Pollution and threats to the environment

Lakes, wetlands and coastal regions provide essential services critical to the survival of human, wildlife and, by and large, the ecosystems, which are constantly threatened by anthropogenic activities, environmental degradation and climate change.

The third volume in the Handbook of Environment and Waste Management Series, this book provides a comprehensive compilation of topics at the forefront of many of the technical advances and practices in acid rain and greenhouse gas pollution control.

This book reviews the latest advances in the bioelectrochemical degradation of recalcitrant environmental contaminants.

This book introduces the theory and applications of nanometer photocatalysis, and it briefly presents the concept of photocatalysts, photocatalytic reaction mechanisms and kinetics, and photocatalytic reactor design.

This publication is a practical guidebook on environmental risk assessment, especially for watershed-scale management.

This book focuses on the engineering aspects of phosphorus (P) recovery and recycling, presenting recent research advances and applications of technologies in this important and challenging area of engineering.

This book presents the latest developments and recent research trends in the field of plankton, highlighting the potential ecological and biotechnological applications.

The coastal and ocean ecosystem is a significant feature of our planet and provides a source of food for much of life on Earth.

This book argues that groundwater pollution risk assessment is the essential foundation of groundwater pollution prevention and control.

This book presents the state-of-the-art in the area of water remediation.

This book examines bioremediation technologies as a tool for environmental protection and management.

This book focuses on value addition to various waste streams, which include industrial waste, agricultural waste, and municipal solid and liquid waste.

This book discusses the bioremediation of both solid and liquid waste, including regional solutions for India as well as globally relevant applications.

This book focuses on radiation applications in various fields such as industry, environmental conservation, analytical sciences, agriculture, medical diagnosis and therapy, and other areas, from laboratory or research scale to practical or commercial scale.

This book addresses the measurement of environmental contaminants in water, air, and soil.

This volume provides state-of-the-art information on soil-water interactions in wastewater systems, characterization of wastewater, modes of treatment, safety of wastewater use, water conservation technologies involved in recycling of sewage in fish culture, biogeochemical cycling bacteria and nutrient dynamics, ecosystem resilient driven wastewater reclamation, bioremediation, aquaponics, ecological integrity, culture practices of fish farming, microbial food web phenomena, fish diseases, environmental economics of wastewater, environmental risk assessment, environmental law and regulations.

This book focuses on various aspects related to air pollution, including major sources of air pollution, measurement techniques, modeling studies and solution approaches to control.

Explores the history, community and context through which climate ''geoengineering'' became a governance object on the climate policy agenda.

This book provides extensive information on high-temperature H2S removal for integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) coarse gas, together with briefly introductions to the concept of clean coal technology, and to the mechanism and kinetics of hot coal gas desulfurizers.

This book presents an intensive study on the biogeochemical cycle of mercury in a river-reservoir system in Wujiang River Basin, the upper branch of the Yangtze River.

This proceedings volume for the 4th international conference CIGOS 2017 (Congres International de Geotechnique - Ouvrages - Structures) presents novel technologies, solutions and research advances, making it an excellent guide in civil engineering for researchers, students, and professional engineers alike.

This book reviews the progresses and achievements made in the past 20 years of research on soil pollution and remediation in China, and presents 50 review and research articles from all over China, including Hong Kong and Taiwan.

This book analyses the sustainability of membrane operations applied on an industrial scale, as well as that of those under investigation on lab/pilot scales, covering also the preparation of both polymeric and inorganic membranes.

This book presents a detailed analysis in relation to pollutant processes and transport pathways encompassing atmospheric pollutants, atmospheric deposition and build-up on road surfaces of traffic generated key pollutants.

This third volume on detox fashion highlights sustainable wastewater treatment methods, as well as techniques used by and the adoption of detox strategies by different brands in the textile sector.

This book analyzes the status quo concerning waste generation and management systems in Thailand and other developing countries with similar problems.

The book provides reader with a comprehensive up-to-date overview of various aspects of soil pollutants manifestation of toxicity.

This book discusses energy transfer, fluid flow and pollution in built environments.

This book presents the necessary fundamental knowledge in the research, development, design, selection, and application of desiccant heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning systems.

This book presents novel design principles and technologies for dynamic isolation based on experimental studies.

This book is compilation of studies related with the xenobiotics i.

This book is particularly concerned with China's path to green development and how it can be understood, exploring questions such as how the goal of Chinese-led green development can be achieved.

This book offers a comprehensive and accessible guide covering various aspects of trace metal contamination in abiotic and biotic matrices of an iconic Indian tropical mangrove wetland - Sundarban.

This book discusses different aspects of water resources, ranging from hydrology and modeling to management and policy responses.

This textbook on Environmental Biotechnology not only presents an unbiased overview of the practical biological approaches currently employed to address environmental problems, but also equips readers with a working knowledge of the science that underpins them.

This book mainly focuses on ecological approaches for preventing and controlling non-point source (NPS) pollution on the basis of forestry measures.

This book discusses the Indian scenario concerning dust allergy, presenting case studies that reveal the practical aspects of allergies.

This book identifies the key hydrologic and hydraulic factors which influence the performance of stormwater quality treatment systems such as constructed wetlands and bioretention basins.

The main thrust of this book is focused on addressing the various interrelated processes, analysis and activities bearing upon sound river management.

This book takes a new and critical look at the underlying factors that affect the management of water resources, and its content is guided by three important visions.

This book focuses upon air pollution, types of air pollutants and their impact on plant physiological and biochemical systems.

Marine environment is the largest habitat covering approximately 70% of the total earth surface.

This book presents a socio-economic analysis of the issues linking technological innovation in providing arsenic-safe drinking water in rural areas.

Integrating information from several areas of engineering geology, hydrogeology, geotechnical engineering, this book addresses the general field of groundwater from an engineering perspective.

This book takes stock of micro irrigation systems (MIS), the technological intervention in India's agricultural and water management sectors, over the past couple of decades.

En la segunda mitad del siglo XIX, los avances en la medicina profiláctica permitieron un alto ritmo del crecimiento de la población, la llamada explosión demográfica.

Hay un hilo que conecta todo lo que existe: la trama de la naturaleza, la sociedad y la cultura.

El Quinto Informe de Evaluación del Grupo Intergubernamental de Expertos sobre Cambio Climático IPCC (2014), concluye que la temperatura del planeta está aumentando como resultado del incremento en la concentración de gases de efecto invernadero en la atmósfera.

Esta obra da cuenta de la regulación internacional de algunos de los agentes tóxicos más poderosos creados por la sociedad humana: los desechos, químicos peligrosos y contaminantes orgánicos persistentes (pesticidas prohibidos).

This edited volume explores the crucial intersections between Indigenous Land-Based Knowledge (ILK), sustainability, settler colonialism, and the ongoing environmental crisis.