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    Global Agricultural Production: Resilience to Climate Change (2022)
    Cham :Springer International Publishing :
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    Keywords: Environmental management. ; Food security. ; Climatology. ; Agriculture. ; Sustainability. ; Plant ecology. ; Environmental Management. ; Food Security. ; Climate Sciences. ; Agriculture. ; Sustainability. ; Plant Ecology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Climate change: An Overview -- Chapter 2. Climate change, agricultural productivity, and food security -- Chapter 3. Climate change and Process Based Soil Modeling -- Chapter 4. Soil microbes and climate smart agriculture -- Chapter 5. Climate Change Impacts on Legumes Crop Production and Adaptation Strategies -- Chapter 6. Cereal crop modeling for food and nutrition security -- Chapter 7. Changing climate scenario: Perspectives of Camelina sativa as low input biofuel and oilseed crop -- Chapter 8. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Mitigation Strategies in Rice Production Systems -- Chapter 9. Fiber Crops in Changing Climate -- Chapter 10. Estimation of Crop Genetic Coefficients to Simulate Growth and Yield under Changing Climate -- Chapter 11. Climate Change Impacts on Animal Production -- Chapter 12. Climate change and global insect dynamics -- Chapter 13. Sustainable Solutions to Food Insecurity in Nigeria: Perspectives on Irrigation, Crop-Water Productivity, and antecedents -- Chapter 14. Functions of Soil Microbes Under Stress Environment -- Chapter 15. Modeling impacts of climate change and adaptation strategies for cereal crops in Ethiopia -- Chapter 16. Strategies for Mitigating Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Agricultural Ecosystems -- Chapter 17. Environmental and Economic Benefits of Sustainable Sugarcane Initiative and Production Constraints in Pakistan: A Review -- Chapter 18. Modeling Photoperiod Response of Canola under Changing Climate -- Chapter 19. Modeling and Field Based Evaluation of Vernalisation Requirement of Canola for Higher Yield Potential -- Chapter 20. Integrated crop-livestock system: Prospectus for climate change adaptation in Jordan, a case study -- Chapter 21. Impact of Salinity Intrusion Problem in the sediments of paddy field and farmers adaptation initiative: Case Study.
    Abstract: This book covers all aspects related to climate change and agriculture. The book discusses Global Climate Models (GCMs), Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP) and application of strategic management tool that includes RCP (Representative concentration Pathway), SSP (Shared Socio-economic Pathways) and SPA (Shared climate Policy Assumptions). The book provides information on how climate change, agricultural productivity and food security are interlinked. The impacts of climate change on food security are studied through different climatic drivers e.g., ENSO (El Niño–Southern Oscillation) and SOI (Southern Oscillation Index). These drivers are responsible for the climatic extreme events hence early prediction of these drivers could help to design appropriate adaptive measures for the agriculture sector and could be considered as early warning tools for risk management. Similarly, climate change and process-based soil modeling as well as the role of soil microbes and climate smart agriculture are discussed in this book. Climate change impacts on legume crop production and adaptation strategies are presented, with details about cereal crop modeling, perspectives of Camelina sativa as well as low input biofuel and oilseed crop, greenhouse gases (GHGs) emissions and mitigation strategies.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: VII, 634 p. 1 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783031149733
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14973-3
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-14973-3
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    Sustainable Development of Water and Environment : Proceedings of the ICSDWE2022 (2022)
    Cham :Springer International Publishing :
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    Keywords: Environment. ; Environmental engineering. ; Biotechnology. ; Bioremediation. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Salinity intrusion in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta, a threat: possible causes, effects on people’s life and production, and temporary solutions and adaptable strategies -- Improved stochastic fractal search algorithm for joint optimal operation of cascade hydropower stations -- Regional Hydrological Model with Global Climate Change of Mean Annual Flows of the Santa River Basin, Applying the Fokker-Planck-Kolmogorov Equation -- Numerical modeling of tsunami in the city of Chorrillos, Lima – Peru -- Evaluation and correction of rainfall forecast by WRF model in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River -- Research and Application of Spatio-temporal Data Model of Water Supply Network Inspection System -- Rapid Development of Online Hydraulic Model Calculation System Based on EPANET Source Code and ArcObjects -- Sprinkler Irrigation Atomization in Relation to Water Surface Tension: A New Laboratory Technique to Investigate Pesticides and Fertilizers Effect on Irrigation Drop Size -- A Volterra Process Model for River Water Temperature -- Solubilization of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon