Environmental science, engineering and technology

This book highlights current efforts and research (in Malaysia) on Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC) approach as a core technique for sludge treatment and energy recovery.

Concept of Zero Liquid Discharge: Innovations and Advances for Sustainable Wastewater Management provides fundamental and in-depth knowledge on the need for ZLD and conventional and modern technologies, along with the various strategies available to achieve ZLD.

Gaining momentum globally, sustainable development is beginning to significantly redefine the policies of corporations and governmental entities.

Aerospace Materials provides a grounding in state-of-the-art aerospace materials technology, including developments in aluminum, titanium, and nickel alloys, as well as polymers and polymer composites.

It has long been accepted that the social and cultural meanings of the car far exceed the practical need for mobility.

Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering: Biological Treatment of Industrial Effluents provides extensive coverage of new developments, state-of-the-art technologies, and potential future trends in data-based scientific knowledge and advanced information on the role and application of environmental biotechnology and engineering in the treatment of industrial effluents.

In the last decades robots are expected to be of increasing intelligence to deal with a large range of tasks.

Wastewater Treatment Reactors: Microbial Community Structure analyzes microbial community structure in relation to changes in physico-chemical parameters, the gene content (metagenome) or gene expression (metatranscriptome) of microbial communities in relation to changes in physico-chemical parameters, physiological aspects of microbial communities, enrichment cultures or pure cultures of key species in relation to changes in physico-chemical parameters, and modeling of potential consequences of changes in microbial community structure or function for higher trophic levels in a given habitat.

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.

Design of Steel-Concrete Composite Bridges to Eurocodes centers on the new design rules incorporated in the EN-versions of the Eurocodes.

Aquaculture is increasingly complementing global fisheries and is relevant to ocean and freshwater health, biodiversity and food security, as well as coastal management, tourism and natural heritage.

Voluntary environmental agreements (VEAs) - generally agreements between government and business - have been regarded by many as a key new instrument for meeting environmental objectives in a flexible manner.

A groundbreaking study of how emotions motivate attempts to counter species loss.

This book offers a detailed yet accessible introduction to transport phenomena.

This handbook presents a must-read, comprehensive and state of the art overview of sustainable diets, an issue critical to the environment and the health and well-being of society.

In the rapid development of global economics, energy, environmental & ecosystem are recognized as important factors for sustainable development in human society.

The cult of performance leads our society to emphasise the values of success and continuous optimisation in all areas.

Wetting: Theory and Experiments collates papers published by Professor Eli Ruckenstein and his coworkers on the theoretical and experimental investigation of wetting of solid surfaces.

Combining ethnographic research with theological analysis, this book explores how the Catholic Charismatic Renewal (CCR), one of the largest new movements within the global Catholic Church, has developed in contemporary Britain and Northern Ireland.

This new book, Advances in Energy Materials and Environment Engineering, covers the timely issue of green applications of materials.

Making sense of nature in one of the world's most contested borderlands.

Green Energy is increasingly becoming an important component for all individuals and governments of the world.

This timely reference surveys manufacturing and installation methods, standards, and specifications of factory-made steel storage tanks and appurtenances for petroleum, chemicals, hydrocarbons, and other flammable or combustible liquids.

Is aluminium bad for you?

An enlightening amalgamation of deep learning concepts with visual computing and signal processing applications, this new volume covers the fundamentals and advanced topics in designing and deploying techniques using deep architectures and their application in visual computing and signal processing.

This book focuses on the key areas and issues related to natural fibers and their reinforced polymer composites.

The book includes seventeen excellent researched and documented papers that reflect the diversity of thought, ideas and experiences related to IWRM.

Forensic Engineering: The Art and Craft of a Failure Detective synthesizes the current academic knowledge, with advances in process and techniques developed in the last several years, to bring forensic materials and engineering analysis into the 21st century.

There are many feedback control books out there, but none of them capture the essence of robust control as well as Introduction to Feedback Control Theory.

Sustainable Investing is fast becoming the smart way of generating long-term returns.

Energy Democracies for Sustainable Futures explores how our dominant carbon and nuclear energy assemblages shape conceptions of participation, risk, and in/securities, and how they might be reengineered to deliver justice and democratic participation in transitioning energy systems.

GIS and Geocomputation for Water Resource Science and Engineering not only provides a comprehensive introduction to the fundamentals of geographic information systems but also demonstrates how GIS and mathematical models can be integrated to develop spatial decision support systems to support water resources planning, management and engineering.

Written in a novel format, this book addresses the challenge of changing a "e;sick"e; culture.

The 2016 referendum resulted in a vote for the United Kingdom to withdraw from the European Union.

Provides an introduction to numerical methods for students in engineering.

Machine learning (ML) and deep learning (DL) have become essential tools in healthcare.

Up to 20 percent of species may be extinct by 2030.

Linlin Li addresses the analysis and design issues ofobserver-based FD and FTC for nonlinear systems.

An excellent source of reference on the current practice of physical modelling in geotechnics and environmental engineering.

Climate Change and Foreign Policy: Case Studies from East to West and its companion volume, Environmental Change and Foreign Policy: Theory and Practice, examine and explain the role of foreign policy politics, processes and institutions in efforts to protect the environment and natural resources.

This book investigates various aspects of the phenomenon of atmospheric oxygen depletion, and summarizes our current knowledge of atmospheric oxygen.

This book tells the story of an up-and-coming project manager that's been handed a large program to lead.

Environmental Analysis is the evaluation of natural environment and of damage to it through human and non-human agencies.

Overview of systems of frequency distributions, their properties, applications to the fields of water resources and environmental engineering.

This book introduces unmanned aircraft systems traffic management (UTM) and how this new paradigm in traffic management integrates unmanned aircraft operations into national airspace systems.

Although project management is a newly recognised profession, it deals with a number of significant challenges.

This volume contains the proceedings of the 18th North American Mine Ventilation Symposium held, on a virtual platform, June 12-17, 2021.

Developing clean energy and utilizing waste energy has become increasingly vital.

Pandemics have long-term effects on how we live and work, and the COVID-19 pandemic was no exception, accelerating us into a digital economy, in which people increasingly work, shop, and learn online, transforming how we use space in-person and remotely.