The Smog

Author : Kate Winkler Dawson
Publisher : Hachette Books
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10-17
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9780316506854

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Death in the Air by Kate Winkler Dawson Pdf

A real-life thriller in the vein of The Devil in the White City, Kate Winkler Dawson's debut Death in the Air is a gripping, historical narrative of a serial killer, an environmental disaster, and an iconic city struggling to regain its footing. London was still recovering from the devastation of World War II when another disaster hit: for five long days in December 1952, a killer smog held the city firmly in its grip and refused to let go. Day became night, mass transit ground to a halt, criminals roamed the streets, and some 12,000 people died from the poisonous air. But in the chaotic aftermath, another killer was stalking the streets, using the fog as a cloak for his crimes. All across London, women were going missing--poor women, forgotten women. Their disappearances caused little alarm, but each of them had one thing in common: they had the misfortune of meeting a quiet, unassuming man, John Reginald Christie, who invited them back to his decrepit Notting Hill flat during that dark winter. They never left. The eventual arrest of the "Beast of Rillington Place" caused a media frenzy: were there more bodies buried in the walls, under the floorboards, in the back garden of this house of horrors? Was it the fog that had caused Christie to suddenly snap? And what role had he played in the notorious double murder that had happened in that same apartment building not three years before--a murder for which another, possibly innocent, man was sent to the gallows? The Great Smog of 1952 remains the deadliest air pollution disaster in world history, and John Reginald Christie is still one of the most unfathomable serial killers of modern times. Journalist Kate Winkler Dawson braids these strands together into a taut, compulsively readable true crime thriller about a man who changed the fate of the death penalty in the UK, and an environmental catastrophe with implications that still echo today.

Author : John Creasey
Publisher : House of Stratus
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2013-11-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780755138012

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The Smog by John Creasey Pdf

In an English Village and an American City life goes on as normal. Then a choking, yellowish smog begins to creep along the ground. It is an eye-stinging, killing miasma. Dr. Palfrey and Z5 deploy to head off the threat. One mystery follows another and a fantastic, yet disturbing light is shined on a problem that is all too real ...

Author : David Shenk
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2009-10-13
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780061844584

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Data Smog by David Shenk Pdf

Media scholar ( and Internet Enthusiast ) David Shenk examines the troubling effects of information proliferation on our bodies, our brains, our relationships, and our culture, then offers strikingly down-to-earth insights for coping with the deluge. With a skillful mixture of personal essay, firsthand reportage, and sharp analysis, Shenk illustrates the central paradox of our time: as our world gets more complex, our responses to it become increasingly simplistic. He draws convincing links between data smog and stress distraction, indecision, cultural fragmentation, social vulgarity, and more. But there's hope for a saner, more meaningful future, as Shenk offers a wealth of novel prescriptions—both personal and societal—for dispelling data smog.

Author : Anna L. Ahlers,Mette Halskov Hansen,Rune Svarverud
Publisher : Association for Asian Studies
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2020-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0924304928

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The Great Smog of China by Anna L. Ahlers,Mette Halskov Hansen,Rune Svarverud Pdf

The Great Smog of China traces Chinese air pollution events dating back to more than 2,000 years ago. Based on the authors' fieldwork, interviews and text studies, the book offers a short and concise history of selected air pollution incidents that for varying reasons prompted different kinds of responses and forms of engagement in Chinese society. The three authors, from the disciplines of anthropology, China studies and political science, identify traceable incidents of smog and air pollution that have been communicated in different media and came to impact society in various ways. This also informs a discussion of what it takes to transform people's experiences of health and environmentally related risks of pollution into broader forms of socio-political agency.

