Environmental management

The textile waste water is well known to contain many detrimental impacts in terms of its pollutants and the issues pertaining to its discharged without being untreated, or even discharged without meeting all stipulated parameters.

This book presents and discusses a strategy which includes four approaches to dealing with the risk of sea-level rise and other water hazards.

Water pollution is a matter of concern for both developing and developed parts of the world.

This book discusses various issues relating to water resources, climate change and sustainable development.

This book brings together unique experiences of India, China and Israel in overcoming economic, social, and natural resource challenges.

This book provides the detail information about nanoparticles, their types, characterization techniques such as TEM, FESEM, AFM, XRD etc.

The book brings together research topics having a broad focus on human and climate change impacts on the terrestrial ecosystems in the tropics in general and more specifically from the most significant and vulnerable Himalayan ecosystem.

This book provides a comprehensive presentation on energy-efficient management in urban rail transit system via operations research and uncertain optimization methods.

This book provides up-to-date information on the state of the art in applications of biotechnological and microbiological tools for protecting the environment.

Sustainable development is the most important challenge facing humanity in the 21st century.

Biofuels are one of the most sustainable options when it comes to renewable energy sources to replace fossil fuels.

This book presents a comprehensive collection of recent research on the timely topic of sustainable development goals, with a focus on developing countries.

Converting biomass to biofuels involves hydrolyzing cellulose to sugars using cost-intensive commercial enzymes - an expensive step that makes large-scale production economically non-viable.

This book presents the 5-year monitoring of radioactive contamination in the Tokyo metropolitan area due to the Fukushima accident, covering radiation monitoring of soil, litter, river, water, seawater, aquatic sediments, fish and shellfish, and plants in urban areas.

This book provides up-to-date information on the state of the art in applications of biotechnological and microbiological tools for protecting the environment.

This book presents a comprehensive overview of the adoption of small-scale residential solar photovoltaic systems (RSPSs) in Saudi Arabia.

This book shows how specifically each goal of Sustainable Development Goals could be incorporated in country wise developmental programmes set to transform the world.

In the last two decades, coastal regions have relatively endured some of the fiercest oceanic and geophysical disasters than the earlier decades.

This book promotes a meaningful and appropriate dialogue and cross-disciplinary partnerships on Artificial Intelligence (AI) in governance and disaster management.

This book details various stages in the introduction, establishment and evolution of China's environmental management system.

Our Earth is considered as a natural system which organizes and controls itself.

This book focuses on governance and management issues in the much publicized 'Ganga Rejuvenation Project', led by the Indian Prime Minister Mr.

Over the past few decades, the frequency and severity of natural and human-induced disasters have increased across Asia.

In the current age of science and technology, our lives have become dominated by countless scientific and technological innovations without which the earth would be a much poorer place.

This book explores the intricate relationship between luxury and craftsmanship, using brand-based case studies and consumer behavior to do so.

The depletion of petroleum-derived fuel and environmental concerns have prompted many millennials to consider biofuels as alternative fuel sources.

This is Volume II in a three-volume set on the Behavior of Radionuclides in the Environment, focusing on Chernobyl.

Air pollution is an alarming problem, not only in terms of air quality, but also in relation to health issues.

This book introduces readers to environmental background investigation, pollution source intensity evaluation and risk assessment approaches used at three main types of groundwater-contaminated sites: municipal domestic waste landfills, hazardous waste landfills and oil-contaminated sites.

This book explores China's low-carbon consumption in the context of residential behaviour, corporate practices and policy Implication.

This book uses the concept of sustainability in science to address problems afflicting the environment, and to devise measures for improving economies, societies, behaviors, and people.

This book highlights the institutional, legal, and policy measures to manage water pollution in India, and discusses how effective they have been in improving the overall quality of the country's surface and groundwater resources.

This book presents the state-of-the-art in plant ecophysiology.

This book presents the state-of-the-art in plant ecophysiology.

This book presents and analyzes aspects that, within the framework of luxury, have been or are currently being redefined by sustainability considerations.

The 3-volume set highlights the behavior of radionuclides in the environment and focusing on the development of related fields of study, including microbiology and nanoscience.

This book gathers the proceedings of the EPPM 2019 conference, and highlights innovative work by researchers and practitioners active in various industries around the globe.

This book highlights the latest advances in waste management, resource recovery and resource circulation in various countries, with a special emphasis on India.

This book presents a novel way to enable people, regardless of their scale of influence, to take responsibility for global environmental problems including climate change.

Using accessible farming practices to meet the growing demands on agriculture is likely to result in more intense competition for natural resources, increased greenhouse gas emissions, and further deforestation and land degradation, which will in turn produce additional stress in the soil-water-plant-animal continuum.

Soil organic carbon (SOC), a key component of the global carbon (C) pool, plays an important role in C cycling, regulating climate, water supplies and biodiversity, and therefore in providing the ecosystem services that are essential to human well-being.

This book examines the environmental footprints of recycled polyesters, highlighting the benefits and impact of recycling polyester waste and preparing it to replace virgin polyester in the raw material stage.

As renewable energy sources, biofuels have tremendous potential to replace fossil fuels in future energy scenarios, offering green alternative energy sources.

This book introduces readers to the status quo and recent advances in China's low-carbon development.

This book highlights state-of-the-art research and practices for adaptation to climate change in food production systems (agriculture in particular) as observed in Japan and neighboring Asian countries.

As global great power competition intensifies, there is growing concern about the geopolitical future of Antarctica.

This book focuses on education for environmental sustainability, in particular the area of solid waste management.

This book presents a selected literature review and case studies for both physical and virtual water transfer.

The coastal areas of the tropics are rich in biodiversity, natural resources and place of intensive developmental activities as it provides livelihood to millions of people.

Plants provide a source of survival for all life on this planet.