Urban Pest Management

Author : Partho Dhang
Publisher : CABI
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2023-08-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781800622920

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Urban Pest Management by Partho Dhang Pdf

The management and control of pests in the urban environment in the 21st Century faces many challenges. Pest populations adapt to changing conditions brought about by environmental changes caused by global warming, human population growth, and increased pollution. Urban pests are able to expand their ranges, densities, and habitats, sometimes causing large-scale damage and disease. This book provides collective insights from academic and industry experts on perspectives concerning urban pest management and regulatory innovations arising from the rapid onset of recent environmental challenges. Chapter topics address pest biology, advances in urban pest management practices, emerging urban pest control developments, new technologies, and regulations. The book describes new methods of pest control, their impacts on human health and the environment, and strategies for integrated management limiting the use of chemicals. It provides a practical resource for researchers and policy makers in pest management, urban health, medical entomology and environmental science.

Author : Gary W. Bennett,John M. Owens
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : MINN:31951000333251Y

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Advances in Urban Pest Management by Gary W. Bennett,John M. Owens Pdf

Abstract: Integrated Pest Management (IPM) practices and strategies for pesticide applicators working in urban or heavily populated areas are presented in this reference book. Arthropod, weed, vertebrate, household and public health pest and wood destroying organism controls are covered. Comprehensive bibliographies by topic are cited at the end of each chapter.

Author : Ion Staunton,Phillip Hadlington,John Gerozisis
Publisher : UNSW Press
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2008-06-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781742247274

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Urban Pest Management in Australia by Ion Staunton,Phillip Hadlington,John Gerozisis Pdf

For 23 years and through four editions, Urban Pest Management in Australia has been the major reference work for Australian pest control operators. This fifth edition has been extensively revised to support the constantly evolving pest management industry. It features an accessible new format, fully updated chapters, additional colour plates and extra content, including a new section on putting pest control into practice. Ion Staunton draws on his 50 years of industry knowledge to bring Gerozisis and Hadlington’s pest management ‘bible’ to a new generation of technicians.

Author : National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Urban Pest Management
Publisher : National Academies
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Household pests
ISBN : UCAL:B4982898

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Urban Pest Management by National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Urban Pest Management Pdf

Author : Partho Dhang,Philip Koehler,Roberto Pereira,Daniel D. Dye II
Publisher : CABI
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2022-04-29
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781800620155

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Key Questions in Urban Pest Management by Partho Dhang,Philip Koehler,Roberto Pereira,Daniel D. Dye II Pdf

Urban pests are common all over the world. These include cockroaches, flies, mosquitoes, bed bugs, ticks, fleas, ants, termites, rodents and others. These pests thrive in human structures, where there is food, warmth and places to hide. Urban pests are one of the leading causes of illnesses in humans due to allergies, bites, food contamination and phobias. They can also cause significant damage to property and structures. Knowledge and training in this field is vital for professional and trainee pest managers. This book is specifically intended to provide an aid to such candidates. The book contains 500 multiple-choice questions (and answers) grouped into major topic areas.

Author : Partho Dhang
Publisher : CABI
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2018-04-23
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781786395146

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Urban Pest Control by Partho Dhang Pdf

This guide brings together the varied and multiple skills and activities required of pest control practitioners, including biology, chemistry, architecture, engineering, sales, logistics, legal and accounting, presented with a primary emphasis on pest organisms at its core. This book provides information and tips on all of these aspects and: explores the business of controlling pests (including trends in the industry, pest control tools, and sustainable pest control); covers biological information on each pest in addition to information on control and management, monitoring and follow-up; focusses particularly on globally significant pests with internationally-applicable use and guidance; and provides practical and hands-on experience, drawing on original case studies. This is a key resource for pest control practitioners, as well as in-house staff of companies or buildings involved in household or urban pest control. It is also a valuable reference for researchers, and sanitation and building managers.

Author : Xavier Bonnefoy,Helge Kampen,Kevin Sweeney
Publisher : World Health Organization
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9789289071888

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Public Health Significance of Urban Pests by Xavier Bonnefoy,Helge Kampen,Kevin Sweeney Pdf

The second half of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century witnessed important changes in ecology, climate and human behaviour that favoured the development of urban pests. Most alarmingly, urban planners now face the dramatic expansion of urban sprawl, in which city suburbs are growing into the natural habitats of ticks, rodents and other pests. Also, many city managers now erroneously assume that pest-borne diseases are relics of the past. All these changes make timely a new analysis of the direct and indirect effects of present-day urban pests on health. Such an analysis should lead to the development of strategies to manage them and reduce the risk of exposure. To this end, WHO invited international experts in various fields - pests, pest-related diseases and pest management - to provide evidence on which to base policies. These experts identified the public health risk posed by various pests and appropriate measures to prevent and control them. This book presents their conclusions and formulates policy options for all levels of decision-making to manage pests and pest-related diseases in the future. [Ed.]

