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    Climate Change, Photosynthesis and Advanced Biofuels : The Role of Biotechnology in the Production of Value-added Plant Bio-products (2020)
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    Keywords: Plant physiology. ; Botanical chemistry. ; Cytology. ; Environment. ; Environmental engineering. ; Biotechnology. ; Bioremediation. ; Plant Physiology. ; Plant Biochemistry. ; Cell Biology. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction -- PART I: Photosynthesis and Biomass Production under Changing World -- Chapter 2. Climate Change: Challenges to Reduce Global Warming and Role of Biofuels -- Chapter 3. The multifaceted connections between photosynthesis and mitochondrial metabolism -- Chapter 4. Regulation of assimilatory processes and distribution of energy for improved productivity -- Chapter 5. Strategies to enhance photosynthesis for the improvement of crop yields -- Chapter 6. Photosynthetic Acclimation and Adaptation to Cold Ecosystems -- Chapter 7. What is the limiting factor? – The key question for grain yield of maize as a renewable resource under salt stress -- PART II: Microalgae and engineered crops for production of biofuels and high-value products -- Chapter 8. Bio-production from microalgal resources -- Chapter 9. Hydrogen photoproduction in green algae: novel insights and future perspectives -- Chapter 10. Synthetic Biofuels and Green-House Gas Mitigation -- Chapter 11. Synthetic biology and future production of biofuels and high-value products -- PART III: Genetic resources and engineering methods to improve crop plants -- Chapter 12. Kinetics, genetics and heterosis -- Chapter 13. Genome information resources to improve plant biomass productivity -- Chapter 14. RNA interference: formproving traits and disease management in plants -- Chapter 15. Current transformation methods for genome editing applications in energy crop sugarcane -- Chapter 16. Development of transgenic sugarcane for insect resistance -- Chapter 17. Rapid Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of tobacco cotyledons using toothpicks Yuan-Yeu Yau, Mona Easterling and Lindsey Brennan -- Chapter 18. Genetic improvement of Jatropha curcas through conventional and biotechnological tools -- Chapter 19. Plant cell manipulation technology for bio-refinery. .
    Abstract: The use of fossil fuels results in rising CO2 and other greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, causing global temperature rise and climate change that will negatively impact human health, the food supply, and eventually worsen hunger and misery. Presently, fossil fuels meet 88% of the energy demand, resulting in rising CO2/GHG emissions at alarming rates. The increased use of biofuels would help to mitigate climate change. Efficiently designing methods for the production of biofuels and plant-derived high-value products requires a deeper understanding of photosynthetic processes as a prerequisite for applying novel biotechnologies. Accordingly, this book provides ample information and a wealth of illustrative examples. The book’s eighteen richly illustrated chapters are divided into three thematic parts. I: Photosynthesis and Biomass Production under Changing Conditions, II: Microalgae and Engineered Crops for Production of Biofuels and High-value Products, and III: Genetic Resources and Engineering Methods to Improve Crop Plants. Readers will find the latest information on the molecular basis of photosynthetic processes in plants (including the regulatory principles that allow plants to maintain homeostasis under changing conditions), stress resistance and synthetic pathways. In addition, the basic principles of important biotechnologies, as well as examples of specially designed crops capable of growing under stress conditions with improved productivity, are presented. The book sets the course for future research in the field of biofuel development and production and provides both general and specific information for students, teachers, academic researchers, industrial teams, and general readers who are interested in new developments concerning the production of biofuels with value-added properties.
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    Pages: XXVII, 490 p. 142 illus., 99 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811552281
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-5228-1
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-5228-1
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    Microbiomes and the Global Climate Change (2021)
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    Keywords: Microbial ecology. ; Biotechnology. ; Environment. ; Industrial microbiology. ; Bacteria. ; Microbial Ecology. ; Biotechnology. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Industrial Microbiology. ; Bacteria.
    Description / Table of Contents: Part 1. Climate Change and Microbial Ecology -- Chapter 1. Microbes and Climate: A tangled relation -- Chapter 2. Carbon sequestration in aquatic system using Microbial pump -- Chapter 3. Climate change extenuation by green house gas quenching microflora -- Chapter 4. Role of Methanotrophs in Mitigating Global Warming -- Chapter 5. Paradigm Ecological Shift and Succession in Microbiomes – A Climatic Advent -- Chapter 6. Exploring the diversity of marine microbiome in response to changes in the environment -- Chapter 7. Polar microbes as climate resilient pathways for mitigation of climate change -- Part 2. Climate Change and pathogens -- Chapter 8. Climate change and population health -- Chapter 9. Impact of Climate Change on the Incidence and Transfer of Food and Water borne Diseases -- Chapter 10. Climate change: any dangers from antimicrobial resistant bacteria? -- Chapter 11. Phyllosphere Microbiome: Plant defense strategies -- Part 3. Climate Change and Agriculture -- Chapter Chapter 12. Understanding Methanogens, Methanotrophs and Methane Emission in Rice Ecosystem -- Chapter 13. Soil micro-flora and its role in diminution of global climate change -- Chapter 14. Role of microorganisms in plant adaptation towards climate change for sustainable agriculture -- Chapter 15. Novel approaches for genome editing to develop climate smart crops -- Part 4. Climate change and the Environmental Microbiology -- Chapter 16. Role of soil microbial flora in remediation of hydrocarbon stressed soils -- Chapter 17. Biosurfactant Producing Bacteria as Potent Scavengers of Petroleum Hydrocarbons -- Chapter 18. Potent biotechnological applications of psychrozymes -- Chapter 19. Role of Green Nanotechnology in Alleviating Climate Change.
    Abstract: This book covers the contemporary environmental issues faced by life on the planet and the role planetary microbiomes play in such issues. Providing insights on the net favorable and adverse effect of microbial processes, this volume covers both the spontaneous and anthropocentric events that impact climate change and life on the planet. The book describes the ecological significance of microbiomes associated with the kingdoms Plantae and Animalia with respect to climate change, natural and anthropogenic causes of climate change, microbial interactions in nature, planetary microbiomes and food security, climate change in relation to disease epidemiology and human health and engineering microorganisms to mitigate the consequences of climate change. The individual chapters in the intended book provide both theoretical and practical exposure to the current issues and future challenges of climate change in relation to the microbiomes. This collection should serve as ready reference to the researchers working in the area to reshape their future research in addressing the challenges of global climate change.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XIII, 374 p. 41 illus., 33 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9789813345089
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-4508-9
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-33-4508-9
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    Theories in Ecological Risk Assessment (2023)
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    Keywords: Ecology . ; Environmental sciences Mathematics. ; Environment. ; Conservation biology. ; Statistics . ; Ecology. ; Mathematical Applications in Environmental Science. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Conservation Biology. ; Statistics.
    Description / Table of Contents: 0. Introduction - Ecologist in Wonderland -- Part 1. Linking Ecotoxicology and Ecology -- Chapter 1. Basic Concepts of Ecological Risk Assessment -- Chapter 2. Population-level assessment -- Chapter 3. Population models of extinction -- Chapter 4. Population level assessment using the canonical model -- Part 2. Models for ecotoxicology -- Chapter 5. Species Sensitivity Distribution in Ecological Risk Assessment -- Chapter 6. BLM: A model for predicting metal toxicities -- Chapter 7.Mathematical models for chemical mixtures -- Chapter 8.Statistics and related topics.
    Abstract: This book introduces various mathematical models used in ecological risk assessment, primarily discussing models used in hazard assessment. The book aims to link ecology and conservation biology with risk assessments, bringing together the knowledge of ecotoxicology and ecology for effective risk assessment. The first part describes population-level assessment in ecological risk assessment. The chapters cover current methodologies for ecological risk assessment, individual-level assessment, population dynamics models for population-level assessment, case studies, mathematical models for population extinctions, the derivation of mean time to extinction (MTE) and their case studies. The second part of the book discusses the mathematical models involved in hazard assessments. It introduces the method of risk assessment using species sensitivity distributions (SSDs), hazard assessment of metals, chemical mixtures using the Michaelis-Menten equation, basic elements of statistics and related topics. Expected readers are risk assessors in governments and public sectors, students and young researchers interested in environmental science. The book is made accessible and easy to follow by beginners in mathematical biology and theoretical ecology.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XIV, 202 p. 90 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9789819903092
    Series Statement: Theoretical Biology,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-0309-2
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-99-0309-2
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    Xenobiotics in Aquatic Animals : Reproductive and Developmental Impacts (2023)
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    Keywords: Freshwater ecology. ; Marine ecology. ; Reproduction. ; Physiology. ; Pollution. ; Freshwater and Marine Ecology. ; Reproductive Physiology. ; Pollution.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1. Pesticide and xenobiotic metabolism in aquatic organisms -- 2. Endocrine disrupting activity of xenobiotics in aquatic animals -- 3. Water contamination through xenobiotics and their toxic effects on aquatic animals -- 4. Cypermethrin induced reproductive toxicity in zebrafish: biochemical and molecular perspective -- 5. Impact of Pesticides Application on Aquatic Environments And Biodiversity -- 6. Impact of microplastics on reproductive and physiological aspects of aquatic inhabitants -- 7. The Impact of Xenobiotics in Development & Reproduction of fresh water Fishes -- 8. Mixtures and Reproduction in Aquatic Organisms – benefits and challenges -- 9. Phytoestrogens as Endocrine-Disrupting Agents In Aquaculture -- 10. A Proteomic Approach to Studying the Effects of Xenobiotics on Aquatic Living Organisms -- 11. Role of Cytochrome P450 in xenobiotic metabolism in fishes -- 12. Pharmacokinetic-Pharmacodynamic modelling of Xenobiotics: Fate and effect in Aquatic Animals -- 13. Occurrence of xenoestrogen alkylphenols (Octylphenols and Nonylphenol), and its impact on the aquatic ecosystem -- 14. Xenobiotics' effect on fish reproduction and development -- 15. Scientometric analysis of ecotoxicological investigations of xenobiotics in aquatic animals -- 16. Toxic effects of nanomaterials on aquatic animals and their future prospective -- 17. Microplastic Contamination in Aquatic organisms: An Ecotoxicological perspective -- 18. Effect of xenobiotics and their degradation in aquatic life -- 19. Transcriptome analysis of aquatic species exposed to endocrine disruptors -- 20. Fundamentals of genotoxicity and antiparasitic drugs associated with genotoxicity in fish -- 21. Endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs) as emerging aquatic contaminants: Emphasis on Reproduction and Development.
    Abstract: This book summarizes the latest understanding of the impact of xenobiotics on the developmental and reproductive processes of aquatic animals, particularly nektonic forms, which comprise an important group of aquatic ecosystems. Aquaculture is quickly becoming the largest contributor of fish protein for human consumption. As the aquaculture business expands, farmed fish will be exposed to more environmental toxins, necessitating the use of chemical therapeutic drugs for fish. This book brings together experts on the regulation of environmental toxins and food chemicals from around the world, as well as researchers looking into the metabolism and disposal of foreign chemicals (xenobiotics) in fish species. The impact of xenobiotics on reproductive and developmental biology of all living forms has become of prime importance at the current time. As the effect of these xenobiotics on aquatic animals is an emerging area for research and development, several groups across the world are working on these aspects, targeting different groups of fishes in both marine and freshwater ecosystems. This collective work highlights several key and updated recent aspects of different types of xenobiotics entering aquatic ecosystems, impacts of these agents on reproductive physiology, developmental biology, breeding biology, hormonal imbalance, aquatic ecology, and pollution on the aquatic ecosystem. The unique aggregation of different types of stressors to aquatic animals under a single volume will be a useful reference for readers, including scientists, teachers, students, researchers and policymakers and those involved in aquaculture and environment conservation.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XXIX, 427 p. 1 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9789819912148
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-1214-8
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-99-1214-8
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    Biorefinery of Alternative Resources: Targeting Green Fuels and Platform Chemicals (2020)
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Environment. ; Renewable energy sources. ; Cogeneration of electric power and heat. ; Fossil fuels. ; Biotechnology. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Renewable Energy. ; Fossil Fuel.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Growth of Biofuels Sector: Opportunities, Challenges and Outlook -- Chapter 2. Bioconversion of Agro-Industrial Residues to Second-Generation Bioethanol -- Chapter 3. Catalytic Transformation of Ethanol to Industrially Relevant Fine Chemicals -- Chapter 4. Selective Bioethanol Conversion to Chemicals and Fuels via Advanced Catalytic Approaches -- Chapter 5. A Spotlight on Butanol and Propanol as Next-Generation Synthetic Fuels -- Chapter 6. Technological Advancements in the Production and Application of Biomethanol -- Chapter 7. Biorefinery Approaches for Production of Fuels and Chemicals from Lignocellulosic and Algal Feedstocks -- Chapter 8. Conversion of Rice Husk and Nutshells into Gaseous, Liquid and Solid Biofuels -- Chapter 9. A Review of Thermochemical and Biochemical Conversion of Miscanthus to Biofuels -- Chapter 10. Process Improvements and Techno-Economic Feasibility of Hydrothermal Liquefaction and Pyrolysis of Biomass for Bio-Crude Oil Production -- Chapter 11. Biocrude Oil Production via Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Algae and Upgradation Techniques to Liquid Transportation Fuels -- Chapter 12. Co-pyrolysis of Lignocellulosic Biomass and Polymeric Wastes for Liquid Oil Production -- Chapter 13. Conversion of Waste Biomass to Bio-oils and Upgradation by Hydrothermal Liquefaction, Gasification and Hydrodeoxygenation -- Chapter 14. Upgrading of Bio-oil from Biomass Pyrolysis: Current Status and Future Development -- Chapter 15. Heterogeneous catalysis in Hydroxymethylfurfural Conversion to Fuels and Chemicals -- Chapter 16. Conversion of Glycerol to Value-added Products -- Chapter 17. Recent Advances in Steam Reforming of Glycerol for Syngas Production -- Chapter 18. Conversion of Biogas to Syngas via Catalytic Carbon Dioxide Reforming Reaction: An Overview of Thermodynamic Aspects, Catalytic Design and Reaction Kinetics -- Chapter 19. Opportunities of Biodiesel Compatibility as a Modern Combustion Engine Fuel -- Chapter 20. Current Advancements in Microbial Fuel Cell Technologies.
    Abstract: This book summarizes recent advances in the processing of waste biomass resources to produce biofuels and biochemicals. Worldwide interest in clean energy sources, environmental protection, and mitigating global warming is rapidly gaining momentum and spurring on the search for alternative energy sources, especially for the transportation and industrial sectors. This book reviews the opportunities presented by low-cost organic waste materials, discussing their suitability for alternative fuel and fine chemical production, physicochemical characterization, conversion technologies, feedstock and fuel chemistry, refining technologies, fuel upgrading, residue management, and the circular economy. In addition, it explores applied aspects of biomass conversion by highlighting several significant thermochemical, hydrothermal and biological technologies. In summary, the book offers comprehensive and representative descriptions of key fuel processing technologies, energy conversion and management, waste valorization, eco-friendly waste remediation, biomass supply chain, lifecycle assessment, techno-economic analysis and the circular bioeconomy.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XVIII, 494 p. 111 illus., 63 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811518041
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-1804-1
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-1804-1
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    Long-Term Ecosystem Changes in Riparian Forests (2020)
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    Keywords: Ecology . ; Forestry. ; Plant ecology. ; Biotic communities. ; Environment. ; Ecology. ; Forestry. ; Plant Ecology. ; Ecosystems. ; Environmental Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: Part I. Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Ooyamazawa Riparian Forest: Introduction and Overview -- Part II. Life History and Regeneration Processes of Riparian Woody Species.-Chapter 2. Fraxinus platypoda -- Chapter 3. Pterocarya rhoifolia -- Chapter 4. Cercidiphyllum japonicum -- Chapter 5. Acer Tree Species -- Part III. Diversity and Coexistence in Riparian Forests -- Chapter 6. Diversity of Herbaceous Plants in the Ooyamazawa Riparian Forest -- Chapter 7. Coexistence of Tree Canopy Species -- Part IV. Ecosystem Changes in Riparian Forests -- Chapter 8. Changes in Forest Floor Vegetation -- Chapter 9. Temporal Changes in Browsing Damage by Sika Deer in a Natural Riparian Forest in Central Japan -- Chapter 10. Characteristics and Temporal Trends of a Ground Beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) Community in Ooyamazawa Riparian Forest -- Chapter 11. Avifauna at Ooyamazawa: Decline of Birds that Forage in Bushy Understories -- Part V. Conclusion -- Chapter 12. General Conclusion. .
    Abstract: This open access book presents and analyzes the results of more than 30 years of long-term ecological research in riparian forest ecosystems with the aim of casting light on changes in the dynamics of riparian forests over time. The research, focusing on the Ooyamazawa riparian forest, one of the remaining old-growth forests in Japan, has yielded a number of interesting outcomes. First, it shows that large-scale disturbances afford various trees opportunities for regeneration and are thus the driving force for the coexistence of canopy trees in riparian forests. Second, it identifies changes in reproductive patterns, highlighting that seed production has in fact quantitatively increased over the past two decades. Third, it describes the decline in forest floor vegetation caused by deer grazing and reveals how this decline has affected bird and insect populations. The book illustrates the interconnectedness of phenomena within an ecosystem and the resultant potential for cascade effects and also stresses the need for long-term ecological studies of climate change impacts on forests. It will be of interest to both professionals and academics in the field of forest science. .
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: VIII, 234 p. 173 illus., 65 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811530098
    Series Statement: Ecological Research Monographs,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-3009-8
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-3009-8
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    Research Methods of Environmental Physiology in Aquatic Sciences (2021)
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    Keywords: Ecology . ; Water. ; Hydrology. ; Environmental chemistry. ; Environmental sciences. ; Physics. ; Environment. ; Ecology. ; Water. ; Environmental Chemistry. ; Environmental Physics. ; Environmental Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1 Measurement of environmental parameters affecting marine plankton physiology -- Chapter 2 Plankton culture techniques -- Chapter 3 Determination of Key Enzymes involved in primary productivity -- Chapter 4 Analyses of pigments -- Chapter 5 Measurements and analyses of photosynthesis and respiration -- Chapter 6 Chlorophyll fluorescence techniques and applications -- Chapter 7 Biochemical and molecular methods -- Chapter 8 Research methods for animal and virus.
    Abstract: This book presents methods for investigating the effects of aquatic environmental changes on organisms and the mechanisms involved. It focuses mainly on photosynthetic organisms, but also provides methods for virus, zooplankton and other animal studies. Also including a comprehensive overview of the current methods in the fields of aquatic physiology, ecology, biochemistry and molecular approaches, including the advantages and disadvantages of each method, the book is a valuable guide for young researchers in marine or aquatic sciences studying the physiological processes associated with chemical and physical environmental changes.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XI, 352 p. 83 illus., 23 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9789811553547
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-5354-7
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-5354-7
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    Microbial Rejuvenation of Polluted Environment : Volume 3 (2021)
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    Keywords: Microbiology. ; Microbial ecology. ; Restoration Ecology. ; Pollution. ; Microbiology. ; Microbial Ecology. ; Restoration Ecology. ; Pollution.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Strain Improvement and Mass Production of Beneficial Microorganisms for Their Environmental and Agricultural Benefit -- Chapter 2: Biochemical Role of Beneficial Microorganisms: An Overview on Recent Development in Environmental and Agro-Science -- Chapter 3: Recent Advances in Application of Microbial Enzymes for Biodegradation Waste and Hazardous Waste Material -- Chapter 4: Biological, Biochemical and Biodiversity of Biomolecules from Marine based beneficial Microorganisms: Industrial Perspective -- Chapter 5: Climate Change and Pesticides: Their Consequence on Microorganisms -- Chapter 6: Effect of Heavy Metals on Activities of Soil Microorganism -- Chapter 7: Microbial Community Dynamics in Anaerobic Digestors for Biogas Production -- Chapter 8: Effect of Microbially Produced Silver Nanoparticles on Bioremediation of Waste Dye: Nanobioremediation -- Chapter 9: Bioremoval of Fluoride: Process and Mechanism -- Chapter 10: A Critical Review of Microbial Transport in Effluent Waste and Sewage Sludge Treatment -- Chapter 11: Recent Trends in Utilization of Biotechnological Tools for Environmental Sustainability -- Chapter 12: Artificial Intelligence and Internet of Things in Instrumentation and Control in Waste Biodegradation Plants: Recent Developments -- Chapter 13: Bioremediation of Polythene and Plastics Using Beneficial Microorganisms -- Chapter 14: Recent Advances in the Application of Genetically Engineered Microorganisms for Microbial Rejuvenation of Contaminated Environment -- Chapter 15: Efficacy of Microorganisms in the Removal of Toxic Materials from Industrial Effluents.
    Abstract: Pollution is one of the most serious issues facing mankind and other life forms on earth. Environmental pollution leads to the degradation of ecosystems, loss of services, economic losses, and various other problems. The eco-friendliest approach to rejuvenating polluted ecosystems is with the help of microorganism-based bioremediation. Microorganisms are characterized by great biodiversity, genetic and metabolic machinery, and by their ability to survive, even in extremely polluted environments. As such, they are and will remain the most important tools for restoring polluted ecosystems / habitats. This three-volume book sheds light on the utilization of microorganisms and the latest technologies for cleaning up polluted sites. It also discusses the remediation or degradation of various important pollutants such as pesticides, wastewater, plastics, PAHs, oil spills etc. The book also explains the latest technologies used for the degradation of pollutants in several niche ecosystems. Given its scope, the book will be of interest to teachers, researchers, bioremediation scientists, capacity builders and policymakers. It also offers valuable additional reading material for undergraduate and graduate students of microbiology, ecology, soil science, and the environmental sciences.
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    Pages: XVI, 358 p. 27 illus., 21 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9789811574597
    Series Statement: Microorganisms for Sustainability, 27
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-7459-7
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-7459-7
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    Microbial Rejuvenation of Polluted Environment : Volume 2 (2021)
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    Keywords: Microbiology. ; Microbial ecology. ; Soil science. ; Environmental engineering. ; Biotechnology. ; Bioremediation. ; Pollution. ; Microbiology. ; Microbial Ecology. ; Soil Science. ; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology. ; Pollution.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Bioremediation of Industrial Pollutants -- Chapter 2: Bioremediation of Metals, Metalloids and Non-metals -- Chapter 3: Fungal Mediated Bioremediation of Heavy Metal Polluted Environment -- Chapter 4: Biological Decolorization and Degradation of Synthetic Dyes: A Green Step towards Sustainable Environment -- Chapter 5: Bioremediation of Waste Gases and Polluted Soils -- Chapter 6: E-Waste and its Hazard Management by Specific Microbial Bioremediation Processes -- Chapter 7: Current Methods of Enhancing Bacterial Bioremediation of Pesticide Residues in Agricultural Farmlands -- Chapter 8: Mechanism of Actions involved in Sustainable Ecorestoration of Petroleum Hydrocarbons Polluted Soil by the Beneficial Microorganism -- Chapter 9: Biosorption: An Ecofriendly Technology for Pollutant Removal -- Chapter 10: Synergistic and Aantagonistic Effects of Microbial Co-culture on Bioremediation of Polluted Environments -- Chapter 11: Enzymes-Oriented Strategies to Mitigate Polluting Agents from Environment -- Chapter 12: Non Aqueous Catalysis-A Way Forward for the Intermediation of Phenolic Environmental Pollutant Bisphenol A -- Chapter 13: Nanoparticles Mediated Adsorption of Pollutants- A way forward to Mitigation of Environmental Pollution -- Chapter 14: Nano-Bio remediation Application for Environment Contamination by Microorganism -- Chapter 15: Biosorption and Bioaccumulation of Pollutants for Environmental Remediation.
    Abstract: Pollution is one of the most serious issues facing mankind and other life forms on earth. Environmental pollution leads to the degradation of ecosystems, loss of services, economic losses, and various other problems. The eco-friendliest approach to rejuvenating polluted ecosystems is with the help of microorganism-based bioremediation. Microorganisms are characterized by great biodiversity, genetic and metabolic machinery, and by their ability to survive, even in extremely polluted environments. As such, they are and will remain the most important tools for restoring polluted ecosystems / habitats. This three-volume book sheds light on the utilization of microorganisms and the latest technologies for cleaning up polluted sites. It also discusses the remediation or degradation of various important pollutants such as pesticides, wastewater, plastics, PAHs, oil spills etc. The book also explains the latest technologies used for the degradation of pollutants in several niche ecosystems. Given its scope, the book will be of interest to teachers, researchers, bioremediation scientists, capacity builders and policymakers. It also offers valuable additional reading material for undergraduate and graduate students of microbiology, ecology, soil science, and the environmental sciences.
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    Pages: XI, 405 p. 57 illus., 39 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9789811574559
    Series Statement: Microorganisms for Sustainability, 26
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-7455-9
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    Omics Insights in Environmental Bioremediation (2022)
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    Keywords: Microbial ecology. ; Environment. ; Human ecology Study and teaching. ; Ecology . ; Environmental Microbiology. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Environmental Studies. ; Ecology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Section-I Bioremediation and Biodegradation -- Chapter#1 Bioremediation and Functional Metagenomics: Advances, Challenges, and Opportunities -- Chapter#2 Bioremediation: Gaining Insights Through Metabolomics -- Chapter#3 Metagenomics, Microbial Diversity, and Environmental Clean-up -- Chapter#4 Plant Microbes Association in Remediation of Contaminants for Environmental Sustainability -- Chapter#5 Recent Trends in Bioremediation of Heavy Metals: Challenges and Perspectives -- Chapter#6 Enzyme Technology for Remediation of Contaminants in the Environment -- Section-II Environmental Pollution and Wastewater Treatment -- Chapter#7: Environmental Toxicity, Health Hazards, and Bioremediation Strategies for Removal of Microplastics from Wastewater -- Chapter#8 Microbial Community Composition and Function in Activated Sludge Treatment Systems -- Chapter#9 Decontamination and Management Of Industrial Wastewater Using Microorganisms Under Aerobic Condition -- Chapter#10 Omics of Industrial Wastewater Treatment -- Chapter#11 Microalgae in Wastewater Treatment and Biofuel Production: Recent Advances, Challenges, and Future Prospects -- Chapter#12 Removal of Cobalt, Nickel, Cadmium, And Lead from Wastewater by Phytoremediation (ADilig) -- Chapter#13 Microbial Ecology of Wastewater Treatment Processes: Trends, Challenges, and Perspectives -- Chapter#14 Treatment, Recycling and Reuse of Wastewater from Tannery industry: Recent Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities -- Section-III Omics Approaches in Environmental Remediation -- Chapter#15 Metagenomics Tools for Assessment of Microbial Diversity in Bioremediation: A Novel Statistical Approach -- Chapter#16 Understanding in Bioremediation of Metals and Metalloids by Genomic Approaches -- Chapter#17 Bioremediation of Heavy Metals by Metagenomics Approaches -- Chapter#18 Proteomics, Genomics, And Metabolomic Understanding and Designing for Bioremediation of Environmental Contaminants -- Chapter#19 Omics Insight of Cold Environments: Cold Tolerant Microorganisms and Their Bioremediation Potential Use (Edwin) -- Chapter#20 Bioremediation Assessment in Industrial Wastewater Treatment: OMICS Approach -- Chapter#21 Microbial biodegradation and metagenomics in remediation environmental Pollutant: Enzyme and Mechanisms -- Chapter#22 OMICS in Biofuel Production: A Sustainable Approach -- Section-IV Recent Trends and Development in Omics Technologies -- Chapter#23 High-throughput Sequencing Technologies in Metagenomics: Advancing Approach for Algal Research -- Chapter#24 Metagenomic Approaches for The Discovery of Pollutants Remediating Enzymes: Recent Trends and Challenges -- Chapter#25 Recent Trends in Metagenomic Approaches in Environmental Cleanup (SP) -- Chapter#26 Applications of Metagenomics in microbial diversity and functions analysis; Recent Trends and Advances -- Chapter#27 CRISPR Cas-mediated functional gene editing for improvement in bioremediation: An emerging strategy -- Chapter#28 Metabarcoding approach in identifying potential pollutant degraders -- Chapter#29 Artificial Intelligence in Bioremediation Modelling and Clean-up of Contaminated Sites: Recent Advances, Challenges, and Opportunities.