Author : Derek Elsom
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2014-04-04
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781134164943

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Smog Alert by Derek Elsom Pdf

The world's cities are choking on pollution from traffic and industry. With the health of over 1.6 billion people under threat, poor urban air quality is fast becoming one of them most pressing environmental problems of our times. Smog Alert examines the causes and scale of urban air pollution, identifying who is most at risk, and what particular health risks various pollutants pose. It then considers an effective framework for air quality management, so that national and city authorities can consider what pollution control polices and measures are needed to deliver healthy urban air quality, and to sustain it in the future. Having established the background and framework, the book examines the existing and alternative measures to monitor and combat the declining air quality. It assesses smog alert systems; the potential for cleaner car and fuel technology; sustainable traffic management and public transport policies; and methods of controlling both industrial and residential emissions. Detailed case studies illustrate the severity and breadth of the problem - from the first serious photochemical smogs in Los Angeles to the dire warning offered by Mexico City; and from London (the city which coined the word 'smog') to Athens' pollution phenomenon, the 'nefos'. Drawing on the lessons learned from past experience, Smog Alert provides a comprehensive analysis of how health air quality may yet be achieved in the world's cities.

Author : Siddharth Singh
Publisher : Penguin Random House India Private Limited
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2018-11-02
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9789353053154

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The Great Smog of India by Siddharth Singh Pdf

Air pollution kills over a million Indians every year, albeit silently. Families are thrown into a spiralling cycle of hospital visits, critically poor health and financial trouble impacting their productivity and ability to participate in the economy. Children born in regions of high air pollution are shown to have irreversibly reduced lung function and cognitive abilities that affects their incomes for years to come. They all suffer, silently. The issue is exacerbated every winter, when the Great Smog of India descends and envelops much of northern India. In this period, the health impact from mere breathing is akin to smoking a pack of cigarettes a day. The crisis is so grave that it warrants emergency health advisories forbidding people from stepping out. And yet, for most of us, life is business as usual. It isn't that the scientific community and policymakers don't know what causes air pollution, or what it will take to tackle the problem. It is that the problem is social and political as much as it is technological, and human problems are often harder to overcome than scientific ones. Each sector of the economy that needs reform has its underlying political, economic and social dynamics that need to be addressed to make a credible impact on emissions. With clarity and compelling arguments, and with a dash of irony, Siddharth Singh demystifies the issue: where we are, how we got here, and what we can do now. He discusses not only developments in sectors like transport, industry and energy production that silently contribute to air pollution, but also the 'agricultural shock' to air quality triggered by crop burning in northern India every winter. He places the air pollution crisis in the context of India's meteorological conditions and also climate change. Above all, and most alarmingly, he makes clear what the repercussions will be if we remain apathetic.

Author : William Wise
Publisher : Dissertation.com
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2001-02
Category : Air
ISBN : 0595171842

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Killer Smog by William Wise Pdf

“By uncovering some of the hidden facts of the famous London ‘fog’ of 1952, in (which) more than 4,000 people died, he (William Wise) dramatizes our own acute problems.” —Rollene W. Saal, Saturday Review “A distinct contribution to public understanding of the air pollution problem. A thorough and fascinating job of inquiry.” —Gladwin Hill, The New York Times “It takes only a few hours to read this chiller; I recommend that you do so.” —Medical Record News

Author : Christine L. Corton
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2015-11-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674088351

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London Fog by Christine L. Corton Pdf

The classic London fogs—thick yellow “pea-soupers”—were born in the industrial age and remained a feature of cold, windless winter days until clean air legislation in the 1960s. Christine L. Corton tells the story of these epic London fogs, their dangers and beauty, and the lasting effects on our culture and imagination of these urban spectacles.

Author : Douglas S. Eisinger
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2012-08-21
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781136527173

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Smog Check by Douglas S. Eisinger Pdf

When federal and state governments battle over environmental regulations, whose approach should prevail? Shortly after passage of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments, a controversial U.S. EPA mandate led to an intense conflict between federal regulators and California politicians. The disagreement pitted EPA's required overhaul of auto inspections against California's desire to self-govern its test program - popularly called 'Smog Check.' The conflict nearly upended the Clean Air Act, and triggered dramatic policy shifts throughout the United States. Smog Check presents these struggles in first-hand detail. Eisinger, an EPA official at the time of this conflict, probes deeply into the issues and explores broader questions including: when does it become imperative for agencies to bargain with one another, when should regulatory flexibility and performance-based regulations be favored over command and control approaches, and what should be done when decisions need to be made in the face of scientific disagreement? The book also includes insightful commentary from other EPA participants in the Smog Check controversy. Smog Check's lessons will be relevant to climate change, air pollution control, and numerous other policy challenges.

