Urban Air Pollution and Forests
Subtitle: Resources at Risk in the Mexico City Air Basin (Ecological Studies)
Contributors: M.J. Molina (Foreword); Mark E. Fenn (Editor); L.I. de Bauer (Editor); Tomas Hernandez-Tejeda (Editor)
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: May 2, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 387
ISBN-13: 9780387953373
Subjects: Atmospheric pollution; Conservation of the environment; Forests, rainforests; Air Pollution; Science; Nature; Science/Mathematics; Mexico; Agriculture - Forestry; Ecology; Trees & Forests - General; Science / Biology; Acoustics & Sound; Environmental Science; Air; Effect of air pollution on; Environmental aspects; Forest Ecology; Mexico City Metropolitan Area; Pollution; Trees
First sentence: The Valley of Mexico is a closed basin with an artificial drainage outlet situated at 2240 masl and is bordered by covered by a lake, which is now practically extinct but, for most of the past 100,000 years, covered 2000 km.