William A. Thomas

Indicators of Environmental Quality : Proceedings of a symposium held
during the AAAS meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, December
26-31, 1971. ; ( II-1018 )

Indicators of Environmental Quality : An Overview ................................1

Why Environmental Quality Indices ? ………………………………7

Uses of Environmental Indices in Policy Formulation ……………15

Urban- Environmental Indices in Municipal and Neighborhood Policy Planning and Decision Making……………………………………..23

The Uncommunicative Scientist : The Obligation of Scientists to Explain Environment to the Public..................................................31

Evaluation of Natural Environments................................................43

Indicators of Environmental Quality of Urban Life :Economic, Spatial, Social, and Political Factors.………………………………………..55

Establishing Priorities Among Environmental Stresses ………….71

Pollutant Burdens in Humans : A Measure of Environmental Quality……………83

Aquatic Communities as Indices of Pollution…………………..93

Plants as Indicators of Air Quality…………………………….101

Biochemical Indicators of Environmental Pollution................109

Use of Sence of Smell in Determining Environmental Quality…………………….133

Development of Environmental Indices : Outdoor Recreational Resources and Land Use Shift…………………………147

A Water Quality Index-Crashing the Psychological Barrier …173

Indices of Air Quality…………………………………………183
Statistically Based Air-Quality Indices…..………………….199

Indicators of Environmental Noise........................................211

Developing a Soil Quality Index.……………………………..243

Environmental Indices for Radioactivity Releases..……….249

Plant Indicators in Ecology………………………………...257

Index…………………………………………………………269… (mer)