    Abstract: Environmental pollution emanating from rapid industrialization, population growth, and urbanization has been considered a major problem in recent years that affects biodiversity, ecosystems, and human health by contaminating soil and water. This book brings out a comprehensive collection of information on valuable insights into different cutting-edge omics technologies, such as metagenomics, metatranscriptomics, metaproteomics, and metabolomics, along with advanced next-generation sequencing technologies as well as bioinformatic tools, which led to a better understanding of microbial communities and their adaptability to a wide range of contaminants and underlying their mechanisms in bioremediation and biodegradation of environmental pollutants. In addition, this edited volume provides critical insight into of potent microbial communities endowed with unique functional attributes through their unique metabolism catalyzed by ‘signature’ enzymes and degradation pathways. Step-by-step descriptions are provided of various microbial metabolic pathways of degradation and biotransformation of environmental contaminants by numerous illustrations which make the information easier to understand for the readers. Each chapter is devoted to selected examples of microbial bioremediation supported by tables, and an extensive list of references for readers interested in learning further details about the subject matter. This book is of interest to teachers, researchers to professionals, policymakers, stockholders, practitioners, environmental engineers, soil scientists, and policymakers. In addition, the book serves as additional comprehensive material for undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students who require a working knowledge and knowhow of ‘Omics’ involved in and required for environmental remediation of legacy and emerging contaminants, will also find this to be a useful read.
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9789811943201
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-4320-1
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    Gut Remediation of Environmental Pollutants : Potential Roles of Probiotics and Gut Microbiota (2020)
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    Keywords: Food Microbiology. ; Environment. ; Environmental health. ; Pollution. ; Microbial ecology. ; Food Microbiology. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Environmental Health. ; Pollution. ; Microbial Ecology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Gut microbiota -- Chapter 2: Probiotics and gut microbiota -- Chapter 3: Probiotics, gut microbiota and heavy metals -- Chapter 4: Probiotics, gut microbiota and pesticides -- Chapter 5: Probiotics, gut microbiota and antibiotics -- Chapter 6: Probiotics, gut microbiota and other persistent organic pollutants -- Chapter 7: Gut microbiota, probiotics and biological contaminants -- Chapter 8: Gut remediation -- Chapter 9: Prospective.
    Abstract: This book focuses on probiotics and gut microbiota, as well as their roles in alleviating the toxicity of various environmental pollutants, presenting the latest research findings and explaining advanced research methods and tools. At the same time, it offers suggestions for future research directions. Further, the book introduces readers to the concept of gut remediation, a potential approach to reducing environmental-pollutant toxicity in vivo, based on modulation of gut microbiota using probiotic supplements. Lastly it provides suggestions for further reading.
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    Pages: IX, 245 p. 22 illus., 20 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811547591
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4759-1
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    Systems Modeling (2020)
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    Keywords: Agriculture. ; Environment. ; Computer science. ; Agriculture. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Computer Science.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Systems Modeling -- Chapter 2. Crop Phenotyping -- Chapter 3. Statistics and Modeling -- Chapter 4. Dynamic Modeling -- Chapter 5. Models Calibration and Evaluation -- Chapter 6. Wheat crop modeling for higher production -- Chapter 7. Genetic Analysis -- Chapter 8. Sugarcane: Contribution of process-based models for understanding and mitigating impacts of climate variability and change on production -- Chapter 9. Forecasting of rainfed wheat yield in Pothwar using Landsat 8 satellite imagery and DSSAT -- Chapter 10. Methane production in dairy cows, inhibition, measurement and predicting models -- Chapter 11. Sunflower Modeling: A Review -- Chapter 12. Disease Modeling as a Tool to Assess the Impacts of Climate Variability on Plant Diseases and Health -- Chapter 13. Chickpea Modeling under Rainfed Conditions -- Chapter 14. Potato Modeling -- Chapter 15. Application of Generalised Additive Model for Rainfall Forecasting in Rainfed Pothwar Pakistan. .
    Abstract: Achieving food security and economic developmental objectives in the face of climate change and rapid population growth requires systems modelling approaches, for example in the design of sustainable agriculture farming systems. Such approaches increase our understanding of system responses to different soil and climatic conditions, and provide insights into the effects of various variable climate change scenarios, providing valuable information for decision-makers. Further, in the agricultural sector, systems modelling can help optimise crop management and adaptation measures to boost productivity under variable climatic conditions. Presenting key outcomes from crop models used in agricultural systems this book is a valuable resource for professionals interested in using modelling approaches to manage the growth and improve the quality of various crops. .
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    Pages: XI, 425 p. 152 illus., 101 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811547287
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4728-7
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-4728-7
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    Plant Phenolics in Sustainable Agriculture : Volume 1 (2020)
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    Keywords: Agriculture. ; Sustainability. ; Botanical chemistry. ; Climatology. ; Environment. ; Agriculture. ; Sustainability. ; Plant Biochemistry. ; Climate Sciences. ; Environmental Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Salicylic acid-mediated salt stress tolerance in plants -- Chapter 2. Biotechnology for Extraction of Plant Phenolics -- Chapter 3. Exploitation of Plant Phenolics in Animal Farming -- Chapter 4. FLAVONES AND FLAVONOLS: BIOACTIVITIES AND RESPONSES UNDER LIGHT STRESS IN HERBS -- Chapter 5. Interactive Biology of Auxins and Phenolics in Plant Environment -- Chapter 6. Bioavailability and Nutritional analysis of Flavonoids -- Chapter 7. Newly Identified Phenolic Compounds from Different Plant Families -- Chapter 8. Phenolic alleochemicals from crops and weed management -- Chapter 9. Phenolic Compounds against Fungal and Viral Plant Diseases -- Chapter 10. Phenolic compounds from medicinal herbs: their role in animal health and diseases: A new approach for sustainable welfare and development -- Chapter 11. Phenolics- A game changer in the life cycle of plants -- Chapter 12. Phenolics as plant protective companion against abiotic stress -- Chapter 13. Phenolics: A key defence Secondary Metabolite to Counter Biotic Stress -- Chapter 14. Phenolics From Agro-Industrial By-Products -- Chapter 15. Plant Phenolics and Post Harvesting Technologies -- Chapter 16. Plant Phenolics as Natural Preservatives in Food System -- Chapter 17. Plant phenolics for overcoming multidrug resistance in human fungal pathogen -- Chapter 18. Plant Phenolics: their biosynthesis, regulation, evolutionary significance and role in Senescence -- Chapter 19. Plant phenolics under water deficit conditions: Biosynthesis, accumulation and physiological roles in water stress alleviation -- Chapter 20. Plants as Biofactories for Phenolic Compounds -- Chapter 21. QUANTITATIVE GENETICS AND THE GENETIC BASIS FOR POLYPHENOLICS TRAIT IN PLANTS -- Chapter 22. Role of Phenolic Compounds in Plant Defensive Mechanisms -- Chapter 23. Role of Salicylic Acid in Biotic and Aboitic Stress Tolerance in Plants -- Chapter 24. Root Phenolics Profile Modulates Microbial Ecology of Rhizosphere -- Chapter 25. Defensive role of plant phenolics against pathogenic microbes for sustainable agriculture.
    Abstract: This book presents the latest research on plant phenolics, offering readers a detailed, yet comprehensive account of their role in sustainable agriculture. It covers a diverse range of topics, including extraction processes; the role of plant phenolics in growth and development; plant physiology; post-harvesting technologies; food preservation; environmental, biotic and abiotic stress; as well as nutrition and health. Further the book provides readers with an up-to-date review of this dynamic field and sets the direction for future research. Based on the authors’ extensive experience and written in an engaging style, this highly readable book will appeal to scholars from various disciplines. Bringing together work from leading international researchers, it is also a valuable reference resource for academics, researchers, students and teachers wanting to gain insights into the role of plant phenolics in sustainable agriculture.
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    Pages: XVI, 594 p. 86 illus., 27 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811548901
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4890-1
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    Exploring Synergies and Trade-offs between Climate Change and the Sustainable Development Goals (2021)
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    Keywords: Agriculture. ; Sustainability. ; Environment. ; Conservation biology. ; Ecology . ; Plant biotechnology. ; Agriculture. ; Sustainability. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Conservation Biology. ; Plant Biotechnology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Achieving Food and Nutrition Security and Climate Change: Clash of the Titans or Alignment of the Stars? -- Chapter 2. Climate Change, Hunger and Food Security in Asia with special reference to Sri Lanka: Can the SDGs be Achieved by 2030? -- Chapter 3. The Status of Climate Variability and Food Accessibility: A Case of Households in Gauteng Province, South Africa -- Chapter 4. Climate resilient mariculture technologies for food and nutritional security -- Chapter 5. Climate change and adaptation: Recommendations for agriculture sector -- Chapter 6. Integrated Farming Systems: Climate Resilient Sustainable Food Production System in the Indian Himalayan Region -- Chapter 7. Adaptation mechanism of methylotrophic bacteria to drought condition and its strategies in mitigating plant stress caused by climate change -- Chapter 8. Synergies and Trade-offs between Climate Change and the Sustainable Development Goals in the Context of Marine Fisheries -- Chapter 9. Increasing Synergies between Climate Change and Sustainable Development in Energy Policy -- Chapter 10. Ensuring Domestic Water Security for Cities under Rapid Urbanisation and Climate Change Risks -- Chapter 11. Improving Water Productivity for Smallholder Rice Farmers in the Upper West Region of Ghana: A Review of Sustainable Approaches -- Chapter 12. Synergies between climate change, biodiversity, ecosystem function and services, indirect drivers of change and human well-being in forests -- Chapter 13. Climate change projections of current and future distributions of the endemic Loris lydekkerianus (Lorinae) in peninsular India -- Chapter 14. Climate Change, Air Pollution and SDG 3: An Indian Perspective -- Chapter 15. Empowerment of fisherwomen through marine farming.
    Abstract: The existential environmental crisis prompted the United Nations to formulate the Millennium Development Goals at the turn of the 21st century in order to embark on an era of sustainable development. The progress and deficiencies in achieving the Millennium Development Goals provided impetus to the intelligentsia and policymakers to map out the pertinent goals for a sustainable growth trajectory for humanity and the planet. The United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which was adopted in September 2015, took the shape of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 targets. In effect, the 17 Sustainable Development Goals focus on protecting the earth's life support systems for intra- and inter-generational equity and for development that is rooted in sustainability science. Attaining these goals is an uphill task; nevertheless, scientific knowledge, trans and interdisciplinary inquiries, concerted global action and capacity building would provide an enabling environment for achieving the SDGs. This book explores the synergies and trade-offs between climate change management and other SDGs. It highlights the policy imperatives as well as the interrelations between combating climate change and its impacts (SDG 13) and food and nutritional security (SDG 2), water security (SDG 6), soil security (SDG 15), energy security (SDG 7), poverty eradication (SDG 1), gender equality (SDG 5), resilient infrastructure (SDG 9), and sustainable and resilient cities (SDG 11).
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9789811573019
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-7301-9
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    Introduction to Agroecology (2020)
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    Keywords: Agriculture. ; Applied ecology. ; Biotic communities. ; Environment. ; Sustainability. ; Agriculture. ; Applied Ecology. ; Ecosystems. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Sustainability.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Agriculture and its anthropocentric sciences -- Chapter 2. Natural ecosystems vs Agroecosystems -- Chapter 3. Soils as the Basis for Cultivated Ecosystems -- Chapter 4. Water as the basis for cultivated ecosystems -- Chapter 5. Linking Agroecosystems to Food Systems -- Chapter 6. Agroecosystem health and services -- Chapter 7. Agroecology and hunger -- Chapter 8. Wastes or resources in agroecosystems? -- Chapter 9. Global climate change and ag-riculture -- Chapter 10. Agrobiodiversity and agroecosystem stability -- Chapter 11. Domestication in agricultural systems -- Chapter 12. Animal welfare: a good life for animals -- Chapter 13. Forage based production systems -- Chapter 14. Cereal based cropping systems -- Chapter 15. Vegetable based production systems -- Chapter 16. Fruit and nut production systems -- Chapter 17. Aquaculture production systems -- Chapter 18. Environmental innovations in urban ecosystems -- Chapter 19. Integrated Pest Management (IPM): from theory to application -- Chapter 20. Organic agriculture: a model for sustainability -- Chapter 21. Integrated Agroecosystem Management -- Chapter 22. Employing an Agroecological Approach to Achieve Sustainable Development Goals- a Case Study from China.
    Abstract: This textbook applies basic concepts of ecology to address critical issues regarding food and agricultural systems. The intended audience is first year undergraduate students; it may also benefit higher-level undergraduates with an interest in agriculture and ecology. The level of science and general knowledge reflects this target group. The text is divided into five sections with 22 chapters in all. Each chapter has its own student learning objectives. The first two sections, “Context of Agroecology” and “Basics of Agroecosystems,” provide a sound basis for the further study of agriculture from an ecological standpoint. Section 3, “Digging Deeper into Agroecosystems,” explores the related issues of hunger, wastes, climate change, and biodiversity. It is suggested that students study these three sections before proceeding to section 4 or 5. Section 4, “Application of Agroecosystem Concepts,” introduces students to agricultural production and challenges them to use the concepts and ideas from the first three sections to critically evaluate such production systems. Section 5, “Agroecosystem Management,” brings the coverage full circle by examining global solutions and opportunities from both a scientific and social economic standpoint. Particularly these last four chapters offer both food for thought and inspiration for further work. The book’s goal is not to provide a comprehensive literature review; rather, it offers extensive data on and a stimulating analysis of the topic. .
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    Pages: XVIII, 333 p. 111 illus., 90 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811588365
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-8836-5
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    River Basin Environment: Evaluation, Management and Conservation (2022)
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    Keywords: Freshwater ecology. ; Marine ecology. ; Environmental management. ; Water. ; Hydrology. ; Pollution. ; Refuse and refuse disposal. ; Forestry. ; Freshwater and Marine Ecology. ; Environmental Management. ; Water. ; Pollution. ; Waste Management/Waste Technology. ; Forestry.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Phenology of photosynthesis in a deciduous broadleaf forest: implications for the carbon cycle in a changing environment -- Chapter 2. Ecological significance of throughfall and stemflow to the carbon cycle in forest ecosystems -- Chapter 3.Forest carbon sequestration in mountainous region in Japan under ongoing climate change: implication for future research -- Chapter 4. Woody biomass change monitoring in temperate montane forests by airborne LiDAR analysis -- Chapter 5. Semi-natural grasslands maintained by controlled burning in Japan - Air and soil temperature and plant diversity -- Chapter 6. Detection and Identification of Phytophthora Pathogens That are Threatening Forest Ecosystems Worldwide -- Chapter 7. Water quality safety and security - from evaluation to control -- Chapter 8. Energy Recovery from Wastewater -- Chapter 9. Management of on-site household wastewater treatment systems (Johkasou) in Japan -- Chapter 10. Predicting fine sediment deposition rate in low-land river channel: Comparison of two adjacent rivers -- Chapter 11. Relationship between forest stand condition and water balance in a forested basin -- Chapter 12. Plant pathogenic oomycetes inhabiting river water are a potential source of infestation in agricultural areas -- Chapter 13. Soil contamination and conservation -- Chapter 14. Evaporation in arid regions -- Chapter 15. Feature Extraction and Analysis of Earthquake Motion -- Chapter 16. Involving the community to manage natural disasters: A study of Japanese disaster risk reduction practices.
    Abstract: This book provides updated and comprehensive information on the evaluation of the river basin environment, along with its management and conservation. The chapters collected the latest cutting-edge research achievements in vegetation function evaluation, remote sensing monitoring and analysis, water quality evaluation and control, water and wastewater treatment, soil remediation, forest resource management, microbial disease diagnosis and more, the key components that link directly with the safety, security and sustainability of river basin environment. This book emphasizes the important aspects for better and more effective evaluation, management and conservation of the river basin environment, the foundation for its sustainable utilization and development, the foundation for achieving water and food security, and the United Nations’ SDGs for No Poverty (1), Zero Hunger (2) and Clean Water and Sanitation (6), as well as Affordable and Clean Energy (7), Sustainable Cities and Communities (11), Climate Action (13), Life below Water (14) and Life on Land (15). This book will benefit the research community and environmental education. It will prove useful to students, water and forest resource managers, hydrologists and all those engaged or interested in any aspect of evaluation, management, and conservation of the river basin environment. The book also has the potential to inform multi-regional and sectoral policies in all regions of the world and contribute to sustainable development solutions through better management of water, soil, and vegetation resources.
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9789811940705
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-4070-5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-4070-5
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    Study of Ecological Engineering of Human Settlements (2020)
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    Keywords: Environment. ; Applied ecology. ; Pollution. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Applied Ecology. ; Pollution.
    Description / Table of Contents: Environmental problems of human settlements and countermeasures based on ecological engineering -- Soil environmental deterioration and ecological rehabilitation -- Amelioration and utilization of saline-alkali land -- Forestry ecological engineering in coastal saline-alkali soils -- Mined lands reclamation by vegetation restoration -- Soil Improvement and Vegetation Construction Technology in Abandoned land of Copper Mining Area -- Discussion on non-point source pollution and control in water source areas -- Impact of landscape pattern changes on water quality -- Eco-village construction and pollution control effect analysis -- Discussion on the overall planning of forest town construction in Simen Town, Yuyao City -- Study on the construction mode of rural human settlement forest in the eastern Zhejiang plain -- Evaluation of air negative ion effect in rural human settlement forests -- Determination of air anion level in Shanghai coastal shelter forests -- Effects of different greening modes of expressways on air environment -- Research on noise reduction effect of green belts on expressway -- Biodiversity protection technology in the construction of rural landscape -- Impacts of rural Fengshui forest construction on biodiversity -- Distribution characteristics of plant diversity in rural habitats-case study in Xiaoluxia village Index.
    Abstract: This book analyzes the theory of ecological engineering of human settlements and provides case studies on the improvement of degraded lands and vegetation restoration, especially focusing on saline-alkali land, abandoned land, water source areas, and the impact of green belts on noise and air quality on the highways. In addition, it discusses the issue of biodiversity conservation strategies in rural landscape construction and demonstrates experiment measurement and field survey methods. The results obtained are supplemented by numerical calculations, presented in the form of tables and figures. As the first monograph on this subject, the book provides a wealth of ideas and resources for researchers, professionals and practitioners in the field of human settlements.
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    Pages: XXI, 415 p. 267 illus., 200 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811513732
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-1373-2
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-1373-2
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    Contemporary Environmental Issues and Challenges in Era of Climate Change (2020)
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    Keywords: Environment. ; Environmental health. ; Conservation biology. ; Ecology . ; Environmental monitoring. ; Energy policy. ; Energy and state. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Environmental Health. ; Conservation Biology. ; Environmental Monitoring. ; Energy Policy, Economics and Management.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Ecosystem health and dynamics: An indicator of Global Climate Change -- Chapter 2. A comprehensive evaluation of heavy metals contamination in foodstuff and associated human health risk: a global perspective -- Chapter 3. Climate change impact on forest and agro-biodiversity: A special reference to Amarkantak Area, Madhya Pradesh -- Chapter 4. Agriculture sustainability and climate change nexus -- Chapter 5. Heat Stress in crops: Driver of climate change impacting global food supply -- Chapter 6. India’s major subsurface pollutants under future climatic scenarios: Challenges and remedial solutions -- Chapter 7. Phosphorus sorption characteristics of the surface sediments from industrially polluted GBPS reservoir, India -- Chapter 8. Spatio-temporal variations of precipitation and temperatures under CORDEX Climate Change Projections: A Case study of Krishna River Basin, India -- Chapter 9. Microorganisms in maintaining food and energy security in a world of shifting climatic conditions -- Chapter 10. Engineering Photosynthetic Microbes for Sustainable Bioenergy Production -- Chapter 11. Ensuring energy and food security through solar energy utilization -- Chapter 12. A Conceptual Framework to Social Life Cycle Assessment of e-Waste Management: a case study in the city of Rio de Janeiro -- Chapter 12. Unsustainable management of Plastic Wastes in India: A threat to global warming and climate change -- Chapter 14. Assessment of public acceptance of the establishment of a recycling plant in Salfit district, Palestine -- Chapter 15. An overview of the technological applicability of plasma gasification process -- Chapter 16. Natural Gas Hydrates: Possible Environmental Issues.
    Abstract: Over the last few decades, unprecedented global population growth has led to increased demand for food and shelter. At the same time, extraction of natural resources beyond the Earth’s resilience capacity has had a devastating effect on ecosystems and environmental health. Furthermore, climate change is having a significant impact in a number of areas, including the global hydrological cycle, ecosystem functioning, coastal vulnerability, forest ecology, food security, and agricultural sustainability. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), only immediate and sustained action will prevent climate change causing irreversible and potentially catastrophic damage to our environment. This book presents various scientific views and concepts, research, reviews, and case studies on contemporary environmental issues in changing climate scenarios and highlights different adaptation measures. Increasing awareness of modern-day patterns of climate change, it addresses questions often raised by environmental scientists, researchers, policymakers and general readers. .
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789813295957
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-32-9595-7
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    Application of the Water Footprint: Water Stress Analysis and Allocation (2020)
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    Keywords: Sustainability. ; Water. ; Hydrology. ; Freshwater ecology. ; Marine ecology. ; Pollution. ; Sustainability. ; Water. ; Freshwater and Marine Ecology. ; Pollution.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- PART I: Virtual Water and Water Footprint Accounting -- The Concepts of Virtual Water and Water Footprint -- Water Footprint Accounting Method -- PART II: Evaluation of Water Stresses Based on WFs -- Studies on the Evaluation of Water Footprints at Various Regional Scales -- Principal Water Stress Analysis Indexes and Approaches Based on WFs -- PART III: Study Cases: Water Stress Evaluation Under Multiple Regional Scales -- Study Cases: Water Stresses Evaluation at the Provincial Scale —the Zhejiang Province Case Study -- Study Case: Evaluation of Water Stresses at the River Basin Scale — the Haihe River Basin Case Study -- Case Study: Evaluation of Water Stresses at the City Scale —Dalian -- Comparisons of the Major Indexes on Water Stresses Analysis under Multiple Regional Scales -- PART IV: Water Footprint Accounting Application in Water Management Strategies -- Influencing Factors Analysis of Water Footprint Based on Extended STIRPAT Model -- Optimal Water Utilization and Allocation Strategy based on Water Footprint Accounting -- Conclusions. .
    Abstract: Based on the water footprint (WF) concept, this book reviews WF-based water stress evaluation methods at the city, provincial and river basin levels respectively. In addition, it explores the factors that influence regional water footprint in the spatial sequence via the extended STIRPAT model. Highlighting the utilization of WF accounting in sustainable water management, one of the book’s goals is to establish the optimization model of water allocation in various industrial sectors. Based on WF accounting, which thoroughly considers the water input for production, the relevant intermediate water inputs, and the water amount for wastewater discharge dilutions, the book provides a wealth of insights for scholars and practitioners with an interest in water resources and environmental management. In addition, it exhibits a scientific plan for regional water resource utilization and allocation, helping relieve regional water shortages.
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    ISBN: 9789811502347
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0234-7
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    Transformation Processes of Metals in Urban Road Dust : Implications for Stormwater Reuse (2020)
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    Keywords: Pollution. ; Water. ; Hydrology. ; Engineering geology. ; Pollution. ; Water. ; Geoengineering.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Metals in urban stormwater environments -- Chapter 2: Research design -- Chapter 3: Metal transformation and stormwater quality -- Chapter 4: Risk evaluation based on the metal transformation and bioavailability -- Chapter 5: Practical implications and recommendation for future research -- Appendices -- Index.
    Abstract: This book discusses the physicochemical changes (transformations) that metals deposited on urban road surfaces undergo during dry weather periods, in order to provide insights into their potential impacts on stormwater quality. Based on extensive field experiments, and laboratory and data analyses, it examines transformation characteristics of metals with respect to the particle size of road dust, antecedent dry days and land uses. Further, it proposes a new risk-assessment methodology, improving the original human health-risk indices based on the transformation characteristics and potential bioavailability of metals in order to evaluate the risks posed by metals in stormwater. This book is of interest to researchers and decision-makers developing appropriate pollution mitigation measures to enhance the quality of stormwater, targeting the effective reuse of stormwater in urban areas.
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    Pages: VI, 50 p. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811520785
    Series Statement: SpringerBriefs in Water Science and Technology,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-2078-5
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    Environmental Management : Environmental Issues, Awareness and Abatement (2020)
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    Keywords: Environmental management. ; Pollution. ; Environmental monitoring. ; Sustainability. ; Environmental Law. ; Environmental Management. ; Pollution. ; Environmental Monitoring. ; Sustainability. ; Environmental Law.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Management of water resources -- Chapter 2. Air pollution and its abatement -- Chapter 3. Environmental education and environmental impact assessment -- Chapter 4. Environmental acts and legislation -- Chapter 5. Management of Natural Resources. .
    Abstract: In the current age of science and technology, our lives have become dominated by countless scientific and technological innovations without which the earth would be a much poorer place. Life as we know would become absolutely bleak and boring without the inventions and advances being made all over the globe. In fact, scientific inventions, discoveries and innovations have ushered in a dramatic revolution in virtually every sphere of life. But at the same time, the skewed use of technology is at loggerheads with the environment. We, and our environment, now face a number of critical challenges and it is in response to this that we wrote this book to raise awareness for environmental issues and related management aspects. With a primary focus on Environmental Management – the rational reconciliation of man and nature, which involves the judicious exploitation and utilization of natural resources without disturbing the ecosystem’s balance – it will thus help to improve the relationship between man and environment. Moreover, it offers a wealth of ready-to-use material for advanced undergraduate and graduate students of Environment and Water Management. The book systematically addresses a range of key aspects, e.g. scientific principles, methods and ideas, as well as life-long learning skills for students. Further, it provides a solid foundation for applying scientific approaches to environmental problems. .
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    Pages: XVII, 218 p. 34 illus., 16 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811538131
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-3813-1
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    Polarization Remote Sensing Physics (2020)
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    Keywords: Geographic information systems. ; Atmospheric science. ; Environment. ; Physics. ; Geographical Information System. ; Atmospheric Science. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Applied and Technical Physics.
    Description / Table of Contents: Physical rationale of polarized remote sensing -- Remote sensing of ground objects 1: physical characteristics of multi-angle polarized reflectance -- Remote sensing of ground objects 2: multispectral chemical characteristics of surface polarization reflection -- Remote sensing of ground objects 3: Surface roughness and density structure of polarization reflectance -- Remote sensing of land surfaces 4: Signal-to-background high contrast ratio filtering of polarimetric reflections -- Remote sensing of land surfaces 5: Characteristics of radiative transfer on surface polarization -- Atmospheric remote sensing 1: the nature and physical characteristics of the full-sky polarization pattern -- Atmospheric remote sensing 2: Neutral point areas of atmospheric polarization and land-atmosphere parameter separation -- Atmospheric remote sensing 3: atmospheric polarization characteristics and multi-angular three-dimensional chromatography -- New areas in polarization 1: bionic polarization for automatic navigation using the Earth’s polarization vector field -- New areas in polarization 2: remote sensing for advanced space exploration and global change research.
    Abstract: This book elaborates on the physical principles of polarization remote sensing. It explains the reflective characteristics of surface objects and atmosphere separately, including theory, experiment, instrument and application. In addition, it introduces how polarization remote sensing works in advanced research programs as it can be used in aviation, astronomy, disaster risk prevention and navigation fields. This book serves as a fundamental and comprehensive reference for researchers and students.
