Environmental science, engineering and technology

This book, enriched with illustrations, tables and figures, deals with the glaciology of the Himalayas.

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

This report presents the results of a stocktake of national responses to Sustainable Development Goals 12, 14, and 15, and selected environment-related targets that have a direct relationship with responsible consumption and production, and sustainable marine and terrestrial ecosystems management, by 15 developing countries in Asia and the Pacific.

The pollution state of various resources has deteriorated to such an extent that survival of human life is at stake.

This report synthesizes the results of country and sector studies on the economic costs and benefits of unilateral and regional actions on climate change in the Asian Development Bank's six South Asia developing members, namely Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, and Sri Lanka.

The pollution state of various resources has deteriorated to such an extent that survival of human life is at stake.

The pollution state of various resources has deteriorated to such an extent that survival of human life is at stake.

This book lays a comprehensive foundation for addressing the issue of safety in the lifecycle of nuclear waste.

This publication entitled Encyclopaedia of Environmentally Sustainable Green Science & Technology attempts towards creating a holistic understanding of environment and sustainable development in its totality.

This contributed volume presents the latest research and state-of-the-art approaches in the study of microalgae.

This book focuses on the behavior and impact of trace metals in the environment by studying typical cases from China such as the Hetao Area of the Yellow River, Shanghai, and Nanjing.

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

The pollution state of various resources has deteriorated to such an extent that survival of human life is at stake.

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

People are increasingly aware of the role that water has in shaping society and how it impacts quality of life.

This book mainly provides the current status of water pollution faced by China under rapid changing environment and the actions that have been taken for prevention and treatment of water pollution.

This book presents five interesting chapters dealing with the sustainability of toys.

This book investigates radiocesium movement in all major components of forest ecosystems, e.

This book highlights current advanced developments in bioepoxy and bioepoxy/clay nanocomposites and an optimisation of material formulation and processing parameters on fabrication of bioepoxy/clay nanocomposites in order to achieve the highest mechanical properties in relation to their morphological structures, thermal properties, as well as biodegradability and water absorption, which is based on the use of Taguchi design of experiments with the consideration of technical and economical point of view.

This book presents the select proceedings of the 1st International Conference on River Corridor Research and Management (RCRM 2021).

The book presents the select proceedings of the International Conference on Recent Advances in Sustainable Environment (RAiSE 2022).

Arsenic contamination poses a major environmental problem, especially in Southeast Asian countries like Bangladesh and India.

This textbook is a comprehensive volume on sprinklers and drip irrigation and covers all the basic and fundamentals concepts related to these topics.

The textile industry segment has been continuously expanding and it is reported that the global market was US$1000 billion in 2020.

The Handbook of Environment and Waste Management, Volume 2, Land and Groundwater Pollution Control, is a comprehensive compilation of topics that are at the forefront of many of the technical advances and practices in solid waste management and groundwater pollution control.

This book comprises the proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineering 2021.

This book introduces recent development of technologies for mine waste management in China.

This book presents recent findings on virtually every aspect of wireless IoT and analytics for agriculture.

Converting biomass to biofuels involves hydrolyzing cellulose to sugars using cost-intensive commercial enzymes - an expensive step that makes large-scale production economically non-viable.

The book is the collection of the latest research results from Chinese Academy of Environmental Planning in environmental policy and reform during the past years, mainly related to ecological compensation, the emission trading, the environment audit, carbon tax, environment friendly city, environmental health, economic policy in medical waste, scattered coal treatment subsidies, environmental policy efficiency analysis, environmental industry statistics, environmental performance evaluation, green fiscal and taxation policy, etc.

This book systematically introduces the physical basis and theory of infrared radiation and the application of radiative cooling.

This book presents high-quality peer-reviewed papers from the 3rd International Conference on Green Environmental Engineering and Technology (IConGEET), held in July 2021, Penang, Malaysia.

This book focuses on the phenomenon of sediment erosion and resuspension in the Yellow River delta, China, which is a vital issue involved in understanding the sediment transport processes in estuarine and coastal environments, and how these contribute to the nature and distribution of geohazards in the subaqueous Yellow River delta and Bohai Sea.

This book presents the select proceedings of the International Conference on Sustainable Building Materials and Construction (ICSBMC 2021), and examines a range of durable, energy-efficient, advance construction and building materials produced from industrial wastes and byproducts.

This volume contains selected papers presented during the International Conference on Environmental Geotechnology, Recycled Waste Material and Sustainable Engineering (EGRWSE-2018).

This book introduces advanced or emerging technologies for conversion of wastes into a variety of high-value chemicals and materials.

This book introduces readers to the status quo and recent advances in China's low-carbon development.

This book comprises of papers from the International Conference on Advances and Innovations in Recycling Engineering (AIR-2021).

This book discusses the sensitivity, selectivity, and response times of different sensor materials and their potential application in the design of portable sensor systems for monitoring water pollutants and remediation systems.

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 highlights the impact of COVID-19 on sustainable waste management and air emission, using various case studies.

"e;Microbial Enzymes: Roles and applications in industry"e; offers an essential update on the field of microbial biotechnology, and presents the latest information on a range of microbial enzymes such as fructosyltransferase, laccases, amylases, lipase, and cholesterol oxidase, as well as their potential applications in various industries.

This book discusses and studies the basic course of ecological civilization construction in the 70 years since the founding of the People's Republic of China and summarizes the experience and lessons.

This book covers the research fields in biodiversity conservation, the Belt and Road eco-environmental cooperation, China's five-year plan for eco-environmental protection, sustainable development goals assessment, and human health loss assessment.

This book highlights the latest advances in waste management, resource recovery and resource circulation in various countries, with a special emphasis on India.

This book discusses molecular approaches in plant as response to environmental factors, such as variations in temperature, water availability, salinity, and metal stress.

This book introduces flood inundation area and flood risks assessment based on a comprehensive monitoring system using remote sensing and geographic information system technologies.

This book presents the meaning of green infrastructure and its concerns to the contribution of materials and applications.

This book is a compilation of process, technologies and value added products such as high value biochemicals and biofuels produced from different waste biorefineries.

This edited book focuses on the application and implementation of bioremediation and other strategies to create a sustainable and healthy environment.