Livro The Big Smoke

Capa dura: 202 páginas Editora: Routledge; Edição: 1 (13 de abril de 2011) Idioma: Inglês ISBN-10: 0415671833 ISBN-13: 978-0415671835 Dimensões do produto: 16,5 x 1,9 x 23,5 cm First published in 1987, Peter Brimblecombe's book provides an engaging historical account of air pollution in London, offering a fascinating insight into the development of air pollution controls against a changing social and economic background. He examines domestic and industrial pollution and their effects on fashions, furnishings, buildings and human health. The book ends with an intriguing analysis of the dangers arising from contemporary pollutants and a glimpse of what the future may hold for London.