Environmental monitoring

Natural resources not only contribute to overall growth of the economy but also help reduce poverty by providing employment and food security to populations on the continent, and is thus the most inclusive growth sector of the economy of Asian countries.

This book states that current developments in air pollution modeling are explored as a series of contributions from researchers at the forefront of their field.

Flood risk management requires a multi-disciplinary approach with experts from the fields of health, town planning, civil engineering, computer science and mathematical statistics.

The Lautenberg Act is shown as an indicator of overall changes due to regulatory efforts abroad as well as in the United States.

The book presents high-quality research papers from the Seventh International Conference on Solid Waste Management (IconSWM 2017), held at Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University, Hyderabad on December 15-17, 2017.

While community quality-of-life indicators are gaining much needed attention in both scholarly work and practice, their application in the areas of parks, recreation and tourism management are not as well known.

The floristic studies carried out during the 19th and 20th centuries in the Retezat Massif identified 1,152 plant species and 104 subspecies within the Cormobionta sub-regnum.

This edited volume deals with the understanding of the issues concerned with the pollution caused by toxic elements and heavy metals and their impacts on the different agro-ecosystems as well as the techniques involved in sustainable remediation and amelioration of polluted soils.

This book is the first comprehensive review of the subsurface monitoring theory and practice.

This book presents a systematic study of urban green space remote sensing from multi-dimensional and multi-scale technologies.

The exponential increase of the Internet of Things (IoTs) has revolutionized lives, but it has also resulted in massive resource consumption and environmental pollution.

This book provides up-to-date information on the environmental impact of transgenic trees on genetically modified tree (GMT) communication strategy.

This book explores the challenges that confront leaders in government and industry when making decisions in the areas of environmental health and safety.

This volume provides up-to-date information on toxic pollutants in the environment and their harmful effects on human health and nature.

The history of chemistry and pharmaceutical sciences is an impressive success story.

An introduction to the principles and applications of passive seismic monitoring, providing an accessible overview of current research and technology.

This book thoroughly examines aerosol pollution and aerosol atmospheric rivers (narrow corridors of concentrated suspended aerosols in the sky), exploring their significant effects on human health, the environment, and global climate.

Experts in soil and environmental sciences as well as in the theory of wave propagation and numerical modeling methods provide a comprehensive account of different aspects of pollutant migration in soils, aquifers, and other geological formations.

This book uniquely presents accurate and up-to-date information related to crops in small and fragmented agricultural lands with mixed cropping patterns.

Groundwater is sometimes called the hidden asset awareness of its existence and its importance is not well known and as a consequence the measures which are required to protect and manage it in an environmental sustainable way are either not taken or are taken too late.

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This book is devoted to sewage sludge, its sustainable management, and its use and implications on soil fertility and crop production.

An intuitive introduction to basic Fourier theory, with numerous practical applications from the geosciences and worked examples in R.

There is a need of strengthening the global and local response to cope with the threat of climate change and adverse effects of rising anthropogenic activities in the mountain ecosystem.

This handbook in two volumes offers a heretofore unavailable compilation of detailed information on foraminifera of the Caspian-Black Sea-Mediterranean Corridors ("e;CORRIDORS"e;), including their taxonomy, ecology, and applications in the study of Quaternary stratigraphy, paleogeographic reconstruction, and environmental stress.

This book introduces methods of re-processing images to extract numerical information that can be used to quantify the observables in environmental modelling.

This book presents a survey, dynamic monitoring and comprehensive analysis of Sri Lanka's land, vegetation, surface water, ocean and other environmental resources, as well as its economic, transportation, urban, agricultural and tourism development.

This book combines three different energy-economy-emissions modeling methodologies into one Integrated Modeling Framework (IMF) in an attempt to fill gaps in current modeling research as it applies to developing countries.

This book showcases the state of the art in the field of sensors and microsystems, revealing the impressive potential of novel methodologies and technologies.

This book explores state-of-art techniques based on open-source software and statistical programming and modelling in modern geospatial applications, specifically focusing on recent trends in data mining techniques and robust modelling in Geomorphological, Hydrological, Bio-physical and Social activities.

This interactive book presents comprehensive information on the fundamentals of landslide types and dynamics, while also providing a set of PPT, PDF, and text tools for education and capacity development.

This volume discusses climate change impacts on groundwater quality in arid and semi-arid regions, and provides human health risk assessments due to pollution of surface and groundwater.

Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) Analysis is the second phase in the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) framework.

Modern Earth System Monitoring represents a fundamental change in the way scientists study the Earth System.

This volume presents the conference proceedings from FinDrones2020.

This book offers a comprehensive overview of the environmental challenges posed by emerging pollutants and the innovative strategies available for their management.

There are many GIS products for smart cities to implement smart city projects or activities.

Combining publicly available Google Street View (GSV) images with deep learning and radiative transfer models enables researchers to assess urban physical and thermal environments, especially in high-density areas.

This volume provides readers with the tools to unlock the potential of Earth observation (EO) technologies to transform coastal zone management.

This book proposes the concept of urban multiple habitats and then analyzes its corresponding classification, function and potential supply capability.

MARTENS Bob and BROWN Andre Co-conference Chairs, CAAD Futures 2005 Computer Aided Architectural Design is a particularly dynamic field that is developing through the actions of architects, software developers, researchers, technologists, users, and society alike.

This book presents a comprehensive and detailed overview of indoor pollution, covering the main contaminants in the indoor environment - air and dust, the health aspects of exposure, and different possibilities for a risk assessment.

This book explores the challenges posed by plastic pollution in terrestrial environment and focuses on the reuse of plastic waste for sustainable practices, as well as the challenges and innovative approaches to combat the growing plastic crisis.

Floods are of increasing public concern world-wide due to increasing damages and unacceptably high numbers of injuries.

This book focuses on small flying drones and their applications in conducting geographic surveys.

This book covers advanced solutions for managing water systems pollution caused by microplastics.

The issue of water quality monitoring is becoming a huge area as the EU requirements for cleaner water increase.