The environment

This book simplifies microbiological processes involved in wastewater treatment to engineering students.

This book introduces the background of carbon neutrality and the objectives that are set for China and other regions.

The book discusses the transformative power of natural pigments derived from biological sources to combat the environmental and health challenges posed by synthetic dyes.

In the face of increasingly serious resource and environmental challenges, the world has already accepted low-carbon development as the main way forward for future city construction.

This book presents select proceedings from the International Conference on Civil Engineering Innovative Development in Engineering Advances (ICC IDEA 2025), highlighting holistic innovations in civil engineering for sustainable and smart infrastructure development.

Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning is based on the 8th International Symposium of the same name (ISHVAC2013), which took place in Xi'an on October 19-21, 2013.

Anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, energy security and sustainability are three of the greatest contemporary global challenges today.

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the Second International Conference, GreeNets 2012, held in Gaudia, Spain, in October 2012.

This book series is composed of peer-reviewed proceedings of selected symposia organized by the International Association of Geodesy.

Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning is based on the 8th International Symposium of the same name (ISHVAC2013), which took place in Xi'an on October 19-21, 2013.

This book constitutes the refereed post-proceedings of the 9th European Performance Engineering Workshop, EPEW 2012, held in Munich, Germany, and the 28th UK Performance Engineering Workshop, UKPEW 2012, held in Edinburgh, UK, in July 2012.

This book constitutes the thoroughly referred post-workshop proceedings of the 23rd International Workshop on Combinatorial Algorithms, IWOCA 2012, held in Krishnankoil, Tamil Nadu, India, in July 2012.

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the First International Joint Conference on Green Communication and Networking (GreeNets 2011), held in Colmar, France, on October 5-7, 2011.

The book on Sustainable Automotive Technologies aims to draw special attention to the research and practice focused on new technologies and approaches capable of meeting the challenges to sustainable mobility.

2012 International Conference on Environment Science and 2012 International Conference on Computer Science (ICES 2012/ICCS 2012) will be held in Australia, Melbourne, 15-16 March, 2012.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First International Conference on Information and Communication Technology for the Fight against Global Warming, ICT-Glow 2011, held in Toulouse, France in August 2011.

These proceedings capture papers presented at the third International Conferences on Sustainable Automotive Technologies (ICSAT), held at the Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR), Greenville, South Carolina, USA, during 5-6 April 2011.

Non-renewable materials can no longer be disposed once humankind's ever increasing needs cannot be fulfilled anymore due to limited resources.

A unique feature of this book is its strong practice-oriented nature: it contains a wide range of papers dealing with the social, economic and political aspects of climate change, exemplifying the diversity of approaches to climate change management taking place all over the world, in a way never seen before.

This volume represents the proceedings of the Second International Conference on Sustainability in Energy and Buildings, SEB'10, held in the City of Brighton and Hove in the United Kingdom, and organised by KES International.

This book will be a valuable source of information for those concerned with rural and farm tourism, sustainable tourism and the marketing of "e;Calibri"e;>local gastronomy.

This volume represents the proceedings of the First International Conference on S- tainability in Energy and Buildings, SEB'09, held in the City of Brighton and Hove in the United Kingdom, organised by KES International with the assistance of the World Renewable Energy Congress / Network, and hosted by the University of Brighton.

Subduction is a major process that plays a first-order role in the dynamics of the Earth.

This book presents select proceedings from the International Conference on Civil Engineering Innovative Development in Engineering Advances (ICC IDEA 2025), highlighting holistic innovations in civil engineering for sustainable and smart infrastructure development.

Mankind has evolved both genetically and culturally to become a most successful and dominant species.

Water in the MEDA region is a crucial issue, with regard to the availability of ren- able water resources in the MEDA countries most will face even more serious pr- lems in the management of their limited water resources in the near future.

In May 2005, the International Max Planck Research School for Maritime Affairs organized an international conference addressing marine pollution.

Mountainous regions are vitally important ecosystems.

Once applied only to problems of mining-reserves assessment or petroleum-reservoir characterization, geostatistics is now being used in an increasingly large number of disciplines in environmental sciences.

This book includes several special features related to Life Cycle and Techno-Economic Assessment (LCA and TEA) to enhance clarity, understanding, and engagement.

Resourceful Urbanism reimagines how cities can thrive through constraints, whether environmental, economic, or spatial, by harnessing ingenuity, local knowledge, and innovative design.

This edited book provides an overview of green nanostructured photocatalysts for clean energy, covering photocatalysis fundamentals, nanomaterial synthesis principles, and characterization techniques.

El presente texto contiene los resultados del proyecto de investigación titulado "Alternativas para el manejo de aguas subterráneas en las zonas de expansión occidental de la ciudad de Pereira, Colombia", financiado por la Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira -UTP- en el marco de la convocatoria interna del año 2010, el cual fue desarrollado por el Grupo de Investigación en Agua y Saneamiento -GIAS-de la Facultad de Ciencias Ambientales durante los años 2012 y 2013.

This book addresses these pressing issues, providing a comprehensive overview of the challenges posed by climate change and their impacts on society.

The progress of composite materials and material science has transformed several sectors, including aviation, biomedicine, aerospace and automotive industry, medicine, and manufacturing.

Ecotoxicology of Metals in Invertebrates reviews the state of the art in research concerning metal exposure of marine, freshwater, and terrestrial invertebrates.

The progress of composite materials and material science has transformed several sectors, including aviation, biomedicine, aerospace and automotive industry, medicine, and manufacturing.

Ecotoxicology of Metals in Invertebrates reviews the state of the art in research concerning metal exposure of marine, freshwater, and terrestrial invertebrates.

Sustainable Brand Leadership reveals, in simple steps, how to cultivate a leadership mentality to nurture future-fit brand management systems.

Statistics in Environmental Monitoring and Assessment details how statistics plays an essential role in every step of an environmental monitoring and assessment program, from the sampling design to the data management and data analysis methods that are used to extract meaningful information for environmental quality management.

This is the first interdisciplinary book on a holistic approach to Urban Facility Management (UFM) based on recent scientific insights and analysis over a defined period of eight years of research.

This is the first interdisciplinary book on a holistic approach to Urban Facility Management (UFM) based on recent scientific insights and analysis over a defined period of eight years of research.

This book addresses the profound changes facing the construction sector to provide a comprehensive and forward-looking exploration of how renewable energy systems and intelligent technologies are reshaping the construction industry towards a more sustainable, resilient, and cost-effective future.

Ideal for students taking law modules on construction, surveying, real estate, planning and civil engineering courses, Galbraith's Construction and Land Management Law for Students is an excellent overview of the key legal issues in the built environment.