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    Pages: XXVII, 337 p. 305 illus., 196 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811528866
    Series Statement: Springer Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-2886-6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-2886-6
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    Earthworm Assisted Remediation of Effluents and Wastes (2020)
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    Keywords: Refuse and refuse disposal. ; Pollution. ; Environmental engineering. ; Biotechnology. ; Bioremediation. ; Waste Management/Waste Technology. ; Pollution. ; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Applicability of vermifiltration for wastewater treatment and recycling -- Chapter 2. Vermifiltration for rural wastewater treatment -- Chapter 3. Treatment of Wastewater by Vermifiltration Integrated with Plants -- Chapter 4. Recycling of municipal sludge by vermicomposting -- Chapter 5. Influence of distillery sludge based vermicompost on the nutritional status of Rapanus sativus L. (Radish) -- Chapter 6. Vermitechnology: A sustainable approach in the management of solid and liquid waste -- Chapter 7. Natural biological treatment of effluent and sludges to combat the burden of waste -- Chapter 8. Vermicomposts are biologically different: Microbial and functional diversity of green vermicomposts -- Chapter 9. Vermicomposting treatment of fruit and vegetable waste and the effect of the addition of excess activated sludge -- Chapter 10. Eco-management of industrial organic wastes through the modified innovative vermicomposting process: A sustainable approach in tropical countries -- Chapter 11. Growth and Reproductive Biology of Earthworms in Organic Waste Breakdown under Indian Condition -- Chapter 12. Vermicompposting of Parthenium Hysterophorus L. - A Solution to Weed Menance in Terrestrial Ecosystem -- Chapter 13. Evaluating method of mica waste application in earthworm cast treated soil for enhancing potassium availability to the plants with reference to tea -- Chapter 14. PGPR and earthworms assisted phytoremediation of heavy metals -- Chapter 15. Waste Management Practices and their Impact on Earthworms -- Chapter 16. Toxicity and histopathological effect of distillery industrial sludge on the earthworm Eudrilus eugeniae -- Chapter 17. Earthworm Assisted Amelioration of Thermal Ash -- Chapter 18. Some perspectives on vermicompost utilization in organic agriculture -- Chapter 19. Earthworm Communities and Soil Structural Properties -- Chapter 20. Effect of methyl parathion on the growth and reproduction of Eisenia fetida in natural soil.-.
    Abstract: This book provides updated and comprehensive information on the effective functioning of earthworms used alone or in combination with other biological systems/microbes, as well as factors affecting the process and performance of vermiremediation under a range of conditions. It also compares earthworm assisted vermifiltration with other conventional biochemical methods. Presenting cutting-edge research on the earthworm assisted remediation of industrial and municipal effluents and sludges, along with its role in solid waste management (SWM), the book will benefit readers from the research community and industrial sector alike, familiarizing them with the latest remediation techniques for wastewater and different types of solid waste.
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    Pages: XII, 363 p. 60 illus., 47 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811545221
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4522-1
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-4522-1
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    Water Quality Index Prediction Using Multiple Linear Fuzzy Regression Model : Case Study in Perak River, Malaysia (2020)
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    Keywords: Pollution. ; Water. ; Hydrology. ; Computational intelligence. ; Pollution. ; Water. ; Computational Intelligence.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Fuzzy Multiple Linear Regression -- Water Quality Index (WQI) -- Data Collection and Study Sites -- Water Quality Index Using Fuzzy Regression.
    Abstract: This book addresses the prediction of the Water Quality Index (WQI) at Perak River, State of Perak, Malaysia, using a fuzzy multiple linear regression model to tackle the uncertainty in the measurements of six key parameters – dissolved oxygen (DO), biological oxygen demand (BOD), chemical oxygen demand (COD), suspended solids (SS), pH value (pH) and ammoniacal nitrogen (NH3-NL). Given its scope, the book is suitable for graduate students, researchers and water quality scientists.
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    Pages: XII, 55 p. 18 illus., 16 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811534850
    Series Statement: SpringerBriefs in Water Science and Technology,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-3485-0
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    Microbial Bioremediation & Biodegradation (2020)
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    Keywords: Pollution. ; Environmental chemistry. ; Environmental engineering. ; Biotechnology. ; Bioremediation. ; Environmental health. ; Pollution. ; Environmental Chemistry. ; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology. ; Environmental Health.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Bioremediation Approaches for Treatment of Pulp and Paper Industry Wastewater: Recent Advances and Challenges -- Chapter 2. Microbial remediation of Heavy Metals -- Chapter 3. Dyes: Effect on the Environment and Biosphere and Their Remediation Constraints -- Chapter 4. Microbial Bioremediation and Biodegradation of Hydrocarbons, Heavy Metals, and Radioactive Wastes in Solids and Wastewaters -- Chapter 5. Advancement of Omics: Prospects for Bioremediation of Contaminated Soils -- Chapter 6. Microbial Biotransformation of Hexavalent Chromium [Cr(VI)] in Tannery Wastewater -- Chapter 7. Bioremediation: A Low-Cost and Clean-Green Technology for Environmental Management -- Chapter 8. Microbial Degradation of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products from Wastewater -- Chapter 9. Extremophiles: A Powerful Choice for Bioremediation of Toxic Oxyanions -- Chapter 10. Conventional and Nonconventional Biodegradation Technologies for Agro-Industrial Liquid Waste Management -- Chapter 11. White Rot Fungi: Nature’s Scavenger -- Chapter 12. Nanobioremediation: An Emerging Approach for a Cleaner Environment -- Chapter 13. Bioelectrochemical System for Bioremediation and Energy Generation -- Chapter 14. Ligninolysis: Roles of Microbes and Their Extracellular Enzymes -- Chapter 15. Biosorption of Heavy Metals by Cyanobacteria: Potential of Live and Dead Cells in Bioremediation -- Chapter 16. Bioremediation of pharmaceuticals in water and wastewater -- Chapter 17. Bioremediation Of Saline Soil by Cyanobacteria -- Chapter 18. Advancement in Treatment Technologies of Biopharmaceutical Industrial Effluents.-Chapter 19. Marine Bacteria: A Storehouse of Novel Compounds for Biodegradation -- Chapter 20. Energy-Efficient Anaerobic Ammonia Removal: From Laboratory to Full-Scale Application -- Chapter 21. Microbial Degradation of Natural and Synthetic Rubbers.-.
    Abstract: Microbial or biological degradation has long been the subject of active concern, and the rapid expansion and growing sophistication of various industries in the last century has significantly increased the volume and complexity of toxic residues of wastes. These can be remediated by plants and microbes, either natural origin or adapted for a specific purpose, in a process known as bioremediation. The interest in microbial biodegradation of pollutants has intensified in recent years in an attempt to find sustainable ways to clean contaminated environments. These bioremediation and biotransformation methods take advantage of the tremendous microbial catabolic diversity to degrade, transform or accumulate a variety of compounds, such as hydrocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyls, polaromatic hydrocarbons pharmaceutical substances, radionuclides and metals. Unlike conventional methods, bioremediation does not physically disturb the site. This book describes the basic principles of biodegradation and shows how these principles are related to bioremediation. Authored by leading, international environmental microbiologists, it discusses topics such as aerobic biodegradation, microbial degradation of pollutants, and microbial community dynamics. It provides valuable insights into how biodegration processes work and can be utilised for pollution abatement, and as such appeals to researchers and postgraduate students as well as experts in the field of bioremediation.
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811518126
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-1812-6
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    Global Climate Change and Environmental Policy : Agriculture Perspectives (2020)
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    Keywords: Environment. ; Sustainability. ; Agriculture. ; Environmental monitoring. ; Environmental health. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Sustainability. ; Agriculture. ; Environmental Monitoring. ; Environmental Health.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Ecological Thinking and Agricultural Sustainability -- Chapter 2. Climate Policy -- Chapter 3. Vulnerability Assessment of the Agro Based Households to Climate Change in the Bundelkhand Region and Suggesting Adaptation Strategies -- Chapter 4. Strategies for Scaling up the Adoption of Organic Farming towards Building Climate Change Resilient Communities -- Chapter 5. Managing Climate Risk in a Major Coffee-Growing Region of Indonesia -- Chapter 6. Global Climate Change and Biofuels Policy: Indian Perspectives -- Chapter 7. Climate Change, Water Resources, and Agriculture: Impacts and Adaptation Measures -- Chapter 8. Mitigating enteric methane emission from livestock through farmer friendly practices -- Chapter 9. Timber Based Mixed Farming/Agroforestry Benefits: A Case Study of Smallholder Farmers in Limpopo Province, South Africa -- Chapter 10. Agriculture, landscape and food value chain transformation as key engines in climate change mitigation: A review of some low carbon policy options and implementation mechanisms -- Chapter 11. Weather Based Automated Agro Advisories: An option to improve sustainability in farming under climate and weather vagaries -- Chapter 12. Climate smart agriculture: Assessment and adaptation strategies in a changing climate -- Chapter 13. Climate Change and Farmers’ Adaptation: Extension and Capacity Building of Small-holder Farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Chapter 14. Climate Change and Gender Policy -- Chapter 15. Climate Change Assessment for Current and Future Agricultural Scenario. .
    Abstract: Global climate change threatens human existence through its potential impact on agriculture and the environment. Agriculture is climate-sensitive, and climate variability and climate change have net negative impact on it. Additionally, the agricultural landscape is affected by monoculture and agro-biodiversity loss, soil fertility depletion and soil loss, competition from biofuel production, crop yield plateaus and invasive species. Nevertheless, the global agricultural production system has to meet the food demands from the growing human population, which is set to exceed 10 billion by 2050. This book discusses the impacts of climate change on agriculture, animal husbandry and rural livelihoods. Further, since agriculture, forestry and other land-use sectors contribute about 10–12 gigatonnes of CO2-equivalent per year, it argues that agricultural policy must dovetail adaptation and mitigation strategies to reduce greenhouse gases emissions. This calls for a reformative and disruptive agricultural strategy like climate-smart agriculture, which can operate at all spatio-temporal scales with few modifications. The book also redefines sustainable agriculture through the lens of climate-smart agriculture in the context of the sustainability of Earth's life- support system and inter- and intra-generational equity. The climate-smart agriculture approach is gaining currency thanks to its inherent positive potential, and its goal to establish an agricultural system which includes "climate-smart food systems", "climate-proof farms", and "climate-smart soils". Climate-smart agriculture provides a pathway to achieve sustainable development goals which focus on poverty reduction, food security, and environmental health. .
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    Pages: XIII, 435 p. 129 illus., 92 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811395703
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-9570-3
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    Atmospheric Reactive Nitrogen in China : Emission, Deposition and Environmental Impacts (2020)
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    Keywords: Pollution. ; Environmental health. ; Sustainability. ; Biotic communities. ; Biodiversity. ; Pollution. ; Environmental Health. ; Sustainability. ; Ecosystems. ; Biodiversity.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1 Overview of atmospheric reactive nitrogen in China from a global perspective -- Part I Reactive nitrogen emission and deposition in China -- Chapter 2 Anthropogenic emissions of SO2, NOx and NH3 emissions in China -- Chapter 3 Monitoring nitrogen deposition in China -- Chapter 4 Modelling nitrogen deposition in China -- Chapter 5 Reactive nitrogen budgets in China -- Part II Contribution of atmospheric reactive nitrogen to China’s air pollution -- Chapter 6 Contribution of atmospheric reactive nitrogen to haze pollution in China -- Chapter 7 Contribution of reactive nitrogen to ozone pollution in China -- Chapter 8 Contribution of atmospheric nitrogen to acid deposition in China -- Part III Impacts of nitrogen deposition on China’s ecosystems Chapter 9 Impacts of nitrogen deposition on forest ecosystems in China -- Chapter 10 Impact of nitrogen deposition on China’s grassland ecosystems -- Chapter 11 Impact of nitrogen deposition on China’s desert ecosystems -- Chapter 12 Impact of nitrogen deposition on China’s lake ecosystems: Taking Lake Dianchi as an example -- Part IV Reactive N Regulation Chapter 13 Nitrogen regulation in China’s agricultural systems -- Chapter 14 National regulation of SO2 and NOX emissions in China.
    Abstract: Atmospheric reactive nitrogen (N) emissions, as an important component of global N cycle, have been significantly altered by anthropogenic activities, and consequently have had a global impact on air pollution and ecosystem services. Due to rapid agricultural, industrial, and urban development, China has been experiencing an increase in reactive N emissions and deposition since the late 1970s. Based on a literature review, this book summarizes recent research on: 1) atmospheric reactive N in China from a global perspective (Chapter 1); 2) atmospheric reactive N emissions, deposition and budget in China (Chapters 2-5); 3) the contribution of atmospheric reactive N to air pollution (e.g., haze, surface O3, and acid deposition) (Chapters 6-8); 4) the impacts of N deposition on sensitive ecosystems (e.g., forests, grasslands, deserts and lakes) (Chapters 9-12); and 5) the regulatory strategies for mitigation of atmospheric reactive N pollution from agricultural and non-agricultural sectors in China (Chapters 13-14). As such it offers graduate students, researchers, educators in agricultural, ecological and environmental sciences, and policy makers a glimpse of the environmental issues related to reactive N in China .
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    Pages: XVII, 331 p. 99 illus., 72 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811385148
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-8514-8
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    Sustainable Bioeconomy : Pathways to Sustainable Development Goals (2021)
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    Keywords: Sustainability. ; Environmental Law. ; Environmental management. ; Energy policy. ; Energy and state. ; Environment. ; Sustainability. ; Environmental Law. ; Environmental Management. ; Energy Policy, Economics and Management. ; Environmental Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Exploring the economics of the circular bioeconomy -- Chapter 2.The role of culture and moral responsibility in facilitating a sustainable bioeconomy -- Chapter 3. Social and economic contribution of the bioeconomic sector in Ecuador: A methodological approach -- Chapter 4. Biobutanol Production from Agricultural Biomass -- Chapter 5. Valorization of biowastes into food, fuels and chemicals - towards sustainable environment, economy and society -- Chapter 6. Sustainable biorefinery technologies for agro-residues: challenges and perspectives -- Chapter 7. Biotechnological Interventions for Production of Flavour and Fragrance Compounds -- Chapter 8. Phytochemicals for the management of stored product insects -- Chapter 9. Assessing the impact of indigenous knowledge systems on sustainable agriculture: A case study of the selected communities in the City of Tshwane Metropolitan, Gauteng Province, South Africa -- Chapter 10. Tropical biological natural resource management through integrated bio-cycles farming system -- Chapter 11. Biopesticides for Pest management -- Chapter 12. Renewable energy for a low carbon future: Policy perspectives -- Chapter 13. TNAU Energy Soft 2016: An efficient energy audit tool to identify energy saving technologies for sustainable agriculture -- Chapter 14.Mechanism for Improving the Sustainability of Homestead Food Gardens in the Gauteng Province, South Africa -- Chapter 15. Assessment of Potassium Nutrient Balance in Agricultural Farming System: A Pathway to Sustainable Production of Crops.
    Abstract: Sustainable development is the most important challenge facing humanity in the 21st century. The global economic growth in the recent past has indeed exhibited marked progress in many countries. Nevertheless, the issues of income disparity, poverty, gender gaps, and malnutrition are not uncommon in the global landscape, in spite of the upward growth of the economy and technological advances. This grim picture is further exacerbated by our growing human population, unmindful resource use, ever-increasing consumption trends, and changing climate. In order to protect humanity and preserve the planet, the United Nations issued the “2030 agenda for sustainable development,” which includes but is not limited to sustainable production and consumption practices, e.g. in a sustainable bioeconomy. The hallmark of the sustainable bioeconomy is a paradigm shift from a fossil-fuel-based economy to a biological-based one, which is driven by the virtues of sustainability, efficient utilization of resources, and “circular economy.” As the sustainable bioeconomy is based on the efficient utilization of biological resources and societal transformations, it holds the immense potential to achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. This book shares valuable insights into the linkages between the sustainable bioeconomy and Sustainable Development Goals, making it an essential read for policymakers, researchers and students of environmental studies. .
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9789811573217
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-7321-7
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    Air Pollution and Environmental Health (2020)
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    Keywords: Urban ecology (Biology). ; Environmental chemistry. ; Pollution. ; Soil science. ; Environmental health. ; Environmental management. ; Urban Ecology. ; Environmental Chemistry. ; Pollution. ; Soil Science. ; Environmental Health. ; Environmental Management.
    Abstract: Air pollution is an alarming problem, not only in terms of air quality, but also in relation to health issues. Toxic air pollutant concentrations produce harmful impacts on plant health and human health. Further, though there are various sources of air pollution, anthropogenic and biogenic sources are becoming increasingly problematic. A number of control methods have been applied to reduce the air pollutant concentrations so that their global environmental burden on plants as well as humans can be mitigated. However, as confirmed in numerous reports and studies, their concentrations continue to be very high and everyday cases related to air pollution have become exponentially high not only in developing countries but also in developed countries. In plants, toxic air quality has various adverse effects, including biochemical and physiological disorders, chronic diseases and/or lower yields. In humans, air pollutants affect the body’s metabolism and immune system, lungs and central nervous system. This book provides an essential overview of air pollution, its impacts on plant and human health, and potential control strategies. The respective chapters cover general monitoring and characterization techniques for air pollutants, air quality modelling applications, plant and human health effects, risk assessment, and air pollution control policy. Given its scope, the book offers a valuable and unique resource for students of Environmental Science, Biological Science, Medical Science and Agriculture; and for environmental consultants, researchers and other professionals whose work involves air quality, plant and human related research.
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811534812
    Series Statement: Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World, 20
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-3481-2
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    Transparent Water Management Theory : Sefficiency in Sequity (2021)
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    Keywords: Sustainability. ; Water. ; Hydrology. ; Management. ; Pollution. ; Sustainability. ; Water. ; Management. ; Pollution.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Terminology -- Theory -- Sefficiency -- Sequity -- Applications.
    Abstract: This book provides a solid foundation for a comprehensive, systemic and water-centric approach to water management. Said approach integrates two performance principles essential for sustainable water use systems, namely equity and efficiency. Further, it decreases the policy space for decision-making encountered by water managers and makes it easier to arrive at reasonable solutions because of the bounded rationality inherent in its development. By combining the distributive and aggregative principles, the approach offers a transparent and autonomous structure for gathering water data and enabling stakeholder involvement. Lastly, it employs and promotes a unifying language for all types of water use systems, e.g. urban, agricultural and industrial.
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    ISBN: 9789811562846
    Series Statement: Water Resources Development and Management,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6284-6
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    Fresh Water Pollution Dynamics and Remediation (2020)
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    Keywords: Pollution. ; Water. ; Hydrology. ; Environmental engineering. ; Biotechnology. ; Bioremediation. ; Freshwater ecology. ; Marine ecology. ; Pollution. ; Water. ; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology. ; Freshwater and Marine Ecology.
    Description / Table of Contents: The Concerns for Global Sustainability of Freshwater Ecosystems -- Freshwater Pollution: Effects on Aquatic Life and Human Health -- Freshwater contamination: sources and hazards to aquatic biota -- Correlation Between Pollution Trends of Freshwater Bodies and Bacterial Disease of Fish Fauna -- Impact of Pollution on Quality of Freshwater Ecosystems -- Heavy metal intrusion and accumulation in aquatic ecosystems -- Impact of climate change on freshwater ecosystem and its sustainable management -- Role of biotools in restoration of freshwater ecosystems Bioremediation -- A Sustainable and Emerging Tool for Restoration of Polluted Aquatic Ecosystems -- Biosorption as Environmentally Friendly Technique for Heavy Metal Removal from Wastewater -- Biotechnological interventions as an aquatic clean up tool -- Analysis of hydrology, sediment retention, biogenic-calcification and -scavenging as self-remediative lacustrine functions -- Remediation of pesticides through microbial and phytoremediation techniques -- Trends in Phyto-management of Aquatic Ecosystems and Evaluation of Factors Affecting Removal of Inorganic Pollutants from Water Bodies -- Urban Pond Ecosystems: Preservation and Management Through Phytoremediation -- Aquatic Pollution Stress and Role of Biofilms as Environment Cleanup Technology -- Wonders of Nanotechnology for Remediation of Polluted Aquatic Environs.
    Abstract: Freshwater is a finite resource and is being deteriorated directly and indirectly by anthropogenic pressures. Preserving the quality and availability of freshwater resources is becoming one of the most pressing environmental challenges on the international horizon. To ensure the preservation as well as availability of freshwater resources, there is a need to understand the ecology of the freshwater systems, pollution problems, their impacts, restoration techniques to be opted and the conservation measures. In this backdrop the present book on ‘Freshwater Pollution Dynamics and Remediation’ has been compiled. The book provides an understanding about the present state of art, pollution impacts including the changes in the environmental quality as well as the shift in the aquatic biological communities of the fragile freshwater ecosystems. Besides, the impact of deteriorating quality of the freshwater ecosystems on the animal and human health is also discussed in detail. This book provides a comprehensive account of the techniques based on updated research in biotechnology, bio-remediation, phyto-remediation and nano-bioremediation. The role of biosorpers and biofilms as a remediation tool has also been detailed. The book is a ready reference for researchers, scientists and educators who are involved in the freshwater pollution, remediation and management studies. The book editors with an expertise in diverse research fields in freshwater ecosystems have congregated the most inclusive research accounts on the freshwater pollution and remediation and thus developed a repository of diverse knowledge on the subject.
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811382772
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-8277-2
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    Introduction to Environmental Mineralogy (2023)
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    Keywords: Mineralogy. ; Environment. ; Geology. ; Mineralogy. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Geology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1 Environmental Property of Minerals-1205 -- Chapter 2 Environmental Effects of Tunnel Structure Minerals-0113 -- Chapter 3 Photoactivity of Mn Oxides on Earth’s Surface-1230 -- Chapter 4 Redox Activity of Iron Sulfide and Mn Oxide-0106 -- Chapter 5 Interaction Between Fe & Mn-Bearing Minerals and Microbes-1230 -- Chapter 6 Photocatalytic reduction effects of sphalerite and native sulfur-1213 -- Chapter 7 Photocatalytic oxidation effects of rutile-1213 -- Chapter 8 Interactions between Semiconducting Minerals and Microbes-1209 -- Chapter 9 Human Pathological Mineral Features-1213 -- Chapter 10 Infrared Effect of Minerals-0107.
    Abstract: This book focuses on the environmental property of minerals including mineralogical record of environmental changes, mineralogical influence on the environmental quality, mineralogical evaluation of the environment, mineralogical processing of environmental pollutants and interaction between minerals and microbes. Understanding of the environmental property of minerals is a good supplementary to the traditional concept of “mineral”. By demonstrating plenty of case studies with easy-to-understand figures and tables, this book introduces the environmental effects of interaction between minerals and microbes, physiological and ecological effects of biomineralization, reductive precipitation property of iron sulfide minerals, photocatalytic reduction property of sphalerite, photocatalytic oxidation property of rutile, tubular structure property of chrysotile, tunnel structure property of K-feldspar tetrahedron, tunnel structure property of cryptomelane octahedron, nano property of cryptomelane, crystallization property of jarosite, interaction between semiconducting minerals and microbes, pathological mineralization of human body, mineralogical processing of inorganic pollutants, mineralogical degradation of organic pollutants, mineralogical purification of smoke-type pollutants, mineralogical evaluation of soil environmental quality, mineralogical prevention and control of waste pollutants and mineralogical processing of mine tailings. The book is written for environmental mineralogist as well as postgraduates majoring in environmental science.
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    Pages: XV, 265 p. 227 illus., 111 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9789811977923
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-7792-3
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-7792-3
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    Agricultural Implications of Fukushima Nuclear Accident (IV) : After 10 Years (2023)
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    Keywords: Pollution. ; Agriculture. ; Radiation dosimetry. ; Forestry. ; Physiology. ; Environmental monitoring. ; Pollution. ; Agriculture. ; Radiation Dosimetry and Protection . ; Forestry. ; Animal Physiology. ; Environmental Monitoring.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1. An Overview of our research -- 2. Recovery of Food Production from Radioactive Contamination Caused by the Fukushima Nuclear Accident -- 3. Annual Reduction of Transfer Factors of Radiocesium from Soil to Rice Cultivated in a KCl Fertilized and Straw Plowed-in Paddy Field from 2015 to 2021 -- 4. Effects of radiocesium from suspended matter and fallout on agricultural products -- 5. Verification of Uptake and Transport Properties of Cesium in Hydroponically Cultivated Quercus Serrata -- 6. Candidates for breeding target genes related to cesium transport in plants after the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident -- 7. Evaluation of the Absorption of Different Forms of Cesium from Soil -- 8. Structure, Composition, and Physicochemical Properties of Radiocesium-Bearing Microparticles Emitted by the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident -- 9. Verification of Effects on Crops and Surrounding Environment in Agriculture Using Radioactively Contaminated Grass Silage Compost Made by Aerobic Ultra-High Temperature Fermentation -- 10. Transport of 137Cs into Fruits after External Deposition onto Japanese Persimmon Trees -- 11. Progress Towards Managing Radiocesium Contamination in Orchards -- 12. Overview of Radiocesium Dynamics in Forests: First Decade and Future Perspectives -- 13. Toward the Estimation of Radiocesium Activity Concentration in Trunks of Coppiced Quercus Serrata: Leaf Availability Instead of Felling -- 14. Decomposition of Organic Matters in a Forest Floor Enhanced Downward Migration of Radioactive Cs after the Accident of the FDNPP -- 15. Effect of exchangeable and non-exchangeable potassium in soil on cesium uptake by Quercus serrata seedlings -- 16. Ten-year Transition of Radiocesium Contamination in Wild Mushrooms in the University of Tokyo Forests after the Fukushima Accident -- 17. Challenge to resume production of mushroom bed logs by potassium fertilizer application -- 18. Studies on the revitalization of radioactive-contaminated mushroom log forests: focus on shoots -- 19. Contribution of cesium-bearing microparticles to cesium in soil and river water of the Takase River watershed and their effect on the distribution coefficient -- 20. Global Fallout: Radioactive Materials from Atmospheric Nuclear Tests That Fell Half a Century Ago and Where to Find Them -- 21. Resilience Education Program in Iitate Village for the Young Generation.
    Abstract: This open access book presents the findings from on-site research into radioactive cesium contamination in various agricultural systems affected by the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident in March 2011. This fourth volume in the series reports on studies undertaken at contaminated sites such as farmland and forests, focusing on soil, water, mountain, agricultural products, and animals. It also provides additional data collected in the subsequent years to show how the radioactivity levels in agricultural products and their growing environments have changed with time and the route by which radioactive materials entered agricultural products as well as their movement between different components (e.g., soil, water, and trees) within an environmental system (e.g., forests). The book covers various topics, including radioactivity testing of food products; decontamination trials for rice and livestock production; the state of contamination in, trees, mushrooms, and timber; the dynamics of radioactivity distribution in paddy fields and upland forests; damage incurred by the forestry and fishery industries; and the change in consumers’ attitudes. In the series of this book, a real-time radioisotope imaging system has been introduced, a pioneering technique to visualize the movement of cesium in soil and in plants. This is the only book to provide systematic data on the actual change of radioactivity, which is of great value to all researchers who wish to understand the effect of radioactive fallout on agriculture. In addition, it helps the general public better understand radio-contamination issues in the environment. The project is ongoing; the research groups from the Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences of The University of Tokyo continue their work in the field further to evaluate the long-term effects of the Fukushima accident.
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    Pages: XIII, 276 p. 1 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9789811993619
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-9361-9
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    ICDSME 2019 : Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Dam Safety Management and Engineering (2020)
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    Keywords: Environmental management. ; Water. ; Hydrology. ; Security systems. ; Environmental economics. ; Financial risk management. ; Pollution. ; Environmental Management. ; Water. ; Security Science and Technology. ; Environmental Economics. ; Risk Management. ; Pollution.
    Description / Table of Contents: Challenges in Preparation and Implementation of Dam Safety Emergency Plan for Hydroelectric Plants in Sarawak -- Optimizing Reservoir Operation Under Changing Climate: A Case Study of Murum-Bakun Hydro Cascade in Sarawak -- Visual Inspection of Penstocks and Water Tunnels for Hydropower Plants in Malaysia -- Sediment yield modeling as sediment management strategies towards sustainability of hydropower reservoirs in Malaysia -- Review on Seismic Hazard Parameters for Design and Construction of Large Dams in Peninsular Malaysia -- Building-Capacity through School-Based Engagement on Dam Safety Program in Cameron Highlands -- Flood hydrograph generation for Kenyir Dam using Hydrological Modeling System -- PMP Driven Probable Maximum Flood for 4 dams in Sungai Perak Hydroelectric scheme.