Author : Partho Dhang
Publisher : CABI
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2014-09-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781780642758

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Urban Insect Pests by Partho Dhang Pdf

A companion to 'Urban Pest Management', this book builds on the issues of insect pests in urban settings to discuss control strategies that look beyond products. From an environmental and health perspective, it is not always practical to spray chemicals indoors or in urban settings, so this work discusses sustainable control and best practice methods for managing insects that are vectors of disease, nuisance pests and the cause of structural damage.

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0309332435

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Urban Pest Management by National Research Council Pdf

Author : Kenneth D. Racke,Anne R. Leslie,American Chemical Society. Meeting
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING
ISBN : UOM:39015029450841

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Pesticides in Urban Environments by Kenneth D. Racke,Anne R. Leslie,American Chemical Society. Meeting Pdf

Proceedings of a symposium held in San Francisco in April 1992. The urban environment discussed includes homes, yards, gardens, public parks, golf courses, and restaurants. Some common products for the urban market are turf pesticides, termiticides, home and garden pesticides, indoor pesticides, and rodenticides. The papers are divided into five sections, each focusing on a different facet of urban pesticide use: pests and pesticides, dissipation of pesticides, mobility of pesticides, urban pesticides and humans, and urban pesticides and nontarget animals. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : M.L. Flint,R. van den Bosch
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781461592129

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Introduction to Integrated Pest Management by M.L. Flint,R. van den Bosch Pdf

Integrated control of pests was practiced early in this century, well before anyone thought to call it "integrated control" or, still later, "integrated pest management" (IPM), which is the subject of this book by Mary Louise Flint and the late Robert van den Bosch. USDA entomologists W. D. Hunter and B. R. Coad recommended the same principles in 1923, for example, for the control of boll weevil on cotton in the United States. In that program, selected pest-tolerant varieties of cotton and residue destruction were the primary means of control, with insecticides consid ered supplementary and to be used only when a measured incidence of weevil damage occurred. Likewise, plant pathologists had also developed disease management programs incorporating varietal selection and cul tural procedures, along with minimal use of the early fungicides, such as Bordeaux mixture. These and other methods were practiced well before modern chemical control technology had developed. Use of chemical pesticides expanded greatly in this century, at first slowly and then, following the launching of DDT as a broadly successful insecticide, with rapidly increasing momentum. In 1979, the President's Council on Environmental Quality reported that production of synthetic organic pesticides had increased from less than half a million pounds in 1951 to about 1.4 billion pounds-or about 3000 times as much-in 1977.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Household pests
ISBN : UCBK:B000485323

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Source Book of Urban Pest Management by Anonim Pdf

Author : D. P. Abrol,Uma Shankar
Publisher : CABI
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781845938086

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Integrated Pest Management by D. P. Abrol,Uma Shankar Pdf

Providing a critical evaluation of the management strategies involved in ecologically-based pest management, this book presents a balanced overview of environmentally safe and ecologically sound approaches. Topics covered include biological control with fungi and viruses, conservation of natural predators, use of botanicals and how effective pest management can help promote food security. In the broader context of agriculture, sustainability and environmental protection, the book provides a multidisciplinary and multinational perspective on integrated pest management useful to researchers in entomology, crop protection, environmental sciences and pest management.

Author : O. P. Tangri
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1986-01-01
Category : Pests
ISBN : 0785567364

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Integrated Urban Pest Management by O. P. Tangri Pdf

Author : Tim R. New
Publisher : Springer
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2015-09-18
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9783319212241

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Insect Conservation and Urban Environments by Tim R. New Pdf

Includes chapters on assessing changes among assemblages and in individual species, the variety of general threats (notably habitat changes and impacts of alien species) and more particularly urban threats. The first global overview and synthesis of the impacts of urbanisation on insects and their relatives and the needs and theoretical and practical background to conserving them in urban environments. Insect dependence on open spaces in built-up areas suggests a wide range of management options for conservation, from individual site (including novel habitats such as green roofs) to landscape-level connectivity. These measures, all discussed with specific examples, involve all sectors of humanity, from government agencies to individual householders and ‘citizen scientist’ groups. Each chapter includes pertinent and recent.