep in the fo re s t. THE SCIENCE OF ACID RAIN SCIENTIFIC CO M PLEX ITIES Damage attributed to acid rain Buffer capacity and acidification Uncertainty and complexity ConclusionĮFFECTS ON SU RFA C E W A TERS ‘Down by the riverside. Acidity - definition and measurement Rainfall chemistry Acidification o f rainfall The acid rain cocktail Natural and man-made emissions o f S 0 2 and N O x Fossil fuels and oxide emissions Dispersion and transformation A cid deposition A cid surgesġ 2 3 5 6 7 8 13 16 17 19 21 22 23 25 26 32 32 38 40 47 48

A cid rain as a pollutant The geography o f acid rain A cid rain in historic context Heritage o f interest Polarization o f views The debate opens Legislation - success or failure? Alarm bells ring in Britain Britain's invisible export A n international problem Conclusion SO U R C ES, PA TTERN S, AND PROCESSES T h e answer is blowing in the wind. T H E A CID RAIN D EB A TE IN CO N TEX T ‘Long to reign over us. List o f tables List offigures Acknowledgements Preface Part I No part of this book may be reprinted o r reproduced or utilized in any form or by any electro nic, mechanical or oth er m eans, now known o r hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage o r retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers.īibliography: p. Library o f C ongress Cataloging in P ublication Data Park Printed in G reat Britain by Richard Clay Ltd, Bungay, Suffolkīritish Library Cataloguing in Publication Data 29 West 35th Street, New York NY l()(M)l © 1987 Chris C. Ltd 11 New Fetter Lane, London EC'4P 4EE Published in the USA by M ethuen & Co.

A Library- of Congress record exists under LC control num ber: 87020398 D isclaim er T he publisher has made every effort to trace copyright holders and correspondence from those they have been unable to contact. P u b lis h e r’s N o te T he publisher has gone to great lengths to ensure the quality o f this reprint b u t points out that some imperfections in the original copies may be apparent. N o part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, w ithout permission in w riting from the publishers. Ltd T his edition first published in 2013 by Routledge 2 Park Square, M ilton Park, A bingdon, Oxon, 0 X 1 4 4R N Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge 711 T hird Avenue, N ew York, N Y 10017 Routledge is an imprint o f the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business O 1987 Chris C. A comprehensive and relevant w ork, this is an im portant guide for students of geography, environm ent and sustainability and energy policy.įirst published in 1987 by M ethuen and Co.

Evidence is draw n from around the w orld, including an examina tion o f the dam age in Scandinavia and G erm any and th e effects of acid rain in the U.

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Chris Park places the debates sur rounding acid rain w ithin a global context, and examines the full im plications of scientific studies and the effects of acid rain on surface waters, soils and buildings. This title, first published in 1987, provides an authoritative account of both the science and the politics o f acid rain.

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