    Abstract: This book presents peer-reviewed articles from the 1st International Conference on Dam Safety Management and Engineering (ICDSME 2019), organized by the Malaysian National Committee on Large Dams (MYCOLD), Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB), Department of Irrigation and Drainage (DID) and Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN). With the theme “resilient dams for resilient communities,” the conference highlighted the latest developments in the area and provided a platform for researchers and professionals to exchange ideas and to address dam safety and engineering issues with the environment in mind. The topics covered included, but was not limited to, best practices in dam safety, reservoir management, dam health monitoring, risk assessment, emergency management and sustainable dams.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XIX, 683 p. 371 illus., 328 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811519710
    Series Statement: Water Resources Development and Management,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-1971-0
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-1971-0
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    Investigation and Assessment Technology for Typical Groundwater-contaminated Sites and Application Cases (2021)
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    Keywords: Environmental management. ; Pollution. ; Environmental monitoring. ; Environmental Management. ; Pollution. ; Environmental Monitoring.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Environmental background investigation of groundwater contamination sites -- Rating and evaluation of pollution source intensity for typical groundwater contamination sites -- Risk assessment of groundwater contamination sites -- Application case.
    Abstract: This book introduces readers to environmental background investigation, pollution source intensity evaluation and risk assessment approaches used at three main types of groundwater-contaminated sites: municipal domestic waste landfills, hazardous waste landfills and oil-contaminated sites. In addition, typical contaminated sites throughout China are examined to demonstrate how these approaches can be applied for their investigation, assessment and restoration. By reading this book, readers will gain a deeper understanding of the restoration and management of typical groundwater-contaminated sites.
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    Pages: XI, 388 p. 145 illus., 115 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9789811528453
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-2845-3
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    SeaCities : Urban Tactics for Sea-Level Rise (2021)
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    Keywords: Human geography. ; Environment. ; Natural disasters. ; Environmental management. ; System theory. ; Human Geography. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Natural Hazards. ; Environmental Management. ; Complex Systems.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Inter-national examples of Water Hazards -- 3. Tactics and examples against sea-level rise -- 4. Application of tactics in scenarios -- 5. From risks to opportunities Outcome, outlook.
    Abstract: This book presents and discusses a strategy which includes four approaches to dealing with the risk of sea-level rise and other water hazards. It also offers opportunities for cities to explore urban extensions such as marine estates, aquatic food production systems, new sea related industries, maritime transport developments, new oceanic tourist attractions, and the designation of additional coastal ecological zones. The urban interface between Sea and Cities generates, therefore, both burning issues and valuable opportunities and raises the question of whether it is possible to solve the former by exploiting the latter?
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    Pages: XVII, 304 p. 157 illus., 121 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9789811587481
    Series Statement: Cities Research Series,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-8748-1
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    Aligning Climate Change and Sustainable Development Policies in Asia (2021)
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    Keywords: Sustainability. ; Environmental management. ; Bioclimatology. ; Environment. ; Sustainability. ; Environmental Management. ; Climate Change Ecology. ; Environmental Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1 An Introduction to Co-benefits: Core Concepts and Applications -- Part I Quantitative Modeling of Climate co-benefits and Sustainable Development -- 2 Urban Sustainable Development Index: Comparative Analysis of Low Emission Strategies in urban areas -- 3 A quantitative model for forecasting energy demand and CO2 emissions in Pakistan, towards a sustainable energy system -- 4 Multiple benefits assessment of the utilization of high-efficiency Heat Only Boilers in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia -- Part II Co-benefits of Climate Change Mitigation Strategies -- 5 Quantifying and integrating co-benefits of renewable energy policies in South Korea -- 6 The Co-benefits of Renewable Energy Policies in Japan: Barriers and Ways Forward -- 7 Quantifying and integrating the co-benefits of solar energy in China -- Part III New Perspectives on Co-benefits -- 8 Biodiversity Co-benefits: Narrowing the Gap between Analysis and Action -- 9 Creating Social Co-benefits for Sustainable and Just Society -- 10 Enabling Japan’s low-emissions technology collaboration with Southeast Asia: The role of co-innovation and co-benefits.
    Abstract: This book provides policymakers, researchers, and other interested audiences with knowledge on how to quantify and integrate and advance co-benefits in their decisions. It begins with an introductory chapter that provides an overview of the concept of co-benefits. This followed by a section that details quantitative approaches to estimate co-benefits, particularly in cities. A third section presents a series of case studies from the energy sector in Northeast and Southeast Asia. A final section focuses on new perspectives on co-benefits from linking climate change with biodiversity, social justice, and through new models of co-innovation. The book is particularly timely as many countries in Asia seek to achieve objectives in the national climate policies and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The climate emergency poses an increasingly severe threat to the health and well-being of more than a billion people in Asia. Policymakers in the region have sought to curb this threat by adopting clean energy, energy efficiency, and other sectoral policies. In some cases, these policies can bring additional benefits beyond mitigating climate change. These so-called “co-benefits” --ranging from improved air quality to better health to socioeconomic equity--could not only offset the costs of climate mitigation but also make Asia’s development more sustainable. Yet all too frequently policymakers lack the analytical methods and practical experiences to incorporate co-benefits into their decisions. This has created difficulties in aligning climate and sustainable development policies in Asia.
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    Pages: VIII, 185 p. 54 illus., 42 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9789811601354
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-0135-4
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    Political Economy of China’s Climate Policy (2022)
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    Keywords: Environment. ; Physical geography. ; Environmental sciences Social aspects. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Earth System Sciences. ; Environmental Social Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: An Economic Analysis of China's Climate Policy -- China’s Balance of Emissions Embodied in Trade: Approaches to Measurement and Allocating International Responsibility -- Low Carbon Transformation -- Adapting to the Carrying Capacity, Ensuring Ecological Safety -- Post-Paris Process: A Transformational Breakthrough Is Still Needed.
    Abstract: This book covers major advances in China’s climate policy over the past decade and presents theoretical approaches to climate justice and low-carbon transformation from a Chinese perspective. It analyzes the political economy of China’s climate policy, and subsequently addresses the following major aspects: carbon emissions and human rights, equity and carbon budgets, economic analysis of low-carbon transformation, economics of adaptation to climate change, and international climate regime building. .
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    Pages: XV, 324 p. 39 illus., 7 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9789811687891
    Series Statement: Research Series on the Chinese Dream and China’s Development Path,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-8789-1
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    Water and Life in Tonle Sap Lake (2022)
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    Keywords: Environmental management. ; Pollution. ; Water. ; Hydrology. ; Environment. ; Environmental Management. ; Pollution. ; Water. ; Environmental Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Lake and Livelihoods: Threats to Their Sustainability -- Chapter 3. Fish Resources: Its Importance and Challenges -- Chapter 4. Governance and Human–Nature Relation -- Chapter 5. Zoning and Its Impacts on Governance -- Chapter 6. Climate and Rainfall -- Chapter 7. Inundation and Water Surface Temperature: Satellite-Based Observation -- Chapter 8. Hydrology of the Inflow River Basins -- Chapter 9. Groundwater and Surface Water Exchange in the Lake Basin -- Chapter 10. Improvement of a Hydrological Model Performance by Satellite Rainfall Product -- Chapter 11. Flood Pulse and Water Level -- Chapter 12. Discharge Measurement and Hydraulic Characteristics in the Tonle Sap River -- Chapter 13. Mathematics and Numerics of a Two-Dimensional Local Inertial Equation -- Chapter 14. Numerical Simulation of Hydrodynamics Using the Two-Dimensional Local Inertial Equation -- Chapter 15. Hydrodynamic Properties Characterized by Two-Dimensional Hydraulic Simulation -- Chapter 16. Flow Regime of a Floating Village Using a Three-Dimensional Hydraulic Model -- Chapter 17. Sediment and Suspended Solids: Spatiotemporal Dynamics -- Chapter 18. Total Suspended Solid Dynamics Revealed by Long-term Satellite Image Analysis -- Chapter 19. Sediment Resuspension and its Relation to Flood Pulse -- Chapter 20. Sediment Loads from Tonle Sap Lake Tributaries -- Chapter 21. Physico-Chemical Properties of Suspended Solids and Sediment -- Chapter 22. Basin-wide Distribution of Water Quality -- Chapter 23. Basic Physicochemical Water Quality—Spatiotemporal Distribution -- Chapter 24. Nutrient Availability and Phosphorus Dynamics -- Chapter 25. Phosphorus Dynamics—Modeling and Simulation -- Chapter 26. Chemistry of Groundwater in the Floodplain -- Chapter 27. Bacterial Communities: Their Dynamics and Interactions with Physicochemical Factors -- Chapter 28. Microcystin Production and Oxidative Stress -- Chapter 29. Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria -- Chapter 30. Antibiotic Resistance of Intestinal Bacteria -- Chapter 31. Primary Production -- Chapter 32. Flooded Forests -- Chapter 33. Aquatic Fauna and Aquaculture -- Chapter 34. Waterbirds -- Chapter 35. Chemical Analysis of Heavy Metals and Pesticides: Pretreatment -- Chapter 36. Heavy Metals -- Chapter 37. Residual Pesticides -- Chapter 38. Heavy Metal Accumulation in Fish -- Chapter 39. Pesticide Residues in Vegetables from Provinces around Tonle Sap Lake -- Chapter 40. Water Use, Sanitation, and Health Conditions in Villages on/around the Lake -- Chapter 41. Health Risk Assessment of a Floating Village Based on a Three-Dimensional Hydraulic Model -- Chapter 42. Virus Removal by Poly Aluminum Chloride and Calcium Hypochlorite -- Chapter 43. Impact of Climate Change on the Hydrological Regime of Tonle Sap Lake -- Chapter 44. Projection of Land Use and Land Cover in the Lake Basin -- Chapter 45. Permissible Phosphorus Load -- Chapter 46. Effects of Environmental Factors on Eutrophication -- Chapter 47. Application of a Sorbent Derived from Lake Sediment and Bivalve Shells for Phosphorus Removal -- Chapter 48. Management of Flooded Forests and Fish Resources -- Chapter 49. Transdisciplinary Research Collaboration for Environmental Conservation -- Chapter 50. Recommendations for Further Research and Environmental Management.
    Abstract: This book describes the water, wildlife, and livelihood of Tonle Sap Lake and its basin in Cambodia, the largest freshwater lake in Southeast Asia. It comprehensively elucidates the processes underlying the dynamic, productive, and unique ecosystem, covering the major environmental and administrative components such as climate, water flow and storage, sediment, nutrient, flora, fauna, floating villages, management, and governance. Anthropogenic impacts including climate change on the lake are also highlighted. This book serves as a guidebook to multiple audiences, including professionals and academicians. It is beneficial to the university students and lecturers, researchers, freelancers, and policymakers in analyzing, interpreting, and taking action for the environmental conservation of the lake environment. In addition, this is the first comprehensive book on evidence-based research and policy-relevant experience and knowledge about Tonle Sap Lake. For instance, the content will assist the policymakers and researchers in setting management policies and practices, especially for large shallow lakes and developing countries. It can also be used as a textbook in environmental science and engineering at undergraduate and graduate levels worldwide in understanding and synthesizing new research directions relevant to the water environment.
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    Pages: XVIII, 525 p. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9789811666322
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-6632-2
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    Bioenergy Research: Basic and Advanced Concepts (2021)
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    Keywords: Pollution. ; Refuse and refuse disposal. ; Environmental engineering. ; Biotechnology. ; Bioremediation. ; Environmental chemistry. ; Pollution. ; Waste Management/Waste Technology. ; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology. ; Environmental Chemistry.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1 Downstream Processing of Biofuels -- 2 Application of Micro-organisms for Biofuel Production -- 3 Influence of Significant Parameters on Cellulase Production by Solid State Fermentation -- 4 Influence of Xenobiotics on Fungal Ligninolytic Enzymes -- 5 Challenges in Bioethanol Production; Effect of Inhibitory Compounds -- 6 Engineering of Zymomonas Mobilis for enhanced Biofuel production -- 7 Sustainable Production of Hydrogen by Algae: Current Status and Future Perspectives -- 8 Bioprocess Parameters for Thermophilic and Mesophilic Biogas Production: Recent Trends and Challenges -- 9 Microbial and Bioinformatics Approach in Biofuel Production -- 10 Substrate Characterization in the Anaerobic Digestion Process. .
    Abstract: This volume is first part of the five-part set on bioenergy research. This volume covers current developments and both basic and advanced concepts in bioenergy production. Based on bioenergy road map, the book will also evaluate about the ratio existing between current challenges associated and practical implementation of these biofuels. The book complies up to-date progressive development in available bioenergy options and discusses opportunities and existing risks. The main objective of the book is to provide insights into the opportunities and required actions for the development of an economically viable bioenergy industry for practical replacement of fossil fuels. This book is of interest to teachers, researchers, scientists, capacity builders and policymakers. Also the book serves as additional reading material for undergraduate and graduate students of environmental sciences. National and international bioenergy scientists, policy makers will also find this to be a useful read. Other four volumes of this set explore latest developments, commercial opportunities, waste to energy and integrated solution for bioenergy concerns.
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    Pages: XII, 342 p. 82 illus., 57 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9789813346116
    Series Statement: Clean Energy Production Technologies,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-4611-6
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    Water Pollution and Management Practices (2021)
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    Keywords: Pollution. ; Refuse and refuse disposal. ; Environmental monitoring. ; Environmental management. ; Pollution. ; Waste Management/Waste Technology. ; Environmental Monitoring. ; Environmental Management.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Microbial Contamination of Drinking Water -- Chapter 2. Landscape Perspective to River Pollution: A Case Study of Bentong River, Malaysia -- Chapter 3. Existence of Antibiotics in Waste Water as a Pollution Indicator -- Chapter 4. Application of Artificial Intelligence in Predicting Groundwater Contaminants -- Chapter 5. Arsenic Contamination of Ground Water and its Mitigation Strategies -- Chapter 6. Wastewater Reuse in Peri-Urban Agriculture Ecosystem: Current Scenario, Consequences and Control Measures -- Chapter 7. Nitrogenous wastes and its efficient treatment in wastewater -- Chapter 8. Application of Waste Water In Irrigation and Its Regulation with Special reference to Agriculture Residues -- Chapter 9. Riparian Ecotones-An Important Derivative Of Managing The River Pollution -- Chapter 10. Ecosystem Responses to Pollution in the Ganga River: Key Issues to Address River Management -- Chapter 11. An Overview on Heavy metal Contamination of Water System and Sustainable Approach for Remediation -- Chapter 12. An Overview of Sustainability of Textile Wastewater Management In Textile Sectors -- Chapter 13. Role of Coagulation/ flocculation Technology for the Treatment of Dye Wastewater: Trend and Future Aspect.
    Abstract: Water pollution is a matter of concern for both developing and developed parts of the world. This book presents an overview on water pollution and its sustainable management. The book discusses the fundamental aspects of water pollution as well as advanced sustainable technologies for abating water pollution. It is a comprehensive collection of information related with water pollutants which are extremely harmful to man, other living organisms and to the ecosystems. It is all-inclusive coverage of technical, socio-political, scientific as well as social issues revolving around water pollution and management. The book brings out innovative ideas promoting sustainable technologies and extensively covers the diversity of modern technologies related to prevention of water pollution. Book also covers social aspects of water related issues. It is an essential reading for upper level graduates and undergraduates pursuing environmental studies and researchers in the field of waste water management.
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    Pages: XVI, 331 p. 31 illus., 27 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9789811583582
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-8358-2
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    New Frontiers of Nanomaterials in Environmental Science (2021)
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    Keywords: Environmental engineering. ; Biotechnology. ; Bioremediation. ; Environmental chemistry. ; Pollution. ; Refuse and refuse disposal. ; Environmental management. ; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology. ; Environmental Chemistry. ; Pollution. ; Waste Management/Waste Technology. ; Environmental Management.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Environmental Pollution its Causes and Impact on Ecosystem -- Chapter 2. Nanomaterials; Applications; Implications and Management -- Chapter 3. Environmental Nanotechnology: Its Applications, Effects and Management -- Chapter 4. Nanoscavengers for the waste water remediation -- Chapter 5. Development of Environmental Nanosensors for Detection Monitoring and Assessment -- Chapter 6. Nanotechnology for the Remediation of Heavy Metals -- Chapter 7. Emerging Potential of Nano Based Techniques for Dye removal -- Chapter 8. Nanomaterials for remediation of pesticides -- Chapter 9. Application of carbon-based nanomaterials for removal of hydrocarbons -- Chapter 10. Nanofertilizers and their applications -- Chapter 11. Nanopesticides in Agriculture -- Chapter 12. Waste Management using Nano Technology -- Chapter 13. Phytoremediation and Nano-remediation.
    Abstract: This book provides the detail information about nanoparticles, their types, characterization techniques such as TEM, FESEM, AFM, XRD etc. nanogenotoxicity, metal and metal oxide nanoparticle’s toxicity, physical and chemical characterization of nanomaterials, entry routes, cell-nano interaction studies, possible impacts to the human kind, and on the methods of evaluating the toxicity. It puts together comprehensive and up-to-date information about sustainable approaches in making an eco-friendly environment using advanced nanotechnologies. It educated readers about the new frontiers and scope of employing various state-of-art nano-technologies to clean-up and save our environment. This book will be of interest to teachers, researchers, environmental biotechnologists, capacity builders and policymakers. Also the book serves as additional reading material for undergraduate and graduate students of agriculture, environmental sciences, environmental engineering and biotechnology.
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    Pages: VIII, 297 p. 78 illus., 56 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9789811592393
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-9239-3
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    Ecosystem-Based Disaster and Climate Resilience : Integration of Blue-Green Infrastructure in Sustainable Development (2021)
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    Keywords: Natural disasters. ; Biotic communities. ; Environmental sciences Social aspects. ; Urban ecology (Biology). ; Environment. ; Water. ; Hydrology. ; Natural Hazards. ; Ecosystems. ; Environmental Social Sciences. ; Urban Ecology. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Water.
    Description / Table of Contents: Uncertainties in Urbanizing World and Nature-based resilience building -- Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) in the Hindu Kush Himalayas: Status, progress and challenges -- Evaluation of Ecosystem based approaches for disaster and climate risk resilience and policy perspectives in Pakistan -- Ecosystem-based approaches and policy perspectives in Nepal -- Ecosystem-based approaches and policy perspective from India -- Ecosystem-based approaches and policy perspectives: Towards integrated blue-green solutions in Vietnam -- Turning blue, green and gray: opportunities for blue-green infrastructure in the Philippines -- Making resilience a reality: The contribution of Peri-urban ecosystem services (BGI) to Urban resilience -- Innovations to Reduce Disaster Risks of Water Challenges -- Future heat risk in South Asia and the need for ecosystem mitigation -- Urban Risk Assessment Tools and Techniques for Ecosystem-based Solutions, India -- Scaling-up Nature based Solutions for mainstreaming urban resilience in Indian cities -- Incorporation of BIM based modeling in sustainable development of green building from stakeholders’ perspective -- Planning for Climate Change Adaptation: Comprehensive Approach for Smart Urban Areas Management -- Path towards sustainable water management: A case study of Shimla, India -- Application of Remote Sensing Image in ECO-DRR for Dehradun City -- Ecosystem-based approaches for water stress management- lessons from Nagpur Metropolitan Area, India -- Challenges in decision-making for building resilience to climate risks -- A “Greener” alternative: The Sri Lankan experience of Eco-DRR -- the Watarase retarding basin—a historical example of ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction in Japan -- Self-efficacy for EbA and human health in a post-disaster recovery phase -- Freshwater biomonitoring: an ecosystem-based approach (EbA) for building climate resilience communities in Fiji -- Forward Looking Lens to Mainstream Blue-Green Infrastructure.
    Abstract: This book provides an introduction to the critical role of ecosystem-based disaster risk resilience (Eco-DRR) for building community resilience to multiple environmental risks such as rising heat, water stress, and pollution. Blue-green infrastructure (BGI) is an Eco-DRR tool that is an under-explored paradigm and can respond as one common strategy to targets set by the Sustainable Development Goals (UNDP), Climate Agreements (UNEP), the Sendai Framework (UNISDR), and the New Urban Agenda (UNCHS). Highlighted here in a systematic way is the importance of blue-green infrastructures in resilience building. The purpose is to introduce readers to the challenging context of development and opportunity creation for Eco-DRR. The roles of policy, scientific research, and implementation are presented cohesively. An attractive proposition of the book is a collection of case studies from different parts of the world where integration of BGI is experimented with at various levels of success. It envisages that shared tacit experiences from the realm of practice will further strengthen explicit knowledge. The focus in this book is on need and context building, policy and science (investigation, analysis, and design), case studies, and a road map for the future in four successive parts. Each part is self-sufficient yet linked to its predecessor, successor, or both, as the case may be.
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    Pages: XVII, 512 p. 136 illus., 120 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9789811648151
    Series Statement: Disaster and Risk Research: GADRI Book Series,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4815-1
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-4815-1
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    Paths to Clean Water Under Rapid Changing Environment in China (2022)
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    Keywords: Pollution. ; Water. ; Hydrology. ; Environmental monitoring. ; Freshwater ecology. ; Marine ecology. ; Pollution. ; Water. ; Environmental Monitoring. ; Freshwater and Marine Ecology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Current situation of water pollution in China -- Challenges and opportunities to treat water pollution -- Facing water pollution under rapid changing environment: China’s experiences -- Conclusion.
    Abstract: 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. It points out that the water pollution situation is severe. Facing water pollution, China’s experiences include several aspects on source control and pollution interception, internal nutrient removal of sediment, ecological restoration, and water transfer policy. There exists both the opportunity and challenge for the prevention and control of water pollution in China. The book contains numerous charts and diagrams which further illustrating China’s paths to clean water.
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    Pages: VIII, 96 p. 29 illus., 19 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9789811900914
    Series Statement: SpringerBriefs in Water Science and Technology,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-0091-4
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-0091-4
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    Human Health Risk Assessment of Toxic Chemical Pollutants in Stormwater : Implications for Urban Stormwater Reuse (2023)
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    Keywords: Pollution. ; Water. ; Hydrology. ; Environmental protection. ; Civil engineering. ; Pollution. ; Water. ; Soil and Water Protection.
    Description / Table of Contents: Background -- Research design -- Linking traffic and land use to stormwater quality -- Human health risk assessment from toxic chemical pollutants in stormwater -- Implications for stormwater management and recommendations for future research.
    Abstract: This book presents a detailed analysis in relation to human health risk assessment of the main toxic chemical pollutants in urban stormwater generated from urban traffic and land use activities. The knowledge presented in this book was derived based on comprehensive experimental investigations including field sampling, laboratory testing, mathematical modelling, spatial analysis and multivariate and univariate statistical data analyses. The key highlights of the book include the quantitative assessment of the human health risk posed by key toxic chemical pollutants in urban stormwater and the development of linkages between risk and traffic and land use. Additionally, a suite of mathematical equations are presented to predict human health risk based on traffic and land use characteristics through mathematical modelling. These outcomes can significantly assist in effective stormwater risk management under changing traffic and land use in the urban environment. The knowledge presented is of particular interest to readers such as stormwater treatment design specialists, decision-makers and urban planners since these outcomes provide practical suggestions and recommendations for effective urban stormwater treatment design.
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    Pages: VIII, 86 p. 58 illus., 49 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9789811996160
    Series Statement: SpringerBriefs in Water Science and Technology,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-9616-0
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-9616-0
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    Sustainable Environment : Proceedings of NERC 2022 (2023)
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    Keywords: Sustainability. ; Refuse and refuse disposal. ; Environmental protection. ; Civil engineering. ; Environment. ; Sustainability. ; Waste Management/Waste Technology. ; Soil and Water Protection. ; Environmental Sciences.
    Abstract: This book covers topics that addresses the global environmental issues, their challenges, and mitigation strategies for sustainable development. Some of the major challenges global environment is facing currently are global warming induced climate change because of which various extreme weather events such as flood, drought, cyclone, forest fires have increased. Industrialization with urbanization and human anthropogenic activities have caused detrimental effect on the environment resulting in environmental pollution (air and water pollution), deforestation, degradation of ecosystems, soil erosion, ground water depletion, drinking water scarcity, biodiversity loss, depletion of fossil fuels, etc. Therefore, it has become utmost necessary to switch to significant lifestyle stages along with conservation of natural resources for a sustainable environment. Sustainable environment may be defined as the practice of responsibly managing natural resources and protect overall ecosystem to support health and well-being of present and future generations. One of the major environment sustainability is the use of renewable sources of energy such as solar, wind, hydroelectric, and biomass which will reduce environmental pollution and also minimize resource misuse. At the same time, crop rotation, solid waste management, water treatment, wastewater treatment are some of the sustainable practices we must carry out for a sustainable environment. Hope, the content of the book gives an overview of recent developments, knowledge gaps related to new research areas related to environment and their future prospects.
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    Pages: XXX, 288 p. 174 illus., 148 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9789811984648
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-8464-8
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-8464-8
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    Advances in Toxicology and Risk Assessment of Nanomaterials and Emerging Contaminants (2022)
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    Keywords: Environmental health. ; Environment. ; Industrial engineering. ; Production engineering. ; Fire prevention. ; Buildings Protection. ; Environmental sciences Social aspects. ; Pollution. ; Environmental Health. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Industrial and Production Engineering. ; Fire Science, Hazard Control, Building Safety. ; Environmental Social Sciences. ; Pollution.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Quantification and imaging of nanomaterials in biological samples -- Chapter 2. Tracing and quantifying microplastics in the environment -- Chapter 3. Advances in analytical methods of emerging contaminants -- Chapter 4. Advances in exposome -- Chapter 5. Omics approaches in toxicological studies -- Chapter 6. Recent developments in the eco- and human toxicology of nanomaterials -- Chapter 7. Characterization of nano-bio interactions in nanotoxicology -- Chapter 8. Knowledge gained from co-exposure studies of nanomaterials and chemicals -- Chapter 9. Ecotoxicology of micro- and nanoplastics -- Chapter 10. Advances in the toxicological studies of atmospheric particulate matter -- Chapter 11. Mechanisms of action of emerging contaminants: PPCP -- Chapter 12. Mechanisms of action of emerging contaminants: disinfection byproduct -- Chapter 13. Mechanisms of action of emerging contaminants: substituting industrial chemicals (BPs, flame retardants, PFCs) -- Chapter 14. Status of risk assessment of emerging contaminants -- Chapter 15. Environmental risk assessment models for emerging contaminants -- Chapter 16. Developments in in silico risk assessment of nanomaterials and emerging contaminants -- Chapter 17. Application of adverse outcome pathways in risk assessment.
    Abstract: This book details the state-of-the-art methodological advances for delineating the toxicology and working mechanisms of nanomaterials, microplastics, fine aerosol particulates (PM2.5) as well as emerging organic pollutants. It also provides latest computational approaches for toxicity prediction and risk assessment of nanoscale materials which possess realistic chances to enter the environment and human organism. Written by leading scientists at the frontiers of environmental science and nanomedicine, this book is intended for both young researchers and experienced professionals working in the fields of environmental protection, human health and occupational safety, nanotechnology, material science and nanomedicine, as well as graduate students majoring in environmental and health sciences.
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    Pages: XIII, 371 p. 37 illus., 34 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9789811691164
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-9116-4
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-9116-4
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    Microfiber Pollution (2022)
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    Keywords: Pollution. ; Building materials. ; Sustainability. ; Pollution. ; Wood, fabric, and textiles. ; Sustainability.
    Description / Table of Contents: Microfiber Pollution – A Sustainability Issue -- Microfiber Shedding of Textile Materials – Mechanism and Analysis Techniques -- Factors Influencing Microfiber Shedding – Role of Textile and Apparel Characteristics -- Domestic Laundry – A major cause of microfiber shedding -- Impact of microfiber/Microplastic pollution -- Microfiber Pollution Prevention - Mitigation Strategies and Challenges.
    Abstract: This book provides insights into microfiber pollution in textile industries that would help researchers and professionals to work from the textile point of view to mitigate the problem, and create a green sustainable future. Microplastic pollution has received great importance due to its adverse environmental and health impact. Microplastic particles are found to contaminate the ecosystem. Research has reported microplastics on seashores, in deep seas, freshwater systems including rivers and lakes, and most importantly in the air. Various land-based and water-based organisms are also contaminated with microplastics. The most serious issue is when these particles are found in the food chain and air which can reach the human system. It has been estimated that human beings can intake up to 1,21,000 microplastic particles in a year through food and inhalation. Being one of the most polluting industries, the contribution of Textile industries in microplastic pollution is extremely higher (around 35%). This book addresses the issue of microfiber/microplastic pollution cause by various techniques including home laundry and the ways to alleviate it.
