Concise Dictionary of Environmental Terms

Written for academic use at all levels as well as for both technical and non-technical individuals, this dictionary features environmental terminology. One-sentence definitions for approximately 6000 words or terms are provided to present as much information as possible without complicating its meaning with technical jargon. The words and terms are drawn from the following environmental areas: air; water; solid waste; risk; meterology; regulations; toxicology; engineering; inorganic chemicals; multimedia concerns; sustainable development; ISO 14000; ecology; and health, safety and accident management. In addition, a diskette has been attached to the back cover of the dictionary. The diskette contains two program files, a Word Perfect 5.1 file which can be run from the Windows Program Manager and an ASCII file. Both of these text files contain the entire dictionary of words and enable the reader to quickly find a definition using the searh capability of modern word processor.