Environmental Noise

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Noise is an unwanted sound without agreeable musicals quality. The noise as pollutant produces contaminated environment, with becomes a nuisance and affects the heath of a person, his activities and mental abilities. In the field of noise pollution major studies is on Noise, its properties, pollution effects and control. This books is unique and a step forward as it integrates the various aspects of environmental noise, its affects, pollution, control and management as well as also includes adverse effect of noise on human health.

The main emphasis is on defining how the noise adversely affects the human ear. The book include detailed chapters on structure of the human ear, physiology of ear how sound is transmitted and how noise adversely effects the hearing process, the manner by which hearing impairment can be prevented, which should be the main emphasis of all studies. The topics in the book are brief, self explanatory which will be useful for the scientist as well as common person to understand noise, its effects and how to prevent human health from effects of excessive noise

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Mala Agarwal

Dr. Mala Agarwal is presently working as Lecturer in Botany, posted at Government P.G. College, Chimanpura (Shahpura), JAIPUR. The author has a good academic record. She did her Ph.D. Degree from the University of Rajasthan. She has also done the P.G. diploma in Environmental Studies from the same University. This is author's second book. The first book of author named "Medicinal Plants" was published in 2002 and in the same year the first paper on noise was published in Everyman's Sciences Congress Association. Since then she has presented a number of papers on medicinal plants and on environment problems in a number of national / international seminars. She also has a good publication record in the form of research papers in reputed journals / edited books. She also presented a paper in Young Scientist Award programme of Indian Science Congress 2001, held at IARI, Pusa Road, New Delhi. The author in versatile and rated high in academics.