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    Pages: XV, 243 p. 53 illus., 48 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9789811941856
    Series Statement: Sustainable Textiles: Production, Processing, Manufacturing & Chemistry,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-4185-6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-4185-6
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    Sustainable Industrial Wastewater Treatment and Pollution Control (2023)
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    Keywords: Refuse and refuse disposal. ; Water. ; Hydrology. ; Industrial microbiology. ; Nanotechnology. ; Pollution. ; Sustainability. ; Waste Management/Waste Technology. ; Water. ; Industrial Microbiology. ; Nanotechnology. ; Pollution. ; Sustainability.
    Description / Table of Contents: - Microalgae for treating wastewater -- Application of Membrane Technology Combined with Sequencing Batch Reactor for Treating Milk Wastewater -- Role of Microalgae in wastewater treatment and its role in nutrient recovery -- Role of Microalgae in integrated Wastewater remediation and valorization of value-added compounds -- Plants and microorganisms as useful tool for accumulation and detoxification of heavy metals from environment -- Hybrid Electrocoagulation and Ozonation Techniques for Industrial Wastewater Treatment -- The advancement of membrane bioreactors (MBRs) in industrial effluent treatment -- Nanofiltration Applications for Potable Water, Treatment, and Reuse -- Recent Advancements and Research Perspectives in Emerging and Advanced Wastewater Membrane Technologies -- Sequestration and detoxification of heavy metals by fungi -- Advancements in Microbial Fuel Cell Technology -- The Challenges of Wastewater and Wastewater Management. .
    Abstract: This book summarizes the advanced sustainable trends in removing toxic pollutants by environmental and biotechnological processes from both industrial wastewater and sewage wastewater. The book also provides an assessment of the potential application of several existing wastewater bioremediation techniques and introduces new cutting-edge technologies. Among other valuable information covered, here are the methods, procedures, materials (especially low-cost materials originating from industrial and agricultural waste), management of wastewater containing toxic pollutants, and valorization possibilities of waste resulting from the removal of toxic pollutants from wastewater. Tonnes of hazardous waste pollutants released by industries are a challenge worldwide. With the ever-growing population and shrinking landfill areas, managing the disposal of pollutants is a matter of severe concern. Industrial wastewater treatment, recycling, and reuse are serious issues in today’s context, not just to protect the environment from pollution, but also to conserve water resources so that water stress is reduced. This book is designed for engineers, scientists, and other professionals and serves as a good summary of the current state-of-the-art and innovative research challenges to control pollution for coming generations.
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    Pages: VI, 255 p. 30 illus., 18 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9789819925605
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-2560-5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-99-2560-5
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    Microbial Technologies in Industrial Wastewater Treatment (2023)
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    Keywords: Refuse and refuse disposal. ; Industrial microbiology. ; Pollution. ; Microbial ecology. ; Waste Management/Waste Technology. ; Industrial Microbiology. ; Pollution. ; Environmental Microbiology.
    Description / Table of Contents: - Effect of heavy metals in sewage sludge -- Nanotechnology for Bioremediation of Heavy Metals -- Diversity, Biodegradation and Bioremediation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons -- Integrated Omics Approaches for Structural and Functional Characterization of Environmental Microorganisms -- Microbial Fuel Cell Assisted Wastewater Treatment- A Review on Current Trends -- Bioremediation of arsenic: Microbial biotransformation, molecular mechanisms and multi-omics approach -- Microbial Biofilms in Wastewater Remediation -- Green Nano-bioremediation Process for Ultimate Water Treatment Purpose -- Sustainable Technologies for Treatment of Industrial Wastewater and Its Potential for Reuse -- An introduction to Bio electrochemical System (BES) for Microbial electro remediation -- Phytoremediation of Metals and Radionuclides -- Phyto- & Microbial- Remediation of Radioactive Waste -- Bioremediation of petroleum sludge -- Development and implementation of the integrated technology for biological detoxication of ionic mercury in industrial wastewaters -- Phytoremediation of Metals and Radionuclides: An emerging technology towards environment restoration -- Combination of Membrane Based Biochar for Ammonium Removal from Domestic Wastewater - A Review -- Microbial remediation of synthetic microfiber contaminated waste water.
    Abstract: Microbial technology using live, naturally occurring microorganisms in industrial wastewater treatment, is the most effective and innovative method to degrade environmental pollutants such as heavy metals, radionuclides, xenobiotic compounds, organic waste, and pesticides, or to prevent their contamination of the environment. The technology includes several techniques such as biostimulation, biogeneration, bioaccumulation, and biosorption. This book describes the limitations and challenges associated with some generally accepted bioremediation strategies and evaluates the possible applications of these corrective strategies to eliminate toxic pollutants from the environment. The environmental contamination by both natural and anthropogenic sources is, nowadays, an international concern. To decontaminate soils, sediments, and water polluted by anthropogenic activities, scientists and technologists have developed various technologies over the years; however, not only do we have to pay a high cost for physical and chemical environmental technologies but also they sometimes are not ecological or safe. Therefore, we have realized the necessity to develop viable technologies that use microbes and plants to avoid these issues. This book is designed for engineers, scientists, and other professionals who are seeking introductory and advanced knowledge of the principles of nanotechnology, and those who work or are interested in the environmental microbiology or bioremediation field.
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    Pages: VI, 350 p. 58 illus., 36 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9789819924356
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-2435-6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-99-2435-6
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    Satellite Measurements of Clouds and Precipitation : Theoretical Basis (2022)
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    Keywords: Atmospheric science. ; Physical geography. ; Climatology. ; Environment. ; Atmospheric Science. ; Earth System Sciences. ; Climate Sciences. ; Environmental Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Satellite Missions and Instruments -- Satellite Orbit and Scan -- Principles of Statistical Mechanics -- Principles of Electrodynamics and Geometrical Optics -- General Theory of Radiative Processes -- Infrared Sensing -- Visible/Near-infrared Imaging -- Microwave Radiometry -- Active Remote Sensing -- Mathematical Basis of Retrieval Algorithms -- Global datasets of clouds and precipitation -- Satellite Data Simulators. .
    Abstract: This book provides a thorough introductory description of the physical principles underlying the satellite remote sensing of clouds and precipitation. A diverse collection of satellite sensors is covered, including imagers, radars, and sounders over a broad spectral range from visible to microwave radiation. The progress in satellite instrument technology during the past two decades as represented by the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM), CloudSat, and Global Measurement Mission (GPM) satellites has drastically improved our capability of measuring clouds and precipitation across the globe. At the same time, such rapid progress makes it increasingly challenging for scientists without specialized skills in remote sensing to fully grasp how satellite measurements are being made. This book is designed to mitigate that challenge. The targeted readers are graduate students and professional scientists seeking an extended summary of the theoretical background behind observations from space, ranging from fundamental physics (the statistical mechanics and radiative processes, for instance) to more practical levels of theory such as retrieval algorithm design.
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    Pages: XVII, 297 p. 106 illus., 52 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9789811922435
    Series Statement: Springer Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-2243-5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-2243-5
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    Resilience, Response, and Risk in Water Systems : Shifting Management and Natural Forcings Paradigms (2020)
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    Keywords: Sustainability. ; Water. ; Hydrology. ; Security systems. ; Pollution. ; Sustainability. ; Water. ; Security Science and Technology. ; Pollution.
    Abstract: This book talks about the dynamics of the surface water-groundwater contaminant interactions under different environmental conditions across the world. The contents of the book highlight trends of monitoring, prediction, awareness, learning, policy, and mitigation success. The book provides a description of the background processes and factors controlling resilience, risk, and response of water systems, contributing to the development of more efficient, sustainable technologies and management options. It integrates methodologies and techniques such as data science and engineering, remote sensing, modelling, analytics, synthesis and indices, disruptive innovations and their utilization in water management, policy making, and mitigation strategies. The book is intended to be a comprehensive reference for students, professionals, and researchers working on various aspects of science and technology development. It will also prove a useful resource for policy makers and implementation specialists.
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    Pages: XX, 395 p. 107 illus., 76 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811546686
    Series Statement: Springer Transactions in Civil and Environmental Engineering,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4668-6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-4668-6
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    Decarbonization of Cities in Asia : A Polycentric Approach to Policy, Business and Technology (2023)
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    Keywords: Sustainable architecture. ; Environment. ; Engineering design. ; Environmental management. ; Sustainable Architecture/Green Buildings. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Engineering Design. ; Environmental Management.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Overview of Energy Consumption in Cities -- Chapter 2. Energy and Carbon Emissions -- Chapter 3. Drivers in Built Environment -- Chapter 4. Scenarios of Carbon Neutrality -- Chapter 5. Decarbonisation: Buildings, District Energy, Transportation, and Renewables -- Chapter 6. Net Zero Energy, Policy, and Behaviour Change.
    Abstract: This book provides best practices for decarbonizing cities in East Asia, in which buildings are the major contributor to carbon emissions. Beyond the global commitment through the Paris Agreement to make collective efforts on climate action and accelerated policies, investment and development at the country and city level to combat climate change are occurring at an unprecedented rate. Rapid urbanization and increasing energy demand for large and dense Asian cities require smart and sustainable strategies to balance development with decarbonization. A poly-centric approach is needed, where a combination of policy-, market- and technology-driven changes can aid the transition towards development of carbon neutral cities. With practical examples in the implementation of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, green financing, climate action roadmap and policy, deployment of renewable energy, and low- to zero-carbon buildings, readers can find the motivation, considerations and implementation pathways to facilitate the transition into the new normal. It is the hope of the authors to encourage readers to see successful pathways in transitioning into a carbon-free industry and overcoming the effects of climate extremes.
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    Pages: XIV, 233 p. 74 illus., 66 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9789819928385
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-2838-5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-99-2838-5
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    Environment and Sustainable Development : Proceedings of the 2022 7th Asia Conference on Environment and Sustainable Development (2023)
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    Keywords: Sustainability. ; Environmental management. ; Refuse and refuse disposal. ; Water. ; Hydrology. ; Pollution. ; Biotic communities. ; Sustainability. ; Environmental Management. ; Waste Management/Waste Technology. ; Water. ; Pollution. ; Ecosystems.
    Description / Table of Contents: - Progress in Biosynthesized of Silver Nanoparticles as Sustainable Approach for Photocatalytic Wastewater Treatment -- Impact of Onshore Construction Activities on Sea Water Turbidity -- Characteristics of Natural Organic Matter and Trihalomethanes Formation in The Southern Part of Songkhla Lake Basin -- Characterization and Statistical Multivariate Analysis of Potentially Toxic Elements Contamination of Groundwater in Chiniot Area, Punjab Plain, Pakistan -- A Systematic Literature Review on Rainwater Quality Influenced by Atmospheric Conditions with A Focus on Bangladesh -- Quantification of Flash Flood Runoff Volume Using Morphometric Parameters Towards Sustainability -- Application of the Whale Optimization Algorithm (WOA) in Reservoir Optimization Operation under Investigation of Climate Change Impact: A Case Study at Klang Gate Dam, Malaysia -- Development of Cleaner Production Alternatives in Water Management in a Slaughterhouse in Ecuador: A Case Study -- Analyzing the Impact of Food-Energy-Water Nexus-Based Agricultural Patterns on Regional Water Resources -- Categorization of Urban Basin According to The Runoff Depth: Case Study of Katsushika Ward and Edogawa City Basin, Japan -- ETSim: A Reference Evapotranspiration Estimator and Its Evaluation at the Southern Region of Japan -- Performance Evaluation of a Full-Scale Forced Aerated Municipal Solid Waste Composting System: A Case Study in Kalutara, Sri Lanka -- A Systematic Bibliometric Analysis of Research on Hazardous Solid Waste Management -- Pre-paid System for Waste Minimization and Cost Recovery - A Trial in Gaza Strip, Palestine -- Green Synthesis and Antibacterial Activity of Silver Nanoparticles Synthesized by Syzygium aromaticum and Thymus vulgaris Extracts against Some Oral Pathogens -- Institutional Pressure, Organizational Factors and E-Waste Management Practice: A Study in Telecommunication and Technology Industries -- Life Cycle Assessment of Sugarcane Biorefinery Complex in the Indian Context -- High-Performance Computing Urban Air Pollution 3D Simulation with CFD PALM4U -- Assessment and Policy Recommendations of School Ambient Air Quality during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Abu Dhabi, UAE -- Particulate Matter Phytoremediation Capacity of Four Japanese Roadside Green Biofilters -- Resilience Assessment of Transportation Networks to Climate Change Induced Flooding: The Case of Doha Highways Network -- Achievements, Difficulties and Challenges of Managing and Adapting to Drought and Saltwater Intrusion in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta -- Public Transportation Resilience towards Climate Change Impacts: The Case of Doha Metro Network -- Social Vulnerability Assessment to Natural Hazards in East Malaysia -- Exploring the Significance of Resilience Qualities in the Context of the Middle East Built Environment -- Vegetation Coverage Assessment for Smart Cities Based on the Sentinel Remote Sensing Data: The Case of Zhejiang Province (China) -- Monitoring of Agricultural Expansion Using Hybrid Classification Method in Southwestern Fringes of Wadi El-Natrun, Egypt: An Appraisal for Sustainable Development -- Quantifying the Dynamics of Ecosystem Services Value in Response to Decentralization and Regional Autonomy in Indonesia: A Case Study of Southeast Sulawesi Province -- Assessment of Human Health Impact of Particulate Matter Formation from Industry Textile Boiler in Cambodia -- Assessment of Heavy Metals Uptake by Carrot at Different Contamination Levels of Soil -- The Economic Impact of California’s Cap and Trade Program: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis with a Matching Approach -- Computing Digital Footprints: A New Model and Empirical Study -- Comparisons of Organic Acid and Inorganic Acid Pretreatment for Production of Reducing Sugar and Ethanol Production from Coffee Shell -- Hydrogen Fuel Cell for Passenger Railway Transport and Its Deployment in Saudi Arabia -- Deep Eutectic Solvent Pretreatment of Durian Peel for Enhanced Bioethanol Production. .
    Abstract: This book presents selected papers from the 2022 7th Asia Conference on Environment and Sustainable Development, which was held in Kyoto, Japan, November 4–6, 2022. The event was co-sponsored by the International Network for Environmental and Humanitarian Cooperation, and technically supported by Yokohama National University and the National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan. The book focuses on environmental restoration and ecological engineering, global environmental change and ecosystems management, environmental dynamics, wastewater and sludge treatment, air pollution and control, and environmental sustainability. The volume is a valuable resource for those in both academia and industry.
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    Pages: XV, 474 p. 158 illus., 136 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9789819941018
    Series Statement: Environmental Science and Engineering,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-4101-8
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    Innovative Disposal Technology and Management Practice for Medical Waste (2023)
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    Keywords: Refuse and refuse disposal. ; Environmental health. ; Pollution. ; Sustainability. ; Waste Management/Waste Technology. ; Environmental Health. ; Pollution. ; Sustainability.
    Description / Table of Contents: Development and Management Demands of Medical Waste Disposal Technology -- Selection and Optimization of Medical Waste Treatment and Disposal Technology -- Source Classification and Reduction of Medical Waste -- Optimized Incineration Disposal Technology of Medical Waste -- Non-Incineration Optimal Treatment Technology of Medical Waste -- Management and Practice of Emergency Disposal of Medical Waste During the Epidemic -- Informatization Supervision of Medical Waste -- Management of Pollution Prevention and Control of Medical Waste Disposal.
    Abstract: This book analyzes the latest development trend of international medical waste disposal technology, combines the current situation of medical waste management and disposal in China and the requirements of the international community for medical waste, and comprehensively and systematically summarizes the relevant contents of medical waste treatment and disposal technology and management practices. It is suitable for source classification, technology screening, engineering construction, facility operation, supervision and management, and environmental monitoring/inspection in the field of medical waste treatment and disposal, technical training and vocational skills upgrading of operators, and can also be used as a reference for teaching and scientific research by relevant personnel in universities and colleges, government departments, research institutions working in the field of medical waste disposal for environmental protection. The present version has been revised technically and linguistically by the authors in collaboration with a professional translator. This book is a translation of an original German edition. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content, so that the book will read stylistically differently from a conventional translation.
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    Pages: XIX, 354 p. 77 illus., 5 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9789819967865
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-6786-5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-99-6786-5
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    Analyzing Population and Land Use Change : Selected Case Studies of Indian Metropolitan Cities (2020)
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    Keywords: Sociology, Urban. ; Sustainability. ; Environment. ; Urban Sociology. ; Sustainability. ; Environmental Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Data sources and methodology -- Population dynamics in top seven cities of India -- Land use/cover change in top seven cities of India -- Environmental challenges in seven cities: Interlinkages -- Summary and conclusion.
    Abstract: This multidisciplinary book discusses and scientifically analyzes issues related to population, land use/cover (LULC) and environmental transformations in the seven most populated cities in India: Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad and Ahmedabad. To do so, it closely examines and compares the trends in selected population parameters, including total population, total number of households, population density, population growth rate, percent of total population in slums and intercensal net migration over the past two decades. Presenting the changes in various LULC categories (built-up land, forest cover, agricultural land, fallow land and water bodies) using the supervised classification of Landsat TM-5 images, it assesses the impact of population and LULC on the maximum and minimum temperatures and average annual rainfall in these regions. The book is a valuable resource for researchers and academics in the areas of sustainability, population and development, and environmental studies as well as those in NGOs and humanitarian sectors working in the areas of sustainable development and environment.
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    Pages: IX, 68 p. 29 illus., 13 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811550362
    Series Statement: SpringerBriefs in Geography,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-5036-2
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-5036-2
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    Sources of Uncertainty in the Tropical Pacific Warming Pattern under Global Warming Projected by Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Models (2020)
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    Keywords: Environment. ; Climatology. ; Oceanography. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Climate Sciences. ; Ocean Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Evaluating the formation mechanisms of the tropical Pacific SST warming pattern in CMIP5 multi-model ensemble -- Influence of cloud radiation feedback on the uncertainty in projecting tropical Pacific SST warming pattern -- Effects of large-scale ocean dynamics on the uncertainty in projecting tropical Pacific SST warming pattern -- Correcting the multi-model ensemble tropical Pacific SST warming pattern -- Summary and prospects.
    Abstract: This book discusses the sources of uncertainty in future model projections of the tropical Pacific SST warming pattern under global warming. It mainly focuses on cloud radiation feedback and ocean dynamical effect, which reveal to be the two greatest sources of uncertainty in the tropical Pacific SST warming pattern. Moreover, the book presents a correction for model projections of the tropical Pacific SST warming pattern based on the concept of “observational constraints”; the corrected projection exhibits a more El Niño-like warming pattern.
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    Pages: XII, 81 p. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789813298446
    Series Statement: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-32-9844-6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-32-9844-6
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    Measurement, Analysis and Remediation of Environmental Pollutants (2020)
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    Keywords: Pollution. ; Environmental engineering. ; Biotechnology. ; Bioremediation. ; Environmental monitoring. ; Environmental chemistry. ; Pollution. ; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology. ; Environmental Monitoring. ; Environmental Chemistry.
    Description / Table of Contents: Quantification of Airborne Particulate And Associated Toxic Heavy Metals in Urban Indoor Environment and Allied Health Effects -- In-Situ Measurements of Aerosols from the High-Altitude Location in the Central Himalayas -- Significant Annual Variation in Atmospheric Pollutants during Fireworks Festival, ‘Diwali’ in Capital City of India -- Organic Air Pollutants: Measurement, Properties & Control -- Emissions of Particle-Bound Metals from On-Road Vehicle Emission: An Assessment of Potential Health Risk -- Chemical Composition Analysis of Airborne Coarse Particles and Their Source Apportionment at Kanpur -- Analysis of the Aerosols Environment in an Urban Context and Their Impact On Regional Meteorology -- Calipso Retrieval of Smoke Aerosols Over Upper Indo-Gangetic Plain -- Spatio-Temporal Study of Optical and Microphysical Properties of Atmospheric Brown Clouds Over the Indo-Gangetic Plains -- Spatial Variation of Airborne Allergenic Fungal Spores in the Ambient Pm2.5 — A Study in Rajkot City, Western Part of India -- Bioaerosol Health Effects from Moleculer to Global Scales -- Measurement, Analysis and Remediation of Biological Pollutants in Water -- Fundamentals of Measurement, Analysis, and Treatment of Selenium in Water -- Bioleaching of Selected Metals from E-Waste using Pure and Mixed Cultures of Aspergillus Species -- Recent Advances In Micro-Extraction Based Analytical Approaches For Pesticides Analysis In Environmental Samples -- Degradation and Removal of Anticonvulsant Drugs Through Microorganisms: A Review -- Remediation Approaches for Hexavalent Chromium -- Mercury and Its Remediation -- Oxidative Potential of Particulate Matter: A Prospective Measure to Assess Pm Toxicity -- Monitoring and Processing of Data for Effective Wasteload Allocation Modeling: Indian Perspective -- Methane Emission from Municipal Solid Waste Landfills – Estimation and Control -- Low-Cost Adsorptive Removal Techniques for Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products -- Measurement, Analysis, and Remediation of Bisphenol-A from Environmental Matrices -- Removal of Chromium Ions from Aqueous Solution using Eco-Friendly Based Adsorbents.
    Abstract: This book discusses contamination of water, air, and soil media. The book covers health effects of such contamination and discusses remedial measures to improve the situation. Contributions by experts provide a comprehensive discussion on the latest developments in the detection and analysis of contaminants, enabling researchers to understand the evolution of these pollutants in real time and develop more accurate source apportionment of these pollutants. The contents of this book will be of interest to researchers, professionals, and policy makers alike.
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    Pages: XVIII, 474 p. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811505409
    Series Statement: Energy, Environment, and Sustainability,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0540-9
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-0540-9
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    Persistent Pollutants in Water and Advanced Treatment Technology (2023)
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    Keywords: Pollution. ; Environmental protection. ; Civil engineering. ; Environmental engineering. ; Pollution. ; Soil and Water Protection. ; Environmental Civil Engineering.
    Description / Table of Contents: Impact of Persistent Pollutants on Water Quality -- Marine microplastics: abundance, ecotoxic consequences of associated anthropogenic contaminants and interactions with microorganisms -- World profile of foreseeable strategies for the removal of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) from water -- Plasticizers, plastic monomers, and their transformation products in environmental waters and wastewater -- Occurrence and Removal of phthalates from aqueous medium using bismuth tungstate-based photocatalysts -- Application of electrochemical technologies for the efficacious removal of persistent organic pollutants from wastewater -- Recent progress in Electrochemical/Electro-oxidation technology: its applicability in highly efficient treatment of persistent organic pollutants specially from coal processed wastewater.
    Abstract: This contributed volume discusses the current status of the occurrences, fate and transport of persistent pollutants in water and wastewater. This contents compile the state-of-the-art of emerging technologies such as nanotechnology, advanced oxidation process, membrane processes, sorption, etc. for the clean-up of persistent pollutants in water including heavy metals, pharmaceuticals, phenolic compounds as well as microplastics and their by-products. This volume will be useful as a guide for the researchers to build strategies to deal with persistent pollutant. It also discusses the principal aspects of degradation mechanism of the pollutants, toxic by-products and effectiveness of the emerging technologies. This volume will be a useful guide for those working in soil and water protection, and environmental civil engineering. .
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    Pages: XVII, 477 p. 136 illus., 95 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9789819920624
    Series Statement: Energy, Environment, and Sustainability,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-2062-4
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-99-2062-4
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    Carbon Footprints : Case Studies from the Building, Household, and Agricultural Sectors (2020)
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    Keywords: Environmental management. ; Construction industry Management. ; Environment. ; Sustainability. ; Environmental Management. ; Construction Management. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Sustainability.
    Description / Table of Contents: The Carbon Footprints of Agricultural Products in Canada -- Extreme Inequality and Carbon Footprint of Spanish Households -- Software for Calculation of Carbon Footprint for Residential Buildings -- Carbon Footprints of Agriculture Sector.
    Abstract: This book addresses carbon footprint calculation and mitigation in various industrial sectors. There are numerous sectors whose carbon footprints need to be calculated, and effective ways to mitigate the greenhouse-gas emissions from these sectors need to be found. This book highlights the carbon sequestration potential of the Western Ghats ecosystems, the carbon footprint of Spanish households and residential buildings, and agricultural products in Canada; it also includes a case study on urban carbon footprints.
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    Pages: V, 99 p. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811379161
    Series Statement: Environmental Footprints and Eco-design of Products and Processes,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-7916-1
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-7916-1
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    Arsenic in Drinking Water and Food (2020)
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    Keywords: Pollution. ; Refuse and refuse disposal. ; Sustainability. ; Food science. ; Nutrition   . ; Pollution. ; Waste Management/Waste Technology. ; Sustainability. ; Food Science. ; Nutrition.
    Abstract: Arsenic contamination poses a major environmental problem, especially in Southeast Asian countries like Bangladesh and India. Threatening the health of millions of people due to arsenic’s toxicity and carcinogenicity, the major routes of arsenic exposure for humans are either through drinking water or crops. Rice is the crop most affected by arsenic owing to its cultivation in major arsenic contaminated areas, biogeochemical factors in the soil during rice growth, and specific features of rice that enable it take up more arsenic than other crop plants. This book addresses the problem of arsenic by pursuing a holistic approach. It presents the status quo in different parts of the world (North and South America, Europe, Asia, etc.) and provides essential information on food-related arsenic exposure risks for humans, and possible preventive and curative measures for tackling arsenic poisoning. It covers the arsenic contamination status of rice, rice-based products, other vegetables, fishes, mushrooms, and other foods, with a special focus on rice-arsenic interactions. The mechanisms of arsenic uptake, translocation and distribution in plants and grains are also explained. In closing, the book reviews a variety of prospective agronomic and biotechnological solutions to the problem of arsenic accumulation in rice grains. The book is intended for a broad audience including researchers, scientists, and readers with diverse backgrounds including agriculture, environmental science, food science, environmental management, and human health. It can also be used as an important reference guide for undergraduate and graduate students, university faculties, and environmentalists.
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    Pages: XIII, 460 p. 44 illus., 24 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811385872
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-8587-2
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    Ecological Risks of Emerging Pollutants in Urbanizing Regions (2023)
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    Keywords: Physical geography. ; Environmental management. ; Environmental health. ; Environment. ; Earth System Sciences. ; Environmental Management. ; Environmental Health. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Environmental Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Urbanization and emissions of pollutants -- Chapter 2. Spatial distribution of emerging pollutants in multimedia -- Chapter 3. Source identification and emission estimation of emerging pollutants -- Chapter 4. Multimedia modeling and simulation of contaminants transportation and fate -- Chapter 5. Exposure pathways and human risks of emerging pollutants -- Chapter 6. Ecological risks of emerging pollutants: methodology and applications -- Chapter 7. Conclusion and perspectives.
    Abstract: This book characterizes the major pollution patterns of emerging contaminants, such as sources, emission effluents, temporal and spatial distributions, multi-media transportation and transformation processes, exposure pathways to ecosystems and humans, and ecological risks. Based on this, it establishes an urbanizing region management concept and highlights how urbanization and its regional ecology have evolved into a more integrated vision. It also decouples the relations between urbanization and emissions of emerging pollutants that are framed within a broad socio-ecological context considering institutions, policies, and governance. All the theory, methods, and case studies have been taken from the authors’ publications, which have undergone rigorous international peer review. The book presents the spatial distribution, pathways, and flow diagrams of the pollutants as well as the interactions between urbanization and regional pollution and includes detailed figures and pictures. It also investigates ecological risk characterization and expression using maps based on geographic information systems to illustrate the general profile and the spatial variation of risks. The book is a valuable resource for postgraduates, researchers, academics, environmental NGOs, and regional managers such as urban planners, environmental agency staff, legal regulators, and decision makers. Bridging the gap between environmental science and policy, it offers interdisciplinary theory, approaches, and case studies that facilitate applications of frontier science in ecology and environmental science to regional social and economic development.
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    Pages: XXXIX, 372 p. 198 illus., 186 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9789811996306
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-9630-6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-9630-6
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    Microplastic Pollution (2021)
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    Keywords: Pollution. ; Environmental management. ; Sustainability. ; Pollution. ; Environmental Management. ; Sustainability.