Author : Alvin Silverstein,Virginia B. Silverstein
Publisher : Enslow Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Environmental protection
ISBN : 0766033139

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Smog, Oil Spills, Sewage, and More by Alvin Silverstein,Virginia B. Silverstein Pdf

"Gives an overview of different types of pollution, with interesting scientific and historical facts"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Chip Jacobs,William J. Kelly
Publisher : Abrams
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2008-10-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781590207642

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Smogtown by Chip Jacobs,William J. Kelly Pdf

“A zany and provocative cultural history” of LA’s infamous air pollution and the struggle to combat it from the 1940s to today (Kirkus). The smog beast wafted into downtown Los Angeles on July 26, 1943. Nobody knew what it was. Secretaries rubbed their eyes. Traffic cops seemed to disappear in the mysterious haze. Were Japanese saboteurs responsible? A reckless factory? The truth was much worse—it came from within, from Southern California’s burgeoning car-addicted, suburban lifestyle. Smogtown is the story of pollution, progress, and how an optimistic people confronted the epic struggle against airborne poisons barraging their hometowns. There are scofflaws and dirty deals aplenty, plus murders, suicides, and an ever-present paranoia about mass disaster. California based journalists Chip Jacobs and William J. Kelly highlight the bold personalities involved, the corporate-tainted science, the terrifying health costs, the attempts at cleanup, and how the smog battle helped mold the modern-day culture of Los Angeles.

Author : Kate Light
Publisher : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2017-07-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781538205242

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Smothered in Smog by Kate Light Pdf

Smog is in today’s headlines regularly, with vivid photographs of hoards of people wearing masks as they commute. There aren’t many things that acutely threaten the human ecosystem like smog, as the death tolls of the London, Donora, Shanghai, and Meuse Valley disasters show. This is an unfortunately topical book, chronicling several historic episodes—some lasting days, some years—through both focused text and powerful sidebars showing real statistics. Each spread has a fact box discussing what legal changes were made—and not made—following these events. The final chapter cites specific ways readers can help.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 628 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1949
Category : Industrial hygiene
ISBN : UOM:39015007724993

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Industrial Hygiene Newsletter by Anonim Pdf

Author : William Wise
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Air
ISBN : UCAL:B4502482

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Killer Smog by William Wise Pdf

This book details the Great Smog of London in 1952 and the health effects on the population caused by the air pollution.

Author : Christopher C. Sellers
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2012-06-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9780807869901

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Crabgrass Crucible by Christopher C. Sellers Pdf

Although suburb-building created major environmental problems, Christopher Sellers demonstrates that the environmental movement originated within suburbs--not just in response to unchecked urban sprawl. Drawn to the countryside as early as the late nineteenth century, new suburbanites turned to taming the wildness of their surroundings. They cultivated a fondness for the natural world around them, and in the decades that followed, they became sensitized to potential threats. Sellers shows how the philosophy, science, and emotions that catalyzed the environmental movement sprang directly from suburbanites' lives and their ideas about nature, as well as the unique ecology of the neighborhoods in which they dwelt. Sellers focuses on the spreading edges of New York and Los Angeles over the middle of the twentieth century to create an intimate portrait of what it was like to live amid suburban nature. As suburbanites learned about their land, became aware of pollution, and saw the forests shrinking around them, the vulnerability of both their bodies and their homes became apparent. Worries crossed lines of class and race and necessitated new ways of thinking and acting, Sellers argues, concluding that suburb-dwellers, through the knowledge and politics they forged, deserve much of the credit for inventing modern environmentalism.