Environmental science, engineering and technology

Achieving environmental sustainability with rapid industrialization is currently a major global challenge.

Water - a basic element of life, livelihood, food security and sustainable development - holds the key to global sustainability.

This book aims to provide comprehensive and systematic introduction and summary of corrosion characteristics, mechanisms, and control methods of candidate alloys in sub- and supercritical water environment.

This book gathers high-quality research papers presented at the Seventh International Conference on Solid Waste Management, held at Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University, Hyderabad on December 15-17, 2017.

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

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

This book highlights the processing, characterization and applications of various green composites.

This book highlights the production of green composites from various sustainable raw materials.

This book provides an overview of the lastest developments in biobased materials and their applications in food packaging.

Achieving environmental sustainability with rapid industrialization is a major challenge of current scenario worldwide.

The book discusses ways to overcome the side effects of using hydrocarbon-based products as energy sources.

This book deals with the most emerging aspects of algal research with special reference to microalgae viz; diversity, mutations, genomics and metagenomics study, eco-physiology, culturing, microalgae for food and feed, biofuel production, harvesting of microalgae, separation, and purification of biochemicals, techno-economical assessment, microalgal biotechnology, algal-bacterial systems for wastewater treatment.

This book assesses river health in the Lancang River Basin with regard to the impacts of hydropower projects.

With rampant industrialization, the management of waste generated by various industries is becoming a mammoth problem.

This book offers present-day retrospectives and future perspectives on 'phytobiont' studies in the context of phyto-micro restitution, filling some of the information gaps in this promising research field.

This book delves into the biotechnological applications of Quorum sensing (QS)- a peculiar gene-regulatory process of some microorganisms.

This book presents some of the latest technologies in waste management, and emphasizes the benefits that can be gained from the use of recycled products.

This book focuses on ecological wisdom inspired restoration engineering through theories, hypotheses, policies, practical understanding, and case studies.

This book is the seventh volume of the proceedings of the 4th GeoShanghai International Conference that was held on May 27 - 30, 2018.

This book is the eighth volume of the proceedings of the 4th GeoShanghai International Conference that was held on May 27 - 30, 2018.

This book presents a comprehensive overview of the use of microorganisms and microbial metabolites as a future sustainable basis of agricultural, environmental and industrial developments.

This book is the fourth volume of the proceedings of the 4th GeoShanghai International Conference that was held on May 27 - 30, 2018.

The book presents chapters from world leaders on water desalination advances with respect to processes, separations materials, and energy and environmental considerations.

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 discusses the practical applications of quorum sensing inhibitors for both human and plant health.

This book highlights the traditional boundaries of the textile industry and discusses to what extent organic cotton is sustainable.

Fungal nanobionics has great prospects for developing new products with industrial, agriculture, medicine and consumer applications in a wide range of sectors.

Rapid industrialization is a serious concern in the context of a healthy environment.

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.

The book provides the most up-to-date information available on various biotechnological processes useful in the pulp and paper industry.

This book covers the fundamentals of sensor technologies as well as the recent research for the development of environmental, chemical and medical sensor technologies.

This book introduces the highly topical issue from many different angles, sensitizing readers to the various challenges to human life posed by climate change, identifying possible intentional and inadvertent anthropogenic factors and consequences, and seeking socially and environmentally viable solutions.

This contributed volume encompasses contributions by eminent researchers in the field of geotechnical engineering.

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 provides a comprehensive review of biosynthetic approaches to the production of industrially important chemicals and the environmental challenges involved.

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

The book contains high-quality research papers presented at Sixth International Conference on Solid Waste Management held at Jadavpur University, Kolkata India during November 23-26, 2016.

Environmental sustainability is one of the biggest issues faced by the mankind.

This book not only explores catalysis processes in redox reactions but also proposes a potential after-treatment strategy.

Emerging technologies in wastewater treatment plant is an ecological, profitable and natural technology designed to eliminate heavy metals, radionuclides, xenobiotic compounds, organic waste, pesticides, etc.

This book argues that the sustainable management of resources requires a systematic approach that primarily involves the integration of green innovative biotechnological strategies and eco-engineering.

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 discusses different bioprocesses to produce value-added compounds, the science behind their production, the economics of their introduction to the marketplace, their environmental impacts, and their implications for world agriculture.

The book contains high-quality research papers presented at Sixth International Conference on Solid Waste Management held at Jadavpur University, Kolkata India during November 23-26, 2016.

This book discusses modern technologies for utilizing various types of agricultural waste as a direct means of properly managing its abundance.

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