    Description / Table of Contents: Effect Of Textile Parameters On Microfiber Shedding Properties Of Textiles -- Current State Of Microplastics Research In Saarc Countries – A Review -- Distribution And Impact Of Microplastics In The Aquatic Systems: A Review Of Ecotoxicological Effects On Biota -- Microplastics Pollution In Marine Environment: Occurrence, Fate And Effects (With A Specific Focus On Biogeochemical Carbon And Nitrogen Cycles -- Domestic Laundry And Microfiber Shedding Of Synthetic Textiles -- Microplastics In Dentistry- A Review.
    Abstract: This book addresses the emergent need to act on reducing or getting rid of micro plastic pollution, to achieve a sustainable environment. Microplastics are small plastic pieces, which are less than five millimeters long which can be harmful to our oceans and aquatic life. These predominantly include microfibers from clothing, microbeads, and plastic pellets. Microplastics impact aquatic creatures, turtles and birds. According to the first study on estimation of human ingestion of microplastic, on average a person consumes at least 50,000 particles of microplastic a year and breathes a similar quantity. Ingested microplastic particles can physically damage organs and also compromise immune function and stymie growth and reproduction. This book presents six informative chapters in order to alleviate the above mentioned issues .
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    Pages: IX, 174 p. 28 illus., 25 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9789811602979
    Series Statement: Sustainable Textiles: Production, Processing, Manufacturing & Chemistry,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-0297-9
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-0297-9
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    Sustainable Packaging (2021)
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    Keywords: Sustainability. ; Green chemistry. ; Biopolymers. ; Biomaterials. ; Food Safety measures. ; Pollution. ; Sustainability. ; Green Chemistry. ; Biopolymers. ; Food Safety. ; Pollution.
    Description / Table of Contents: Consumers' Purchase Intention and Willingness to Pay for Eco-friendly Packaging in Vietnam -- The Environmental Performance of Glass and PET Mineral Water Bottles in Italy -- Health And Eco Innovations In Food Packaging -- Analyzing the Obstacles to Sustainable Packaging in the Context of Developing Economies: A DEMATEL Approach -- Experimental Study for the Valorization of Polymeric Coffee Capsules Waste by Mechanical Recycling and Application on Contemporary Jewelry Design -- Biobased Materials as a Sustainable Potential for Edible Packaging -- The Wicked Problem of Packaging and Consumers: Innovative Approaches for Sustainability Research -- Design and Development of Robust Optimization Model for Sustainable Cross-Docking Systems: A Case Study in Electrical Devices Manufacturing Company -- Active Edible Packaging: A Sustainable Way to Deliver Functional Bioactive Compounds and Nutraceuticals -- Possibilities for the Recovery and Valorization of Single-use EPS Packaging Waste Following its Increasing Generation during the COVID-19 pandemic: A Case Study in Brazil.
    Abstract: Packaging plays a major role in the environmental footprints of products from any industrial sector, and thus is important to address the sustainability issues of packaging. Packaging and the packaging sector have to be eco-conscious as there are many types of packaging across various industrial sectors and so are their environmental impacts as well. Plastic packaging is one of the most common element and the packaging sector accounts for almost 40% of plastic pollution in the world. Sustainable packaging is the only way forward to alleviate the environmental devastations from the the packaging sector. This book presents case studies and discusses how to make packaging more sustainable for a better future.
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    Pages: VII, 323 p. 68 illus., 60 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9789811646096
    Series Statement: Environmental Footprints and Eco-design of Products and Processes,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4609-6
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    Bioremediation of Industrial Waste for Environmental Safety : Volume II: Biological Agents and Methods for Industrial Waste Management (2020)
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    Keywords: Pollution. ; Refuse and refuse disposal. ; Environmental management. ; Sustainability. ; Microbiology. ; Pollution. ; Waste Management/Waste Technology. ; Environmental Management. ; Sustainability. ; Microbiology.
    Description / Table of Contents: - Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) and Their Potential in Environmental Management: Constraints, Prospects and Challenges -- Advances in Bioremediation of Toxic Heavy Metals and Radionuclides in Contaminated Soil and Aquatic Systems. - Phycoremediation: Algae as Eco-Friendly Tools for the Removal of Heavy Metals from Wastewaters -- Phytoremediation: An Emerging Green Technology for Environmental Decontamination, Prospects for Future Research and Challenges -- Emerging and Ecofriendly Technologies for Removal of Organic and Inorganic Pollutants from Industrial Wastewaters -- Constructed Wetlands: A Clean-Green Technology for Degradation and Detoxification of Industrial Wastewaters -- Nano-Bioremediation: An Innovative Remediation Technology for Treatment and Management of Contaminated Sites -- Electro-Bioremediation: An Advanced Remediation Technology for Treatment and Management of Contaminated Soil -- Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC): An Innovative Technology for Wastewater Treatment and Power Generation -- Functional Diversity of Plant Endophytes and their Role in Assisted Phytoremediation -- Toxic Metals in Industrial Wastewaters and Phytoremediation Using Aquatic Macrophytes for Environmental Pollution Control: An Eco-Remedial Approach -- Microalgae: An Ecofriendly Tools for the Treatment of Wastewaters for Environmental Safety -- Phycoremediation: An Integrated and Eco-Friendly Approach for Wastewater Treatment and Value-Added Product Potential -- Pulp Paper Mill Wastewater: Eco-Toxicological Effects and Bioremediation Approaches for Environmental Safety. - Cadmium as Environmental Pollutant: Eco-Toxicological Effects, Health Hazards and Bioremediation Approaches for Its Detoxification from Contaminated Sites. - Cyanobacteria: The Eco-friendly Tools for the Treatment of Industrial Wastewaters. - Plant-Microbe Interactions for Bioremediation and Phytoremediation of Environmental Pollutants and Agro-Ecosystem Development -- Molecular Technologies for Assessment of Bioremediation and Characterization of Microbial Communities at Contaminated Sites. - Biochar: A Sustainable Tool in Soil Pollutants Bioremediation -- Bioremediation of Melanoidins Containing Distillery Waste for Environmental Safety -- Progresses in Bioremediation Technologies for Industrial Waste Treatment and Management: Challenges and Future Prospects.
    Abstract: Achieving environmental sustainability with rapid industrialization is currently a major global challenge. Industries are the key economic drivers, but are also the main polluters as untreated/partially treated effluents from industry are usually discharged into the aquatic environment or dumped. Industrial effluents often contain highly toxic and hazardous pollutants, which cause ecological damage and present and health hazards to living beings. As such, there is a pressing need to find ecofriendly solutions to deal with industrial waste, and to develop sustainable methods for treating/detoxifying waste before it’s released into the environment. As a low cost and eco-friendly clean technology, bioremediation can offer a sustainable alternative to conventional remediation technologies for the treatment and management of industrial wastes. This book (Volume II) describes the role of biological agents in the degradation and detoxification of organic and inorganic pollutants in industrial wastes, and presents recent bioremediation approaches for waste treatment and management, such as constructed wetlands, electro- bioremediation and nano-bioremediation, as well as microbial fuel cells. It appeals to students, researchers, scientists, industry professionals and experts in the field of microbiology, biotechnology, environmental sciences, eco-toxicology, environmental remediation and waste management and other relevant areas who are interested in biodegradation and bioremediation of industrial wastes for environmental safety.
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811334269
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-3426-9
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    Biogas Technology (2020)
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    Keywords: Refuse and refuse disposal. ; Renewable energy sources. ; Pollution. ; Agriculture. ; Industrial microbiology. ; Waste Management/Waste Technology. ; Renewable Energy. ; Pollution. ; Agriculture. ; Industrial Microbiology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Microoganism of anaerobic digestion -- Household digesters in rural area -- Biogas septic tanks -- Biogas plant -- Materials and structures of digesters -- Biogas cleaning -- Biogas storage -- Biogas utilization -- Digestate utilization.
    Abstract: This book focuses on agricultural waste treatment and renewable energy production from the perspective of anaerobic digestion. It covers topics on anaerobic digestion processes and practices in various types of biogas plant construction and management and systematically addresses the principle and main features of three kinds of anaerobic digestion systems: household digesters, biogas septic tanks, and biogas plants. Instructive, informative and easy to understand, the book offers a valuable asset for researchers, technicians, graduate students and managerial personnel working in the areas of renewable energy, agricultural ecological engineering and the treatment and utilization of agricultural wastes. .
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811549403
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4940-3
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    Phytoremediation of Arsenic Contaminated Sites in China : Theory and Practice (2020)
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    Keywords: Soil science. ; Environmental chemistry. ; Environment. ; Soil Science. ; Environmental Chemistry. ; Environmental Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: Arsenic hyperaccumulator Pteris Vittata L. and its arsenic accumulation -- Arsenic hyperaccumulation mechanisms: absorption, transportation and detoxification -- Establishment of phytoremediation technology for arsenic contaminated sites -- Application of phytoremediation technology to typical mining sites in China -- Enhancement of arsenic removal in phytoremediation of arsenic contaminated soils.
    Abstract: This book introduces readers to the main theories of phytoremediation and its application to arsenic-contaminated soils in China. The hyperaccumulation theories are introduced, including the use of hyperaccumulators to remove large amounts of arsenic without producing toxic symptoms. The use of synchrotron-based X-ray absorption fine structure radiation to disclose the hyperaccumulation mechanism – a method that makes it possible to detect the elements in plant tissues without destroying the sample – is introduced in detail. This book also includes practical application cases of phytoremediation, which are rarely found in the literature. Allowing readers to gain a thorough understanding of phytoremediation technology, and demonstrating its efficiency in cleaning arsenic-contaminated soils, the book offers a valuable asset for graduate students, lecturers, researchers and engineers in the field of soil remediation. .
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811578205
    Series Statement: SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-7820-5
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    Behavior of Radionuclides in the Environment I : Function of Particles in Aquatic System (2020)
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    Keywords: Pollution. ; Radiation dosimetry. ; Environmental management. ; Environmental monitoring. ; Nuclear chemistry. ; Pollution. ; Radiation Dosimetry and Protection . ; Environmental Management. ; Environmental Monitoring. ; Nuclear Chemistry.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1 Microbial ecological function in migration of radionuclides in groundwater -- 2 Microbial diversity and possible activity in nitrate- and radionuclide-contaminated groundwater -- 3 Function of microbes on chemical species transformation of radionuclides -- 4 Direct detection of denitrifying bacteria in groundwater by GeneFISH -- 5 Difference in the solid-water distributions of radiocesium in rivers in Fukushima and Chernobyl -- 6 Function of colloidal and nanoparticles in sorption of radionuclides -- 7 Application of electron microscopy to understanding colloid-facilitated transport of radionuclides at the Mayak Production Association facility, near Lake Karachai, Russia -- 8 Numerical analysis of migration of nitrate ions in the groundwater system of Lake Karachai Area, Southern Ural, Russia -- 9 Commentary on the function of micro- to nano-scale particles in radionuclide migration through groundwater.
    Abstract: The 3-volume set highlights the behavior of radionuclides in the environment and focusing on the development of related fields of study, including microbiology and nanoscience. In this context, it discusses the behavior of radionuclides released in areas of Lake Karachai in Ural, and those released as a result of Chernobyl accident (1986), and in Fukushima (2011). Volume I presents the experiences gained in South Urals (“Mayak” plant, Lake Karachai), providing a scientific basis for more precise understanding of the behavior of radionuclides in complex subsurface environments. On the basis of monitoring data, it examines the pathways of radionuclide migration and the influence of the geological environment and groundwater on the migration, with a particular focus on particles from the nanoscale to microscale. It also discusses the function of microbes and microscale particles, from their direct interaction with radionuclides to their ecological role in changing the physic-chemical condition of a given environment. Lastly, the protective properties of geological media are also characterized, and mathematical modeling of contaminant migration in the area of Lake Karachai is used to provide information regarding the migration of radionuclides.
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    Pages: X, 225 p. 93 illus., 63 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811506796
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0679-6
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    Railways and Sustainable Low-Carbon Mobility in China (2021)
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    Keywords: Environmental sciences Social aspects. ; Human geography. ; Transportation engineering. ; Traffic engineering. ; Environment. ; Environmental Social Sciences. ; Human Geography. ; Transportation Technology and Traffic Engineering. ; Environmental Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Railways and low-carbon mobility -- Part 1. Retrospect of the past: modal shift is important -- Railways and national carbon emissions from passenger travel in China -- Railways and regional carbon emissions from passenger travel in China -- Part 2. Current situation: competition and integration between railways and other transport modes -- Competition between railways and other transport modes -- Cooperation between railways and other transport modes -- Part 3. Prospects for the future: breaking institutional barriers -- Breaking institutional barriers in China -- Towards sustainable low-carbon mobility in China.
    Abstract: This book explores the role of railways in developing sustainable low-carbon mobility by analyzing the intermodal relationship between railways and other transport modes. Focusing on geographical and governance perspectives, and taking China as a case study, it analyzes the competition and cooperation between and integration of railways and other transport modes, in order to provide guidance on future sustainable transport development. Firstly, the book examines the contribution of railways to low carbon emissions in China over recent decades by estimating the carbon dioxide emissions from various transport modes in China at national and regional levels using decomposition analysis. It then discusses the current competition and cooperation between railways and other transport modes, as well as their integration and the impact of their relationship on climate change. It also highlights how the competition between railways and other transport modes may change the passenger flows between city pairs and so alter transport carbon emissions and examines how cooperation and integration could improve passengers’ travel experience while at the same time reducing carbon emissions. Lastly, it addresses the implications for future sustainable transport development based on institutional analysis. Presenting multidisciplinary, sustainable transport research on the role of railways in reducing carbon emissions, and also offering policy recommendations for developing low-carbon, integrated transport in the future, this book is a valuable reference resource for graduates, researchers, and government managers responsible for transport development, urban planning and environmental policy.
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    Pages: XIII, 206 p. 56 illus., 31 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9789811590818
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-9081-8
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    Energy Dynamics and Climate Mitigation : An Indian Perspective (2021)
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    Keywords: Environment. ; Energy policy. ; Energy and state. ; Sustainability. ; Climatology. ; Management. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Energy Policy, Economics and Management. ; Sustainability. ; Climate Sciences. ; Management.
    Description / Table of Contents: Energy security and sustainability – An Overview -- Energy Sector Progression in India -- The Challenges of Energy Supply -- Climate Mitigation and India’s Commitment to Global Community -- Fourth Industrial Revolution and India. .
    Abstract: This book analyzes the current approaches to energy management in India that is based on a carbon-intensive pathway, which if continued, may have serious implications for climate change mitigation with severe consequences for human health and survival. India, being a signatory to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Kyoto Protocol, and the Paris Agreement, is committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions; however, the country’s dilemmas are whether to prioritize environment over economy or vice versa and also whether economic growth can be sustained by relying on carbon-intensive development. Those are explored in this book. The Indian economy is poised for a big leap in the near future, and the topmost priority of the government is to ensure energy security, accessibility, and affordability for nearly 1.5 billion people. Currently, 70% of India’s electricity generation comes from coal- and oil-based thermal power plants, and only 12–15% of energy is generated from renewable sources. Experts are of the view that the demand for coal and gas power generation will continue to rise and is expected to reach the equivalent of nearly 2 billion t of oil by 2030. The annual consumption of natural gas is expected to increase fourfold to 200 billion m3 a year in the near future, and its share in the primary energy basket of coal, oil, and gas will rise from 6.5% to 15% by 2030. This will not only cause a significant drain on foreign reserves but will also pose an enormous challenge to policymakers and scientists. This book serves as a useful guide in shaping India’s future energy policy.
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    Pages: VIII, 194 p. 177 illus., 164 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9789811589409
    Series Statement: Advances in Geographical and Environmental Sciences,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-8940-9
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    AUC 2019 : Proceedings of the 15th International Asian Urbanization Conference, Vietnam (2021)
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    Keywords: Human geography. ; Environment. ; Cooperating objects (Computer systems). ; Urban economics. ; Climatology. ; Sustainability. ; Human Geography. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Cyber-Physical Systems. ; Urban Economics. ; Climate Sciences. ; Sustainability.
    Description / Table of Contents: Climate Change and Cities in Mekong Delta - VietNam -- Climate Change and Sea Level Rise Response Solutions for Can Gio District, Ho Chi Minh City: Potential to Adapt Ideas from Selected Developed Countries -- Understanding the Implications of Urban Heat Island Effects on Household Energy Consumption and Public Health in Southeast Asian Cities: Evidence from Thailand and Indonesia -- Need of Understanding Disaster Risk for Resilient City Development -- Architectural solutions with regards to climate change for the rural housing of Vinh Long province in Vietnam -- Application of Artificial Intelligence to Predict the Mapping of Flood Prone Areas in the Bantul Regency, Yogyakarta -- Urban vegetable gardening brings greening to slum environment and helps mitigate Climate change effects -- Collaborative Approach for Resource Mobilization Transformation in Vietnam -- Governance Characteristics of Dhaka City for ensuring implementation of land use planning -- Urban Planning in Vietnam: Why Gender Matter -- Slum Children-youth Groups Demonstrate Zest, Collective Confidence and Tenacity to Improve Access to Education and Self-development Opportunities -- On the use of Data Envelopment Analysis to improve performance efficiency of governmental management in big cities.
    Abstract: This book presents selected articles from the 15th International Asian Urbanization Conference, held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on November 27-30, 2019. Bringing together researchers and professionals in the area of urban planning and development to better understand the growing need for sustainable urban life, it covers topics such as climate change and urban resilience; inclusive and implementable urban governance; smart and green mobility; transformations in land management; livable and smart cities; integrated planning and development; urban slums and affordable housing; sustainable urban finance; and urban renewal and redevelopment. .
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    Pages: XV, 570 p. 177 illus., 138 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9789811556081
    Series Statement: Advances in 21st Century Human Settlements,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-5608-1
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    Remediation of Chromium-Contaminated Soil: ​Theory and Practice​ (2023)
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    Keywords: Pollution. ; Environmental chemistry. ; Environmental monitoring. ; Pollution. ; Environmental Chemistry. ; Environmental Monitoring.
    Description / Table of Contents: Contamination characteristics of soils and biological and chemical behavior of chromium in soil.-Mechanisms of Cr(VI) reduction by microorganisms -- Microbial remediation of chromium-contaminated soil -- Mechanism of chemical reduction of Cr(VI) -- Chemical remediation of chromium-contaminated soil -- Case of chrome-contaminated site remediation project.
    Abstract: In accordance with the global needs of heavy metal-contaminated site remediation, this book systematically introduces the latest theories and technical achievements of microbial and chemical treatment for the chromium pollution in the chromium slag and chromium-contaminated soil, combined with the author's research achievements over the decades. The book focuses on the biological and chemical behavior of chromium in soil, microbial, and chemical remediation for the chromium-contaminated soil and the cases of chromium-contaminated site remediation project. This book is used by the scientific researchers and engineering technicians engaged in chromium chemical industry and environmental protection. It is also used as a textbook and reference book for graduate students in environmental science and engineering, soil science, chemistry and chemical engineering, and other related fields.
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    Pages: XI, 303 p. 190 illus., 142 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9789819954636
    Series Statement: Environmental Science and Engineering,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-5463-6
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    Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Technology in Japan (2021)
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    Keywords: Refuse and refuse disposal. ; Environment. ; Environmental policy. ; Waste Management/Waste Technology. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Environmental Policy.
    Description / Table of Contents: The Transition of Landfill Technologies -- Issues and Measures for Landfill Technologies -- A Relationship between Landfill Materials and Landfill -- The Role and the Technology for the Future Landfill site -- Conclusion.
    Abstract: Japan was ahead of the rest of the world when it introduced intermediate processing of municipal waste by such means as incineration in the 1960s. Owing to the small land area of the country and the difficulty in securing landfill sites, the incineration ratio of municipal combustible waste had reached 100% by the 1990s. Along with the landfill of incineration residues, proprietary technologies such as high salt leachate treatment, desalination treatment, by-product recycling, a focus on the resource of incineration residues, sea surface landfill sites, and covered type landfill sites have spread and developed since then. This book describes the introduction of incineration facilities starting in the 1960s, landfill technology, and issues arising after 1990 following the introduction of the facilities. The necessity of a total system from incineration to landfill is explained as well. The volume is a valuable resource for countries that plan to introduce intermediate processing such as incineration and for countries that are developing a waste management policy.
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    Pages: XII, 324 p. 284 illus., 249 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9789811627347
    Series Statement: Environmental Science and Engineering,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-2734-7
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    Wadi Flash Floods : Challenges and Advanced Approaches for Disaster Risk Reduction (2022)
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    Keywords: Natural disasters. ; Water. ; Hydrology. ; Physical geography. ; Earth sciences. ; Environment. ; Natural Hazards. ; Water. ; Earth System Sciences. ; Earth Sciences. ; Environmental Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: The ISFF Project -- Facts and Challenges -- Flood Analysis and Mitigation Strategies in Algeria -- Assessing the Impact of Climate Change on Temperature and Precipitation Over India -- Analysis of The Hydrological Behavior of Watersheds in The Context of Climate Change -- Impact of Infiltration and Small-Scale Topographical Features -- An Early Warning System for Arid and Semi-Arid Regions -- Hydrologic Assessment of The Uncertainty of Six Remote Sensing Precipitation Estimates Driven by A Distributed Hydrologic Model in The Blue Nile Basin -- Innovative Monitoring Techniques for Wadi Flash Flood by Using Image-Based Analysis -- A Temporally Varied Rainfall Simulator for Flash flood studies -- The Role of Urban Planning and Landscape Tools Concerning Flash Flood Risk Reduction within Arid and Semi-Arid Regions -- Measuring Vulnerability to Flash Flood Of Urban Dwellers -- Case studies from Oman and Brazil -- A Case Study of The Jeddah City Neighborhood Abruq Ar Rughamah, Saudi Arabia -- International Collaboration Project -- Sediment Transport in Shallow Waters: As A Multiphysics Approach -- Case Of Hodna Basin In Algeria -- Reservoir Sediment Management Practices in Sudan: A Case Study of Khashm El-Girba Dam -- Determining the Precipitation Intensity Threshold of Debris Flood Occurrence -- Assessment of Groundwater Resources in Water Spring Areas Using Geophysical Methods, Northern UAE -- Evaluation of the Effect of the Wadi Bih Dam on Groundwater Recharge, UAE -- Assess the impacts of groundwater over-drafting on water quality and environment degradation at Fares area, Aswan, Egypt.
    Abstract: This open access book brings together research studies, developments, and application-related flash flood topics on wadi systems in arid regions. The major merit of this comprehensive book is its focus on research and technical papers as well as case study applications in different regions worldwide that cover many topics and answer several scientific questions. The book chapters comprehensively and significantly highlight different scientific research disciplines related to wadi flash floods, including climatology, hydrological models, new monitoring techniques, remote sensing techniques, field investigations, international collaboration projects, risk assessment and mitigation, sedimentation and sediment transport, and groundwater quality and quantity assessment and management. In this book, the contributing authors (engineers, researchers, and professionals) introduce their recent scientific findings to develop suitable, applicable, and innovative tools for forecasting, mitigation, and water management as well as society development under seven main research themes as follows: Part 1. Wadi Flash Flood Challenges and Strategies Part 2. Hydrometeorology and Climate Changes Part 3. Rainfall–Runoff Modeling and Approaches Part 4. Disaster Risk Reduction and Mitigation Part 5. Reservoir Sedimentation and Sediment Yield Part 6. Groundwater Management Part 7. Application and Case Studies The book includes selected high-quality papers from five series of the International Symposium on Flash Floods in Wadi Systems (ISFF) that were held in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2020 in Japan, Egypt, Oman, Morocco, and Japan, respectively. These collections of chapters could provide valuable guidance and scientific content not only for academics, researchers, and students but also for decision-makers in the MENA region and worldwide.
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    Pages: XXVIII, 551 p. 286 illus., 235 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9789811629044
    Series Statement: Natural Disaster Science and Mitigation Engineering: DPRI reports,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-2904-4
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-2904-4
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    Water Governance and Management in India : Issues and Perspectives, Volume 2 (2021)
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    Keywords: Pollution. ; Water. ; Hydrology. ; Sustainability. ; Climatology. ; Environmental management. ; Pollution. ; Water. ; Sustainability. ; Climate Sciences. ; Environmental Management.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Catalysing groundwater governance -- Sustainable urban water management strategies -- Estimating efficiency of public investments in irrigation -- Tackling water quality issues -- Wetlands and water management: Finding common ground -- Data usage for development, management of water resources -- Whither federal governance for India’s long-term water security?
    Abstract: This book, the second volume in the series, continues to raise contextual issues and presents perspectives regarding multifaceted challenges in management and governance of water in India. This volume attempts to broad base and expand the dialogue started in the first volume and would touch upon issues that need immediate discussion but have been left unattended like politics and management of groundwater, efficient utilization of water in agriculture (irrigation) and improving water use efficiency and building resilience. As in the first volume, this book presents a set of suggestions and recommendations in each chapter that can help frame policy guidelines in the country.
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    Pages: XIII, 188 p. 29 illus., 24 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9789811614729
    Series Statement: Water Resources Development and Management,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-1472-9
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    Impacts of Fukushima Nuclear Accident on Freshwater Environments (2021)
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    Keywords: Environment. ; Freshwater ecology. ; Marine ecology. ; Environmental chemistry. ; Geochemistry. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Freshwater and Marine Ecology. ; Environmental Chemistry. ; Geochemistry.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1 Introduction -- Part 1 Rivers and lake environment -- 2 Migration behavior of radiocesium released from the Fukushima accident in Japanese river systems during six months after the accident -- 3 Spatial and temporal fluctuations of nuclear accident-derived 137Cs and 3H concentration in river waters in eastern Fukushima, Japan -- 4 Spatial and temporal changes of 137Cs concentrations in river waters and the relations with the radiocesium inventory in Fukushima and adjacent areas -- 5 Inflow/ outflow of radiocesium in a dam lake and its accumulation on lake bottom -- 6 Record of income and outgo of radioactive cesium in lake Cyuzenji -- Part 2 Ecosystem -- 7 Relationship between air dose rate and 137Cs concentration of the fish in mountain streams in Fukushima Prefecture -- 8 Annual changes of 137Cs concentrations in freshwater fishes -- 9 Radiocesium concentrations in brown trout in Lake Chuzenji after the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident -- 10 Body size effect of radiocesium for wakasagi (Hypomesus nipponensis) -- 11 Variations in 134+137Cs radioactivity level of suspended particulate matter in streams and its respond to aquatic insect after FDNP accident -- 12 A review of radioactive contamination in a freshwater ecosystem in Nikko area, Japan (tentative) -- Part 3 Case studies at different watershed environments -- 13 The dynamics of radiocesium in the lake ecosystem of lake Onuma on Mt. Akagi -- 14 Radiocesium transfer from forest catchment to freshwater fish living in mountain streams estimated from environmental monitoring data in Fukushima Prefecture. .
    Abstract: This book examines the impacts of radionuclides released from the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP) accident on inland aquatic environments. The focus is on the dynamics of radiocesium in inland aquatic environments. The book comprises three parts: migration behavior of radiocesium in river and lake environment, accumulation of radiocesium into organisms in freshwater, and integrated environmental analysis in a lake system and a forest-freshwater system. Many studies on the dynamics of radionuclides have been published after the FDNPP accident, especially of radiocesium (134Cs 137Cs) in land and marine environment. The key features of this book are the new data of freshwater environment including transport of radionuclides in river and lake watershed, and accumulation of radiocesium in freshwater fishes and insects. Another feature of this book is that it summarizes the dataset of a model lake, Lake Akagi-Onuma, from geochemical and biological approaches. Readers will learn the actual dispersion behavior of radionuclides released from the Fukushima accident and their impacts on freshwater environments since the accident in 2011. The book presents valuable information for assessing the impacts of the FDNPP accident on ecosystem and human health, which are also useful in developing countermeasures for similar accidents and environmental contaminations.
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    Pages: VIII, 247 p. 117 illus., 73 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9789811636714
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-3671-4
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    Climate Change Adaptation in Southeast Asia (2022)
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    Keywords: Environment. ; Physical geography. ; Natural disasters. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Earth System Sciences. ; Natural Hazards.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction: The State of Climate Change Adaptation in Southeast Asia -- Climate Change Adaptation in Brunei Darussalam -- Climate Change Adaptation in Cambodia -- Climate Change Adaptation in Indonesia -- Climate Change Adaptation in Lao PDR -- Climate Change Adaptation in Malaysia -- Climate Change Adaptation in Myanmar -- Climate Change Adaptation in The Philippines -- Climate Change Adaptation in Singapore -- Climate Change Adaptation in Thailand -- Climate Change Adaptation in Vietnam -- Conclusion: Bridging Science and Policy in ASEAN: The Way Forward.
    Abstract: This book highlights the current issues, challenges, and priorities for climate change adaptation in the ten member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). The status of each country was prepared by a consortium of researchers in consultation with National Focal Points of the ASEAN Working Group on Climate Change (AWGCC). National documents on adaptation actions, including local scenario and priorities, were reviewed where available and supplemented with an assessment of scientific publications to identify vulnerable ecosystems and regions. Adaptation needs and priorities were determined through stakeholder consultation in the respective countries. This allows for local-level perspectives to be captured and brought to the attention of policy and decision-makers at the national and regional levels. An important lesson from this exercise is that universities and research institutions at the national level have a critical role to play in bridging the gap between science and policy in climate change adaptation. These institutions also have the capacity to continuously facilitate transfer of the best available science for advancing climate change adaptation at the local level.
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9789811660887
    Series Statement: Disaster Risk Reduction, Methods, Approaches and Practices,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-6088-7
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    Environmental Policy and Reform in China (2022)
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    Keywords: Sustainability. ; Environmental health. ; Environmental management. ; Pollution. ; Refuse and refuse disposal. ; Sustainability. ; Environmental Health. ; Environmental Management. ; Pollution. ; Waste Management/Waste Technology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Cost-Benefit Analysis of Yellow-label Vehicles Elimination Policy in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region -- Co-control of CO2 and SO2 Emissions in the Key Environmental Protection Prefectures in China -- Progress Report 2017 on China's Green Financial Policy -- The Story of Improving Air Quality in China: An Assessment of Action Plan of Air Pollution Prevention and Control -- Feasibility on Establishment of EGSS-based Environmental Industry Statistic Framework under the Statistic System in China -- Analysis of Provincial Environmental Performance Trend in China -- China's Gross Economic-Ecological Product Accounting Research Report 2016 -- Classified Management of Soil Environment of Agricultural Land in China: Advancements, Challenges and Countermeasures -- Assessment of China’s Human Health Loss Caused by PM2.5 in 2017 Based on Remote Sensing Inversion -- Progress Report on China’s Green Finance Policy 2018 -- China SDGs Indicators and Progress Assessment -- Latest Progress Review of China's Environmental Protection Tax Policy Implementation -- Action Plans for Air, Water and Soil Pollution Prevention and Control: Investments and Economic-Environmental Impacts -- The Valuation of China's Environmental Degradation from 2004 to 2017 -- Mid-term Assessment Report of the 13th Five-Year Plan for the Protection of Ecological Environment -- A Pilot Study on Green economy policy Assessment of the United Nations.-Taking the Assessment of Ecological Compensation Policy in Hainan Province of China as an Example.
    Abstract: 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., presenting the latest achievements, developments and research trends in this field.
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9789811669057
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-6905-7
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    Pollution Control Technologies : Current Status and Future Prospects (2021)
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    Keywords: Pollution. ; Environmental health. ; Environmental engineering. ; Biotechnology. ; Bioremediation. ; Pollution. ; Environmental Health. ; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Pollution Control Technologies: Current Status and Future Prospect -- Remediation of Persistent Organic Pesticides from Wastewater Matrices‒ Present and Future Conceptions -- Uranium(VI) ions Removal from the Aqueous Environment: Current Treatment Technologies and its Future Prospects -- A Study on Different Bioremediation Approaches to Hexavalent Chromium -- Dissolved Arsenic in Groundwater Bodies: A Short Review of Remediation Technologies -- Occurrence, Fate and Removal of Microplastics in Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs) -- Membrane Technology for Desalination and Wastewater recycling -- Forward Osmosis in Desalination and Wastewater Treatment -- Food Processing Wastewater Treatment: Current Practices and Future Challenges -- Energy Analysis of Wastewater Infrastructure -- Prediction of Hospital visits for Respiratory Morbidity due to Air Pollutants in Lucknow -- Technologies for Controlling Particulate Matter Emissions from Industries.
    Abstract: This monograph is based on pollution control technologies available to deal with water and air pollution. It includes removal of variety of pollutants including arsenic, chromium, uranium, pesticides and arsenic from water using adsorption technique. In addition, this book deals with the sampling and removal of microplastics using various techniques. The contents also focus on the role of membrane technology in water and wastewater treatment, and particulate matter air pollution and its control techniques. This volume will be a useful guide for researchers, academics and scientists.
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9789811608582
    Series Statement: Energy, Environment, and Sustainability,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-0858-2
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    Sustainable Approaches in Textiles and Fashion : Circular Economy and Microplastic Pollution (2022)
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    Keywords: Sustainability. ; Building materials. ; Economic policy. ; Pollution. ; Sustainability. ; Wood, fabric, and textiles. ; Economic Policy. ; Pollution.
    Description / Table of Contents: Synthetic Textile And Microplastic Pollution – An Analysis On Environmental And Health Impact -- Enabling circular fashion through product life extension -- Challenges And Opportunities For Circular Fashion In India -- A study on the comparison of fabric properties of recycled and virgin polyester denim -- A look back at zero-waste fashion across the centuries -- Advancements in recycling of polyethylene terephthalate wastes: A Sustainable Solution to achieve a Circular Economy -- Converting Textile Waste Into Designer Wall And Floor Tiles: A New Approach To Recycle Textile Waste -- Sustainable Development Goal – Sustainable Management & Use Of Natural Resources In Textile & Apparel Industry.
    Abstract: This first of this set of books presents the various sustainable approaches in terms of circular economy and micro plastic pollution pertaining to the textiles and fashion supply chain. Sustainability is one of the important aspects in today’s industrial context, which is followed by every industrial sector with no exception to textiles and fashion. Sustainability and strict adherence to the principles of sustainability has become one of the essential needs in industry. There are countless measures in terms of various approaches to make the textiles and fashion sector sustainable. These measures, but not limited to, range from innovating and implementing new fibres and raw materials, introducing innovative manufacturing methods, chemicals, processes to focus on all the possible stages of a textile product’s life cycle from cradle to grave. These approaches include making the textiles and fashion sector circular and also development of new products from sustainable raw materials/processes or combination of both.
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    Pages: VIII, 205 p. 84 illus., 60 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9789811905308
    Series Statement: Sustainable Textiles: Production, Processing, Manufacturing & Chemistry,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-0530-8
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-0530-8
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    Proceedings of the 11th International Symposium on Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (ISHVAC 2019) : Volume II: Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration System (2020)
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    Keywords: Buildings Environmental engineering. ; Sustainable architecture. ; Pollution. ; Renewable energy sources. ; Energy storage. ; Environmental monitoring. ; Building Physics, HVAC. ; Sustainable Architecture/Green Buildings. ; Pollution. ; Renewable Energy. ; Mechanical and Thermal Energy Storage. ; Environmental Monitoring.
    Description / Table of Contents: Thermal environment -- Thermal comfort -- Indoor air quality -- Healthy buildings -- HVAC and systems -- HVAC components -- Heat pump and refrigeration systems -- HVAC&R operation and management -- HVAC&R control systems -- Energy in buildings -- Building simulation -- Building physics -- District energy system -- Renewable energy.
    Abstract: This book presents selected papers from the 11th International Symposium on Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (ISHVAC 2019), with a focus on HVAC techniques for improving indoor environment quality and the energy efficiency of heating and cooling systems. Presenting inspiration for implementing more efficient and safer HVAC systems, the book is a valuable resource for academic researchers, engineers in industry, and government regulators.
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    Pages: XXIV, 961 p. 558 illus., 410 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811395246
    Series Statement: Environmental Engineering
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-9524-6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-9524-6
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    Recent Trends in Constructed Wetlands for Industrial Wastewater Treatment (2023)
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    Keywords: Refuse and refuse disposal. ; Environmental engineering. ; Biotechnology. ; Bioremediation. ; Water. ; Hydrology. ; Pollution. ; Waste Management/Waste Technology. ; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology. ; Water. ; Pollution.
    Description / Table of Contents: - Textile wastewater treatment: possible approaches with an emphasis on constructed wetlands -- Constructed Wetland for Metals: Removal Mechanisms and Analytical Challenges -- Role of Aerated constructed wetlands for municipal wastewater treatment -- Constructed Wetlands for remediating Organic Hydrocarbons: An approach for the sustainable environmental cleanup -- Constructed wetlands as an effective tool for textile effluent treatment -- Constructed wetland-microbial fuel cell for wastewater treatment and energy recovery: An Emerging Technology -- Aerated Constructed Wetlands for Treatment of Food Industry Wastewater -- Use of Algae in wastewater treatment -- Constructed Wetlands: The traditional system -- The need for auto-tailored wetlands for the treatment of untampered wastes of wineries and breweries -- Horizontal Subsurface Flow Constructed Wetlands for toxic pollutants removal -- Microbial consortium for the treatment of brewery effluents -Recommendation for brewery effluent treatment in constructed wetlands -- In silico integration in Environmental Remediation. .
    Abstract: This book examines various unique applications and their effectiveness of constructed wetlands for the treatment of complex and heavily polluted wastewater from industrial sources. It also highlights the technological and advanced knowledge in application of constructed wetlands through different microbiological and advanced biochemical technologies. Special attention is paid to suspended solids, organic matter, and nutrient removal. Deep insights are provided for facilities such as those in oil and gas industries, agro-industry, paper and pharmaceutical manufacturing, the textile industry, wineries, breweries, and sludge treatment, among others. Constructed wetlands are low-cost and sustainable systems for wastewater treatment. Traditionally, they have been used for urban and domestic wastewater treatment, but in the last two decades, applications for industrial wastewater treatment have increased due to the advances of the technology and extended research in the field. The advances have also been encouraged by the economic, environmental, and societal advantages over conventional technologies. This book helps academicians and industrialists obtain detailed knowledge about constructed wetlands in the field of wastewater treatment.
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    Pages: VI, 263 p. 31 illus., 23 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9789819925643
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-2564-3
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-99-2564-3
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    Air Pollution Control and Design (2022)
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    Keywords: Environment. ; Energy policy. ; Energy and state. ; Environmental sciences Social aspects. ; Business. ; Management science. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Energy Policy, Economics and Management. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Environmental Social Sciences. ; Business and Management.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Air Pollution Control: SOx Control -- Chapter 2. NOx Control -- Chapter 3. VOCs Control -- Chapter 4. PM2.5 Control -- Chapter 5. CO2 Control -- Chapter 6. Fundamentals of Energy Utilization: Sustainable Energy -- Chapter 7. Thermal Dynamics and Heat Transfer -- Chapter 8. Advanced Combustion -- Chapter 9. Energy Materials -- Chapter 10. Integrated Energy Systems -- Chapter 11. Gaseous Control and Design: Adsorption -- Chapter 12. Absorption -- Chapter 13. Combustion -- Stack -- Chapter 14. Particulate Control and Design -- Chapter 15. Cyclone -- Chapter 16. Wet Scrubber -- Chapter 17. Baghouse Filter -- Chapter 18. Electrostatic Precipitator -- Chapter 19. Prospective and Perspective.
    Abstract: This book focuses specifically on the environmental issues related to the air pollution control and design. It is divided into four parts: (1) Fundamentals of air pollution control, (2) fundamentals of energy utilization, (3) gaseous control and design, and (4) particulate control and design, each consisting of four to six chapters. The topics covered in this book not only introduce the basic concepts of air pollution control and design but also address the fundamentals of energy utilization in the context of good engineering practice and policy instruments. It also features several innovative technologies and integrated methodologies relating to gaseous and particulate matter control and design. To facilitate technology integration and meet the need for comprehensive information on sustainable development, the book discusses a wide range of areas concerning the principles, applications, and assessment of air pollution control and design and thermodynamics, heat transfer, advanced combustion and renewable energy for energy utilization. It also features regulations and policy instruments adopted around the globe as well as several case studies. Presenting the emerging challenges, new concepts, innovative methodologies, and resolving strategies, as well as illustrative and inspiring case studies, it appeals to a wide range of readers, such as researchers, graduate students, engineers, policy makers, and entrepreneurs. .
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    Pages: XIV, 688 p. 408 illus., 133 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9789811374883
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-7488-3
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    Remote Sensing of Land Use and Land Cover in Mountain Region : A Comprehensive Study at the Central Tibetan Plateau (2020)
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    Keywords: Environmental monitoring. ; Biotic communities. ; Population biology. ; Environment. ; Environmental management. ; Environmental policy. ; Geographic information systems. ; Environmental Monitoring. ; Community and Population Ecology. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Environmental Management. ; Environmental Policy. ; Geographical Information System.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 Study Area -- Chapter 3 Land-use status -- Chapter 4 Spatial distribution of land use -- Chapter 5 Land-use change -- Chapter 6 Land-use change scenario -- Chapter 7 Land-cover change -- Chapter 8 Ecoregion classification -- Chapter 9 Land-cover classification -- Chapter 10 Fractional vegetation cover -- Chapter 11 Aboveground biomass of grassland.
    Abstract: This book presents the spatial and temporal dynamics of land use and land cover in the central Tibetan Plateau during the last two decades, based on various types of satellite data, long-term field investigation and GIS techniques. Further, it demonstrates how remote sensing can be used to map and characterize land use, land cover and their dynamic processes in mountainous regions, and to monitor and model relevant biophysical parameters. The Tibetan Plateau, the highest and largest plateau on the Earth and well known as “the roof of the world,” is a huge mountainous area on the Eurasian continent and covers millions of square kilometers, with an average elevation of over 4000 m. After providing an overview of the background and an introduction to land use and land cover change, the book analyzes the current land use status, dynamic changes and spatial distribution patterns of different land-use types in the study area, using various types of remotely sensed data, digital elevation models and GIS spatial analysis methods to do so. In turn, it discusses the main driving forces, based on the main physical environment variables and socioeconomic data, and provides a future scenario analysis of land use change using a Markov chain model. Given its scope, it provides a valuable reference guide for researchers, scientists and graduate students working on environmental change in mountainous regions around the globe, and for practitioners working at government and non-government agencies.
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    Pages: XVI, 227 p. 63 illus., 41 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811375804
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-7580-4
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-7580-4
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    Sensors in Water Pollutants Monitoring: Role of Material (2020)
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    Keywords: Pollution. ; Refuse and refuse disposal. ; Electronic circuits. ; Pollution. ; Waste Management/Waste Technology. ; Electronic Circuits and Systems.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Materials in electrochemical detection of water pollutants -- Chapter 2: Materials in bio-sensing of water pollutants -- Chapter 3: Computational design of Nucleic acid-based Bioreceptor for Contaminants of Emerging Concern -- Chapter 4: Immunochromatographic Strip Based Sensor for the Detection of Water Pollutants -- Chapter 5: Emerging techniques and materials for water pollutants detection -- Chapter 6: Nanofiber based sensors for Water Pollution Monitoring -- Chapter 7: Introduction: Role of Materials in Sensors for Water Pollutants Monitoring -- Chapter 8: Water Pollutants: Origin and status.
    Abstract: 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. Beginning with an overview on water pollutants and analytical methods for their detection, the book then moves on to describing the advances in sensor materials research, and the scope for their use in different types of sensors. The book lays emphasis on techniques such as colorimetric, fluorescence, electrochemical, and biological sensing of conventional and emerging pollutants. This book will serve as a handy guide for students, researchers, and professional engineers working in the field of sensor systems for monitoring water pollutants to address various challenges.
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    Pages: X, 319 p. 77 illus., 71 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811506710
    Series Statement: Advanced Functional Materials and Sensors,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0671-0
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-0671-0
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    Principles of Environmental Engineering (2023)
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    Keywords: Environmental engineering. ; Biotechnology. ; Bioremediation. ; Refuse and refuse disposal. ; Pollution. ; Water. ; Hydrology. ; Environment. ; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology. ; Chemical Bioengineering. ; Waste Management/Waste Technology. ; Pollution. ; Water. ; Environmental Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: Prolegomenon -- Fluid Flow and Transport Equipment -- Heat Transfer -- Absorption -- Chemical and Biological Reaction Kinetics and Reactor -- Appendix -- Basic Concepts and Terminology -- Symbols and Units.
    Abstract: This textbook contains the contents coming from hydraulics, hydrodynamics, chemical principles, chemical reaction engineering and bioengineering, which relates closely with fundamental principles in environmental engineering. It mainly covers principles including basic concepts, theories, methods and related equipment in fluid flow and transportation, heat transfer, absorption, chemical and biological reaction kinetics and reactors, as well as their applications in environmental engineering. At same time, the readers learns the basic viewpoints and methods commonly used in engineering technology, such as balance method, reasonable simplification, dimensional analysis method, boundary layer theory, optimization and mathematical model method. It broadens the student’s understanding in solving those problems in environmental engineering, and enhances their awareness of industrialization. This book is the specialized foundation and principles for learning the professional courses of environmental engineering, such as "water pollution control," "air pollution control," "solid waste treatment and disposal" and "ecological restoration engineering", while avoiding the repetition of the contents of those professional books.
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    Pages: XII, 528 p. 208 illus., 7 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9789811694318
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-9431-8
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-9431-8
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    Fate and Transport of Subsurface Pollutants (2021)
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    Keywords: Microbiology. ; Microbial genetics. ; Environmental engineering. ; Biotechnology. ; Bioremediation. ; Pollution. ; Microbiology. ; Microbial Genetics. ; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology. ; Pollution.
    Description / Table of Contents: Fate and transport of pollutants in subsurface: evolution of knowledge and understanding -- Governing mechanisms of fate and transport of target pollutants in subsurface -- Transport behaviour of gaseous contaminants through subsurface system -- Aqueous two-phase system: an alternative process for industrial dye recovery -- Leaching behaviors of agricultural contaminants in heterogeneous system -- Contribution of ground water in the calculation of net GHG fluxes from freshwater bodies -- Application of visual mod-flow in groundwater flow modeling at the left crescent of the Ganga river, Varanasi, India -- Impacts of climate and land use changes on water resources at basin level -- Occurrence of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) in environment: impact and remediation techniques -- Fate and transport of non-aqueous phase liquids (NAPLs) in subsurface: laboratory studies -- Treatment of pharmaceutical and personal care products (PPCPs) before discharging to agricultural lands -- Mechanistic understanding of heterogeneous photocatalysis for the dye degradation in wastewater -- Arsenic pollution in groundwater and its in-situ remediation technologies -- Groundwater contamination susceptibility in watershed of stream São Lourenço in southern Brazil -- Dynamic of heavy metals and environmental impact of waste phosphogypsum -- Mitigation of ground water pollution: heavy metal retention characteristics of fly ash based liner material -- Micropollutants in wastewater: health risk assessment, biomonitoring and bioremediation -- Groundwater pollution by geogenic and industrial pollutants -- Impact of climatic variabilities on groundwater resources -- Salinization of coastal groundwater resource in the perspective of climate change -- Impact of climate change variability on groundwater resource in southern western Nigeria as case study.
    Abstract: This volume offers detailed information on the behaviour of various water pollutants, and on the principles and concepts of groundwater flow and transport. It will help readers to understand and execute the planning, supervision, and review of solute transport and groundwater modeling projects. The book also discusses the role and fate of elements that have been identified as major contaminants in surface and subsurface waters, and their adverse effects on ecology and human health. The book explores this theme throughout four sections – a. Understanding Soil-Water Systems, b. Fate and Transport of Pollutants, c. Physico-Chemical Treatment of Wastewater and d. Microbial Techniques Used to Decontaminate Soil-Water Systems. Introducing readers to a range of recent advances concerning the fundamentals of subsurface water treatment, it offers a valuable guide for teachers, researchers, policymakers, and undergraduate and graduate students of hydrology, environmental microbiology, biotechnology and the environmental sciences. It also provides field engineers and industrial practitioners with essential support in the effective remediation and management of polluted sites.
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    Pages: XIV, 341 p. 74 illus., 41 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9789811565649
    Series Statement: Microorganisms for Sustainability, 24
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6564-9
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-6564-9
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    Conservation Agriculture: A Sustainable Approach for Soil Health and Food Security : Conservation Agriculture for Sustainable Agriculture (2021)
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    Keywords: Agriculture. ; Soil science. ; Biotic communities. ; Environment. ; Environmental sciences Social aspects. ; Agriculture. ; Soil Science. ; Ecosystems. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Environmental Social Sciences.
    Abstract: Feeding the increasing global population, which is projected to reach ~10 billion by 2050, there has been increasing demands for more improved/sustainable agricultural management practices that can be followed by farmers to improve productivity without jeopardizing the environment and ecosystem. Indeed, about 95% of our food directly or indirectly comes from soil. It is a precious resource, and sustainable soil management is a critical socio–economic and environmental issue. Maintaining the environmental sustainability while the world is facing resource degradation, increasing climate change and population explosion is the current challenge of every food production sectors. Thus, there is an urgent need to evolve a holistic approach such as conservation agriculture to sustain higher crop productivity in the country without deteriorating soil health. Conservation Agriculture (CA), is a sustainable approach to manage agro–ecosystems in order to improve productivity, increase farm profitabilty and food security and also enhance the resource base and environment. Worldwide, it has been reported various benefits and prospects in adopting CA technologies in different agro-climatic conditions. Yet, CA in arid and semi-arid regions of India and parts of south Asia raises uncertainities due to its extreme climates, large scale residue burning, soil erosion and other constraints such as low water holding capacity, high potential evapotranspiration, etc . Thus, the proposed book has 30 chapters addressing all issues relevant to conservation agriculture/no-till farming system. The book also gives further strengthening existing knowledge in relation to soil physical, chemical and biological processes and health within close proximity of CA as well as machinery requirements. Moreover, the information on carbon (C) sequestration, C credits, greenhouse gas (GHG) emission, mitigation of climate change effects and socio-economic view on CA under diverse ecologies namely rainfed, irrigated and hill eco-region is also deliberated. For large scale adoption of CA practices in South Asian region especially in India and other countries need dissemination of best-bet CA technologies for dominant soil types/cropping systems through participatory mode, strong linkages and institutional mechanism and public-private-policy support. We hope this book gives a comprehensive and clear picture about conservation agriculture/no-till farming and its associated problem, challenges, prospects and benefits. This book shall be highly useful reference material to researchers, scientists, students, farmers and land managers for efficient and sustainable management of natural resources.
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    Pages: XV, 632 p. 120 illus., 91 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9789811608278
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-0827-8
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    Global Climate Change: Resilient and Smart Agriculture (2020)
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    Keywords: Agriculture. ; Biotic communities. ; Environment. ; Soil science. ; Environmental management. ; Plant biotechnology. ; Agriculture. ; Ecosystems. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Soil Science. ; Environmental Management. ; Plant Biotechnology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Global and regional perspective of climate smart agriculture -- Chapter 2. Climate Smart Horticulture -- Chapter 3. Climate resilient forage production systems in rainfed regions of India -- Chapter 4. Climate Smart Agroforestry -- Chapter 5. Climate Smart Livestock production -- Chapter 6. Climate Smart Agriculture and Gender Policy -- Chapter 7. Precision farming: a step towards sustainable, climate smart agriculture -- Chapter 8. Climate Smart Agriculture in Mauritius: Moving towards a landscape approach -- Chapter 9. Scope and Strategic intervention for Climate Smart Agriculture in North Eastern India -- Chapter 10. Green Agriculture: Transforming Agriculture in India -- Chapter 11. Defining a policy nexus for sustainable agriculture and food security in the Caribbean Region -- Chapter 12. Current policies and practices behind Scaling up Climate Smart Agriculture in India -- Chapter 13. Global climate change impacts: Perspectives from Sri Lanka -- Chapter 14. Integration of geospatial technology and simulation modelling for climate change studies -- Chapter 15. Integrated Farming Systems option to cope with climate change for sustainable food production in Indian Himalayan Region (IHR).
    Abstract: This book provides essential insights into methods and practices of ‘Climate-smart Agriculture,’ which is driven by the principles of climate resilience and smart resource use in agricultural production. Climate-smart agriculture is a key policy instrument for achieving poverty eradication and a hunger-free world, as well as mitigating the effects of climate change. This book discusses in detail climate-smart agricultural technologies and practices that can reduce the vulnerability of agricultural systems, improve the livelihoods of farmers and other stakeholders, and reduce the greenhouse gas emissions from crop production and livestock husbandry. The agriculture, forestry and other land use (AFOLU) sector produces roughly 10–12 gigatons of CO2-equivalent per year; therefore, sustainable practices for agriculture and related land use hold immense potential to mitigate climate change. The potential impacts of climate variability and climate change on agriculture are extensively documented and articulated, especially with regard to global and national environmental agendas that call for innovation, transformation and climate-resilient advances in agriculture. As the book demonstrates, climate-smart agriculture offers an excellent tool for boosting agricultural output to feed the growing global population; for reducing greenhouse gases emissions from agriculture and other land use; and for protecting agricultural production systems from the impending dangers of climate change.
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789813298569
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-32-9856-9
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    Removal of Emerging Contaminants Through Microbial Processes (2021)
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    Keywords: Microbiology. ; Refuse and refuse disposal. ; Pollution. ; Environmental chemistry. ; Microbial ecology. ; Microbiology. ; Waste Management/Waste Technology. ; Pollution. ; Environmental Chemistry. ; Microbial Ecology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. ASPECTS OF MICROBIAL BIOFILMS IN WATER TREATMENT -- Chapter 2. New Bioremediation Technologies to Remove Heavy Metals and Radionuclides -- Chapter 3. Removal of heavy metals using bentonite clay and inorganic coagulants -- Chapter 4. Advanced Oxidation Processes for Wastewater Remediation: An Overview -- Chapter 5. Rhizoremediation of heavy metals and xenobiotics contaminated soil: An Eco-friendly approach -- Chapter 6. Bio treatment of High-salinity Wastewater: Current Methods and Future Directions -- Chapter 7. Facing Lethal Impacts of Industrialization via Green and Sustainable Microbial Removal of Hazardous Pollutants -- Chapter 8. Waste water treatment techniques - An Introduction -- Chapter 9. New trends in removing heavy metals from industrial wastewater through microbes -- Chapter 10. Biological Wastewater Treatment Technology; Advancement and Drawback -- Chapter 11. Role of Extremophiles and Extremophilic Proteins in Industrial Waste Treatment -- Chapter 12. Bio sorption of carcinogenic heavy metals by bacteria: Role and Mechanism -- Chapter 13. The interest in Nanotechnology: A step towards bioremediation -- Chapter 14. Sustainable phyco-remediation of xenobiotics polluted water -- Chapter 15. Fundamentals of Biosensor application in environmental pollutant monitoring -- Chapter 16. Sustainable recovery of resources from industrial waste water: trends in biotechnology and allied industries -- Chapter 17. Accumulation and Detoxification of Metals by Plants and Microbes -- Chapter 18. Enzymatic degradation of industrial wastewater pollutants -- Chapter 19. Exploring the use of bio mixtures for the removal of structurally different pesticides -- Chapter 20. Bioremediation of perfluorochemical: A emerging contaminants present in municipal wastewater -- Chapter 21. Macrophyte importance in contaminant treatment and biomonitoring -- Chapter 22. Decontamination of Aqueous Heavy Metal Ions by Valence Regulation Strategy -- Chapter 23. Mechanistic insight to bioremediation of hazardous metals and pesticides from water bodies by microbes -- Chapter 24. Reuse of Water: An integral approach for the survival -- Chapter 25. Toxicity of hexavalent chromium and its microbial detoxification through bioremediation.
    Abstract: The abundance of organic pollutants found in wastewater affect urban surface waters. Traditional wastewater management technologies focus on the removal of suspended solids, nutrients and bacteria, however, new pollutants such as synthetic or naturally occurring chemicals are often not monitored in the environment despite having the potential to enter the environment and cause adverse ecological and human health effects. Collectively referred to as "emerging contaminants," they are mostly derived from domestic activities and occur in trace concentrations ranging from pico to micrograms per liter. Environmental contaminants are resistant to conventional wastewater treatment processes and most of them remain unaffected, causing contamination of receiving water. This in turn leads to the need for advanced wastewater treatment processes capable of removing environmental contaminants to ensure safe fresh water sources. This book provides an up-to-date overview of the current bioremediation strategies, including their limitations, challenges and their potential application to remove environmental pollutants. It also introduces the latest trends and advances in environmental bioremediation, and presents the state-of-the-art in biological and chemical wastewater treatment processes. As such, it will appeal to researchers and policy-makers, as well as undergraduate and graduate environmental sciences students.
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9789811559013
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-5901-3
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    Application of Nanotechnology in Biomedical Sciences (2020)
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Nanotechnology. ; Cancer. ; Nanochemistry. ; Pollution. ; Biotechnology. ; Nanotechnology. ; Cancer Biology. ; Nanochemistry. ; Pollution.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Advancements of nanotechnology in diagnostic applications -- Chapter : 2: Polycaprolactone-based nanofibers and their in-vitro and in-vivo applications in bone tissue engineering -- Chapter 3: Nanocamptothecins as new generation pharmaceuticals for treatment of diverse cancers: Overview on a Natural product to Nanomedicine. – Chapter 4: Smart biomaterials from electrospun chitosan nanofibers by functionalization and blending in biomedical applications -- Chapter 5: Unique properties of the gold nanoparticles: Synthesis, functionalization and applications -- Chapter 6 : Nanotechnology and diabetes management: Recent advances and future perspectives -- Chapter 7: Recent advances in the emergence of nanorobotics in medicine -- Chapter 8: Composite of ceramic and polymeric nanofibers for photocatalytic degradation of dairy effluent.
    Abstract: This book highlights the wide applications of nanomaterials in healthcare and environmental remediation. Presenting nano-based materials that positively influence the growth and proliferation of cells present in soft and hard tissue and are used for the regeneration bone tissue and/or suppression of cancer cells, it also discusses the natural products that can be incorporated in nanofibers for the treatment of cancer. Further, it describes the use of blending and functionalization to produce chitosan nanofibers for biomedical applications, and reviews the role of plasma-enhanced gold nanoparticles in diagnostics and therapeutics. Lastly, the book also introduces various nanotechnology approaches for the removal of waste metabolites in drinking water, and explores the emerging applications of nanorobotics in medicine. Given its scope, this book is a valuable resource for scientists, clinicians, engineers and researchers aiming to gain a better understanding of the various applications of nanotechnology.
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    Pages: XIV, 164 p. 63 illus., 49 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811556227
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-5622-7
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    Climate Change and Resilient Food Systems : Issues, Challenges, and Way Forward (2021)
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    Keywords: Agriculture. ; Plant ecology. ; Environment. ; Food science. ; Nutrition   . ; Agriculture. ; Plant Ecology. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Food Science. ; Nutrition.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Building a Resilient Food System: Challenges and A Way Forward -- Chapter 2. From an Empty- Plate Lunch to Silk -Stocking Dinner; Some Futuristic Approaches in Agriculture -- Chapter 3. Climate Change and Food Systems: Implications on Food Security -- Chapter 4. Resilient Measures in Face of Climate Change to Strengthen Food and Nutritional Security -- Chapter 5. Climate Smart Agriculture: An Integrated Approach for Attaining Agricultural Sustainability -- Chapter 6. Climate Change and its Impact on Rice Productivity and Quality -- Chapter 7. Changing the Way We Produce Food: An Overview of the Current Agricultural Food Production Industry and Worldwide Trends for Sustainable Production -- Chapter 8. Climate Change, Soil Erosion Risks and Nutritional Security -- Chapter 9. Minimizing Weather Related Risks in Agriculture Through Agromet Advisory Services in India -- Chapter 10. Farmers-Led Adaptation Strategies to Climate Change For Sustaining Coastal Agriculture in Sundarbans Region of India -- Chapter 11. Using Beneficial Microorganisms to Promote Sustainable Crop Production and Resilience of Smallholder Agroecosystems to Changing Climate -- Chapter 12. Sustainable Production of Edible and MedicinalMushrooms: Implications on Mushroom Consumption -- Chapter 13. Climate Resilient Vegetable Farming – Approaches for Sustainable Development -- Chapter 14. Integrating Local Knowledge in the Climate Services for Resilience: A Case of “Haiyan” Fishers -- Chapter 15. Climate Resilient Livestock Farming to Ensure Food and Nutritional Security -- Chapter 16. Climate Change and Food Security; Two Parallel Concerns. .
    Abstract: This book provides insights on innovative strategies to build resilient food systems in the wake of challenges posed by climate change. Providing food security to the growing population especially in developing countries without exacerbating the environment is a major challenge. Climate change is expected to reduce agricultural productivity, leading to a decline in overall food availability and significantly increasing the number of malnourished children in developing countries. Interventions for enhancing the adaptive capacity of farmers especially of small holders needs immediate impetus. The policy formulation and development programs must reorient in the wake of the new expectations and deliverables. This book comprises of sixteen chapters that discuss the trends in global agriculture development and food system. The book highlights different aspects of household food and nutritional security. The chapters covering diverse aspects address food system, rural and urban food chain, factors affecting their sustainability and short and long term solutions to make them climate resilient. Important issues having significant implications on climate change such as Waste management, Value chain, Agri-marketing, etc. are also covered. The book would be an important resource for researchers in food science, environmental sciences and agriculture. It would also be beneficial for students and future scientists working on sustainable agriculture and food security. .
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    Pages: XIX, 414 p. 62 illus., 49 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9789813345386
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-4538-6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-33-4538-6
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    Understanding the Microbiome Interactions in Agriculture and the Environment (2022)
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    Keywords: Microbiology. ; Agriculture. ; Sustainability. ; Environment. ; Microbiology. ; Agriculture. ; Sustainability. ; Environmental Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: Unravelling the microbiome interactions in the environment and agriculture in the era of metagenomics -- Antimicrobial Resistance in Environmental Microbiome: an overview -- Mechanistic adaptation of microbiomes in extreme environments -- Mangrove microbiomes: Biodiversity, ecological significance, and potential role in the amelioration of metal stress -- Dynamics of the coral microbiome and its link to Climate Change -- A paradigm shift in the role of the microbiomes in environmental health and agriculture sustainability -- Modifications in Environmental Microbiome and the Evolution of Viruses through Genetic Diversity -- Novel Insights into Environmental Niche Adaptations and Secondary Metabolite Biosynthesis Potential of marine sponge microbiome -- Microbiome-based Sustainable Agriculture Targeting Plant Protection -- Rhizobacteriome: Plant Growth-Promoting Traits and its Functional Mechanism in Plant Growth, Development, and Defenses -- The Cellulosome: A fiber degrading strategist of the rumen microbiome -- Metagenomic approaches for studying plant-microbe interactions -- Nitty-gritty into the plant microbiomes: Understanding Microbial niche associations and dynamics in various plant parts -- A conceptual framework to explore the functional implications of Coral-associated microbiomes and their role in promoting plant growth -- Soil microbiome- characteristics, the impact of climate change, and resilience -- Endophytic microbiomes and their role in drought stress tolerance in plants.
    Abstract: This book illustrates the importance of microbiome interactions in sustainable agriculture and the environment. The chapters of the book provide information pertaining to the vast diversity of microbiomes in many ecosystems and their functional dynamics. The book also discusses bioremediation, space microbiomes, geo microbiomes, coral microbiomes, antibiotic resistomes, and rhizomicrobiome. It also sheds light on the complex syntrophic and other symbiotic interactions between bacteria, protists, plants, and certain animals in agricultural and environmental systems. The book, in turn, provides an understanding of the adaptation, resilience, and evolution of microbial ecosystems. Further, the chapters cover metagenomics analysis of microbiomes of a novel or extreme environments, microbial resilience or temporal fluctuations, symbiosis and co-evolution of the microbiome, and novel microbial interactions in agriculture and environment. Finally, the book elucidates a comprehensive yet representative description of complex structural and functional diversity within the plant and environmental microbiomes to reveal their immense potential. This book covers United Nations Sustainable Developmental Goal 2 towards Zero Hunger.
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    Pages: XXIII, 344 p. 1 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9789811936968
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-3696-8
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    Emerging Eco-friendly Green Technologies for Wastewater Treatment (2020)
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    Keywords: Pollution. ; Renewable energy sources. ; Sustainability. ; Environmental engineering. ; Biotechnology. ; Bioremediation. ; Environmental chemistry. ; Pollution. ; Renewable Energy. ; Sustainability. ; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology. ; Environmental Chemistry.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Green technologies for the treatment of pharmaceutical contaminants in wastewaters -- Chapter 2. Constructed Wetlands: an emerging green technology for treatment of industrial wastewaters -- Chapter 3. Application of nanoparticles in environmental cleanup: production, potential risks and solutions -- Chapter 4. Efficiency of algae for heavy metal removal, bioenergy production and carbon sequestration -- Chapter 5. Advances in plant-microbe based remediation approaches for environmental cleanup -- Chapter 6. Bioprocessing of cane molasses to produce ethanol and its derived products from South Indian Distillery -- Chapter 7. Biological and non-biological approaches for treatment of Cr(VI) in tannery effluent -- Chapter 8. Photocatalysis as a clean technology for the degradation of petrochemical pollutants -- Chapter 9. Sustainable management of toxic industrial effluent of coal based power plants -- Chapter 10. Removal of organic pollutants from contaminated water bodies by using aquatic macrophytes coupling with bioenergy production and carbon sequestration -- Chapter 11. Biopolymers and their application in wastewater treatment -- Chapter 12. Recovery of rare earths, precious metals and bioreduction of toxic metals from wastewater using algae -- Chapter 13. Green synthesized nanoparticle mediated wastewater treatment -- Chapter 14. Microbial communities in a constructed wetland microcosms and their role in treatment of domestic wastewater -- Chapter 15. Agricultural Waste: It’s Impact on Environment and Management Approaches.-.
    Abstract: As we know, rapid industrialization is a serious concern in the context of a healthy environment and public health due to the generation of huge volumes of toxic wastewater. Although various physico-chemical and biological approaches are available for the treatment of this wastewater, many of them are not effective. Now, there a number of emerging ecofriendly, cost-effective approaches utilizing microorganisms (bacterial/fungi/algae), green plants or their enzymes, and constructed wetland treatment systems in the treatment of wastewaters containing pollutants such as endocrine disrupting chemicals, toxic metals, pesticides, dyes, petroleum hydrocarbons and phenolic compounds. This book provides a much-needed, comprehensive overview of the various types of wastewater and their ecotoxicological effects on the environment, humans, animals and plants as well as various emerging and eco-friendly approaches for their treatment. It provides insights into the ecological problems and challenges in the treatment and management of wastewaters generated by various sources.
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    Pages: XIX, 351 p. 63 illus., 38 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811513909
    Series Statement: Microorganisms for Sustainability, 18
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-1390-9
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-1390-9
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    Microbial Enzymes: Roles and Applications in Industries (2020)
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    Keywords: Enzymology. ; Pollution. ; Sustainability. ; Environmental engineering. ; Biotechnology. ; Bioremediation. ; Refuse and refuse disposal. ; Enzymology. ; Pollution. ; Sustainability. ; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology. ; Waste Management/Waste Technology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Fructosyltransferase Enzymes for Microbial Fructan Production -- Chapter 2. Exploitation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Enzymes in Food Processing and Preparation of Nutraceuticals and Pharmaceuticals -- Chapter 3. CLaccase Recombinant Expression, Engineering and its Promising Applications -- Chapter 4. Advantages and Progress Innovations of Solid-State Fermentation to Produce Industrial Enzymes -- Chapter 5. Industrial Production and Optimization of Microbial Enzymes -- Chapter 6. Commercial Applications of Microbial Enzymes -- Chapter 7. Extremophilic Amylases: Microbial Production and Applications -- Chapter 8. Microbial Lipases and its Versatile Applications -- Chapter 9. Role of Fungal Enzymes in the Removal of Azo Dyes -- Chapter 10. Microbial Enzymes in Biocontrol of Phytopathogens -- Chapter 11. Commercial Application of Lignocellulose Degrading Enzymes in a Biorefinery -- Chapter 12. Microbial Cholesterol oxidase: Industrial Applications -- Chapter 13. Therapeutic Applications of Microbial Enzymes in the Management of Kidney-Stone Diseases.
    Abstract: “Microbial Enzymes: Roles and applications in industry” 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. Production and optimisation technologies for several industrially relevant microbial enzymes are also addressed. In recent years, genetic engineering has opened up new possibilities for redesigning microbial enzymes that are useful in multiple industries, an aspect that the book explores. In addition, it demonstrates how some of the emerging issues in the fields of agriculture, environment and human health can be resolved with the aid of green technologies based on microbial enzymes. The topics covered here will not only provide a better understanding of the commercial applications of microbial enzymes, but also outline futuristic approaches to use microbial enzymes as driver of industrial sustainability. Lastly, the book is intended to provide readers with an overview of recent applications of microbial enzymes in various industrial sectors, and to pique researchers’ interest in the development of novel microbial enzyme technologies to meet the changing needs of industry.
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    Pages: X, 329 p. 41 illus., 36 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811517105
    Series Statement: Microorganisms for Sustainability, 11
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-1710-5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-1710-5
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    Vapor Intrusion Simulations and Risk Assessments (2022)
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    Keywords: Environmental monitoring. ; Environmental management. ; Environmental sciences Social aspects. ; Soil science. ; Environment. ; Environmental Monitoring. ; Environmental Management. ; Environmental Social Sciences. ; Soil Science. ; Environmental Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Screening models of vapor intrusion -- Chapter 2. Numerical models of vapor intrusion -- Chapter 3. US EPA’s Vapor Intrusion Database and Generic Attenuation factor -- Chapter 4. US EPA’s PVI Database and Vertical Screening Distances -- Chapter 5. Preferential pathways and the building pressure cycling method -- Chapter 6. Vapor intrusion risk assessments in brownfield redevelopment.
    Abstract: This book introduces key concepts in modeling and risk assessments of vapor intrusion, a process by which the subsurface volatile contaminants migrate into the building of concern. Soil vapor intrusion is the major exposure pathway for building occupants to chemicals from the subsurface, and its risk assessments determine the criteria of volatile contaminants in soil/groundwater in brownfield redevelopment. The chapters feature the recent advances in vapor intrusion studies and practices, including analytical and numerical modeling of vapor intrusion, statistical findings of United States Environmental Protection Agency’s Vapor Intrusion Database and Petroleum Vapor Intrusion Databases, the challenges of preferential pathways, and the application of building pressure cycling methods, and field practices of vapor intrusion risk assessments at developed contaminated sites and in brownfield redevelopment. This volume also summarizes the advantages and limits of current applications in vapor intrusion risk assessment, laying the groundwork for future research of better understanding in risk characterization of soil vapor intrusion using models. Written by experts in this field, Vapor Intrusion Simulations and Risk Assessments will serve as an invaluable reference for researchers, regulators, and practitioners, who are interested in perceiving the basic knowledge and current advances in risk assessments of soil vapor intrusion.
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    Pages: IX, 128 p. 1 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9789811927003
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-2700-3
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-2700-3
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    Forest Dynamics and Conservation : Science, Innovations and Policies (2022)
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    Keywords: Forestry. ; Environment. ; Ecology . ; Human ecology Study and teaching. ; Bioclimatology. ; Forestry. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Ecology. ; Environmental Studies. ; Climate Change Ecology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Protecting forest structure and functions for resilience and sustainability concerns in the changing world -- Chapter 2. Understanding the drivers of forest degradation -- Chapter 3. The so-called modern ‘sustainable forestry’ destroys wilderness, old-growth forest landscapes and ecological services world-wide: A short first-hand review and global narrative on the use of ‘growth-and-yield’ as a destructive and even impossible goal -- Chapter 4. Gangetic Plains of India: High on the water and air pollution map -- Chapter 5. Understanding wildfires and designing a sustainable future by solutions based on forest-society relationships -- Chapter 6. Is the gender agenda of Nepal’s Community Forestry at risk due to commercial transitions -- Chapter 7. Diversity of forest genes: Impacts on the structure and function of soil ecosystems under changing climate -- Chapter 8. Plant-herbivorous insect interactions in forest ecosystems: overview and perspectives to mitigate losses -- Chapter 9. Beyond the biophysical: contribution of community forestry in building socio-ecological resilience -- Chapter 10. Biodiversity and Biomass Carbon Dynamics: Insights from Long-Term Monitoring in the Western Ghats -- Chapter 11. Peri-urban protected forests in peril: Insights from case studies in two Indian megacities -- Chapter 12. Mapping the extent of invasive species – An assessment based on high-resolution data for selected species in parts of Eastern Himalaya in Sikkim -- Chapter 13. Groundwater Dependent Vegetation to address the loss of ecosystems dependent on groundwater resources -- Chapter 14. Groundwater Dependent Vegetation to address the loss of ecosystems dependent on groundwater resources -- Chapter 15. Application of dynamic vegetation models for climate change impact studies -- Chapter 16. Agroforestry approaches in the restoration of peatland landscapes in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia -- Chapter 17. SmarteR approach for the mapping of invasive plant species -- Chapter 18. Mapping and identification of trees using semantic segmentation deep learning neural network -- Chapter 19. Application of biophysical, soil, and vegetation indices to better understand forest dynamics and develop strategies for forest conservation -- Chapter 20. Emission Reductions Program for Addressing Drivers of Deforestation and Forest Degradation: An insight from the Terai Arc Landscape in Southern Nepal -- Chapter 21. Public Interests and Private Incentives in Designing an Ecological Payment Systems -- Chapter 22. Awareness and conservation program at an ecotourism site in Langkawi Island, Malaysia.
    Abstract: This book unveils forestry science and its policy and management that connect past and present understanding of forests. The aggregated knowledge is presented to cover the approaches adopted in studying forest structure, its growth, functioning, and degradation, especially in the context of the surrounding environment. The application of advance computation, instrumentation, and modelling has been elaborated in various chapters. Forest ecosystems are rapidly changing due to forest fires, deforestation, urbanization, climate change, and other natural and anthropogenic drivers. Understanding the dynamics of forest ecosystems requires contemporary methods and measures, utilizing modern tools and big data for developing effective conservation plans. The book also covers discussion on policies for sustainable forestry, agroforestry, environmental governance, socio-ecology, nature-based solutions, and management implication. It is suitable for a wide range of readers working in the field of scientific forestry, policy making, and forest management. In addition, it is a useful material for postgraduate and research students of forestry sciences.
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    Pages: XXV, 480 p. 1 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9789811900716
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-0071-6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-0071-6
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    Biotechnological Innovations for Environmental Bioremediation (2022)
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Environment. ; Environmental engineering. ; Bioremediation. ; Biotechnology. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Ecosystem Engineers: A Sustainable catalyst for Environmental Remediation -- Chapter 2. Microbial Nanobiotechnology in Environmental Pollution Management: Prospects and Challenges -- Chapter 3. Soil Microbiome: A Key Player In Conservation of Soil Health Under Changing Climatic Conditions -- Chapter 4. Anaerobic Digestion for Climate Change Mitigation: A Review -- Chapter 5. Mitigation of microbially influenced corrosion of concrete sewers using nitrite -- Chapter 6. Metabolic Engineering and Synthetic and Semi- Synthetic Pathways: Biofuel Production for Climate Change Mitigation -- Chapter 7. Handmade paper Industry: A Green and Sustainable Enterprise and its challenges -- Chapter 8. Bioremediation Approaches and the Role of Microbes in the Bio-sustainable Rehabilitation of Polluted Sites -- Chapter 9. RECENT BIOREMEDIATION TECHNIQUES FOR THE REMOVAL OF INDUSTRIAL WASTES.-Chapter 10. Pesticides: Indian Scenario on Environmental Concerns and Future Alternatives -- Chapter 11. Phytoremediation: a Sustainable Solution to Combat Pollution -- Chapter 12. Phytoremediation and Therapeutic Potential of Neglected Plants: An Invasive Aquatic Weeds and Ornamental Plant -- Chapter 13. Phytoremediation of Coastal Saline Vertisols of Gujarat through Biosaline Agriculture -- Chapter 14. Emerging Biotechnologies in Agriculture for Efficient Farming and Global Food Production -- Chapter 15. Role of beneficial microbes in alleviating stresses in plants -- Chapter 16. Mainstreaming of Underutilized Oilseed Safflower Crop Through Biotechnological Approaches for Improving Economic and Environmental Sustainability -- Chapter 17. Clean Energy for Environmental Protection: An Outlook Towards Phytoremediation -- Chapter 18. Role of Process Intensification in Enzymatic Transformation of Biomass into High Value Chemicals -- Chapter 19. Wetland Flora of West Bengal for Phytoremediation: Physiological and Biotechnological Studies: A Review -- Chapter 20. Vertical Cultivation: Moving towards a Sustainable and Eco-friendly Farming -- Chapter 21. Climate Change and its Effects on Global Food Production -- Chapter 22. Genetically Modified Crops to Combat Climate Change and Environment Protection – Current Status and Future Perspectives -- Chapter 23. Efficacy of Algae in the bioremediation of pollutants during wastewater treatment: future prospects & challenges -- Chapter 24. The use of Bio-Pesticides for sustainable farming: way forward towards sustainable development goals (SDGs) -- Chapter 25. Endocrine disruptor compounds: Human health and diseases -- Chapter 26. Monitoring of paralytic shellfish toxins using biological assays -- Chapter 27. Bioinformatics Towards Improving Bioremediation -- Chapter 28. Role of Environmental Factors in Increased Cancer Incidences & Health Impacts -- Chapter 29. Wastewater Based Epidemiology (WBE): An Emerging Nexus between Environment and Human Health -- Chapter 30. Fundamentals of SARS-CoV-2 detection in wastewater for early epidemic prediction and key learnings on treatment processes for removal of viral fragments -- Chapter 31. COVID-19 mRNA vaccines -- Chapter 32. CRISPR-Cas technology: A Genome-Editing Powerhouse for Molecular Plant Breeding -- Chapter 33. Recent reductive transformation from lignin derivatives to aliphatic hydrocarbons -- Chapter 34. Understanding Environment and Sustainability with Molecular Approaches -- Chapter 35. Bxb1-att site-specific recombination system mediated autoexcision to prevent environmental transgene escape -- Chapter 36. Microorganism: An Eco-friendly tool for Waste Management and Environmental safety -- Chapter 37. Biochemical effect of Nanoparticles treated plants extract on water-borne pathogen: A way towards future technique for water purification -- Chapter 38. Modern Waste Management -- Chapter 39. Health Aspects of Indoor Environmental Quality -- Chapter 40. Innovation Elements in the Sustainable Production of Indigenous Coffee in the Amazon.
    Abstract: This edited book focuses on the application and implementation of bioremediation and other strategies to create a sustainable and healthy environment. It provides a collection of approaches to environmental biotechnology for wastewater treatment, removal of soil heavy metals, degradation of pesticides, removal of dyes, waste management, and microbial conversion of environmental pollutants. This book brings to the fore contributions of certain globally important environmental biotechnologist. Bioremediation is a popular branch of biotechnology that involves the use of living organisms such as microorganisms (microbial remediation), bacteria, fungus (mycoremediation), and plants (phytoremediation) to bind, extract, and clean up contaminants, pollutants, and toxins from soil, groundwater, and other environments. This book is of interest to researchers, scientists, and academic faculty in environmental sciences. Also, it serves as additional reading and reference material for undergraduate and graduate students as well as postdocs in environmental, agriculture, ecology, and soil sciences. National and International policy makers will also find valuable information from this book.
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9789811690013
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-9001-3
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-9001-3
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    Microbial Technology for Health and Environment (2020)
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    Keywords: Microbiology. ; Pollution. ; Environmental engineering. ; Biotechnology. ; Bioremediation. ; Environmental chemistry. ; Microbiology. ; Pollution. ; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology. ; Environmental Chemistry.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Microbial peroxidases and their unique catalytic potentialities to degrade environmentally-related pollutants -- Chapter 2: Microalgal Technology: A promising tool for waste water remediation -- Chapter 3: Microbial remediation for Waste Water Treatment -- Chapter 4: Quorum Quenching for Sustainable Environment – Biology, Mechanisms, and Applications -- Chapter 5: Antitumoral microbial products by actinomycetes isolated from different environments -- Chapter 6: Microbe-Assisted Phytoremediation in Reinstating Heavy Metals-Contaminated Sites: Concepts, Mechanisms, Recent Advances, and Future Perspectives -- Chapter 7: Bioprospecting and biotechnological applications of microbial endophytes -- Chapter 8: Applications of microorganisms in agriculture -- Chapter 9: Rhizobacteria vs. chelating agents: tool for phytoremediation -- Chapter 10: Effective and sustainable solid waste management in India-A Challenge -- Chapter 11: Rhizospheric Treatment of Hydrocarbons containing Wastewater -- Chapter 12: Metabolism of nitroaromatic compounds by microbes and study of chemotaxis toward these compounds -- Chapter 13: Potential of thallophytes in degradation of dyes in Industrial effluents -- Chapter 14: Microbial Metabolism of Organophosphates: Key for Developing Smart Bio-remediation Process of Next Generation.
    Abstract: Rampant industrialization has caused high levels of contamination by various toxic chemicals in our water bodies, which is a matter of concern in terms of ecosystems, as well as human and animal health. Polluted wastewater can contaminate drinking water and is also is a causal factor for bio-magnification of heavy metals into our food cycle. In the last decade, several methodologies have been adopted to clean the wastewaters, and among these, microbial remediation has emerged as an effective technology. Several variants of microbial technologies have been developed for wastewater treatment and biodegradation specific to the industry, type of waste and toxicity of the chemicals. This book describes the recent advances in microbial degradation and microbial remediation of various xenobiotic compounds in soil and wastewater. It also explains various modern microbial technologies for biodegradation and wastewater treatment. It covers various microbial technologies for wastewater treatment, biodegradation, bioremediation and solid waste management. Gathering contributions from leading international it focuses on the status quo in industrial wastewater treatment and its biodegradation. The book is intended for researchers in the field of industrial wastewater, students of environmental sciences and practitioners in water pollution abatement.
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    Pages: XI, 410 p. 48 illus., 31 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811526794
    Series Statement: Microorganisms for Sustainability, 22
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-2679-4
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    Recent Technologies for Waste to Clean Energy and its Utilization (2023)
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    Keywords: Microbiology. ; Refuse and refuse disposal. ; Environment. ; Microbiology. ; Waste Management/Waste Technology. ; Environmental Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Biomass Energy Utilization, Conversion Technologies -- Chapter 2. Biohydrogen Production Using Microbial Electrolysis Cell -- Chapter 3. Biohydrogen Production Using Microbial Electrolysis Cell -- Chapter 4. Microbial Waste Biomass as A Resource of Renewable Energy -- Chapter 5. Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries for Large Scale Energy Storage -- Chapter 6. Biomass Fast Pyrolysis Simulation: A Thermodynamic Equilibrium Approach -- Chapter 7. Potential of waste cooking oil for emphasizing on biodiesel: Put waste to Green Energy -- Chapter 8. Low Cost Biomass Adsorbents for Arsenic Removal from Wastewater -- Chapter 9. Biodiesel Production from Algal Biomass -- Chapter 10. Valorisation of Agricultural and Food Waste Biomass for Production of Bioenergy -- Chapter 11. Biomass Conversion: Production of oxygenated fuel additives -- Chapter 12. Application of microbial based adsorbent for removal of heavy metal from aqueous solution. .
    Abstract: This book refers to the various biomass valorisation in various fields like bio-fuel; biodiesel; hydrogen production; energy application, environmental pollution using recent clean technologies. Clean energy technology refers to any process, product or service that reduces negative environmental impacts through significant energy efficiency improvements, sustainable use of resources or environmental protection activities. It covers all aspects of new and renewable clean energy production technology. The concept of eco-efficiency involves both ecological and economic aspects of sustainable agriculture. This book is of interest to teachers, researchers, scientists, capacity builders and policymakers. Also the book serves as additional reading material for undergraduate and graduate students of agriculture, forestry, ecology, soil science, and environmental sciences.
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    Pages: IX, 264 p. 1 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9789811937842
    Series Statement: Clean Energy Production Technologies,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-3784-2
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