mixtures in conventional and gemini surfactant solutions -- A sustainable strategy for petrochemical wastewater treatment via anaerobic co-digestion -- Coagulation/flocculation treatment of carwash wastewater using natural-based material: Asustainable development approach -- Phytoremediation of Textile Wastewater using Water Hyacinth(Eichhornia crassipes): A Sustainable Development Approach -- Synthesis of carbonized bagasse and orange peel wastes as adsorbents for dye removal from aqueous solution: A sustainable approach -- An economic evaluation of integrated desalination systems using Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR) -- Policy of the Republic of Bulgaria in the Field of Natural and Environmental Disasters -- Innovative approaches to reduce the level of environmental pollution from bus transport in Sofia, Bulgaria -- Applications of DSF as Renewable Source Energy Savings in a Small Detached Family House Prototype -- Thermal Engineering Applications in Forest Fire Environments -- Airflow Inside of a Virtual Room Integrating a Vertical Confluent Jets Ventilation System -- Integration selective lithium exchange membrane and diffusion dialysis to recover lithium ions in brine water -- Using thermal desorption technique to treat real field diesel oil-contaminated soils -- Experiment and simulation of mobile underwater dredger fill in- layers technology in open water.
    Abstract: This book of ICSDWE2022 aims to advance the understanding of both the fundamentals of related fields in sustainable development of water and environment and its application to the solution of challenges and problems in engineering. The committee of ICSDWE2022 gathers scholars and experts in related fields both at home and abroad. Under the guidance of the committee, we are confident to the publication of high-quality papers on all aspects of water and environment. The book features graduate-level texts and professional books in related fields. We hope that most scholars, researchers, and engineers can find what they really need in our book.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: X, 370 p. 157 illus., 131 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783031075001
    Series Statement: Environmental Science and Engineering,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-07500-1
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-07500-1
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    Sustainable Agriculture in Egypt : Climate Change Mitigation (2022)
    Cham :Springer International Publishing :
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    Keywords: Environmental management. ; Agriculture. ; Bioclimatology. ; Sustainability. ; Biotechnology. ; Environmental Management. ; Agriculture. ; Climate Change Ecology. ; Sustainability. ; Biotechnology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Part I Introduction -- Part II Impact of Climate Change on Crop Production -- Part III Case Studies: Improve Crop Adaptability and Stability to Climate Change -- Part IV Conclusions and Recommendations.
    Abstract: This book presents case studies based on sustainable agriculture in Egypt and how this is effected by climate change. The book is divided into four parts consisting of ten chapters. The first part of the book includes an introduction to the crop productivity, biotechnology and climate change. The second Part consists of two chapters dealing with crop production with a focus on critical periods of crop plants response to stress conditions and the quality of field crops. The third chapter highlights the foundations of crop tolerance to environmental stress and plant traits relevant to stress tolerance. It is devoted to explaining and discussing mechanisms of adaptation to environmental stress conditions and addresses various plant traits related to stress environmental tolerance i.e. phenological, morpho-physiological and biochemical traits which could be used as selection criteria for crops improvement. The third Part consists of five chapters under the theme “Improve Crop Adaptability and Stability to Climate Change and Modern Technology". Chapter 4 highlights the most important strategic food grain crop (wheat). Chapter 5 focuses on the important staple food crop (rice), while Chapter 6 deals with one of the most important food legume crops (faba bean). Chapter 7 and 8 discuss two important oil crops (sesame and sunflower). However, Chapter 9 focuses on cotton as one of the most important fiber crops. These crops are addressed under the following headings: genotype x environment interaction and its relation to climatic change on yield production, performance of genotypes in response to environmental changes, adaptability and yield stability to environmental conditions, additive main effects and multiplicative interaction model, gene action, genetic behavior and heritability for traits related to environmental stress tolerance, role of recent approaches, biotechnology and nanotechnology. Additionally, it is considered how to measure sensitivity of genotypes to environmental stress, and finally the appropriate agricultural practices to mitigate environmental stress on crops under attention. The book ends with Chapter 10 which provides an update of the book topics, present the most important conclusions and recommendations from all chapters. This book has been prepared and supported by recent references and statistics including full-coloured tables and illustrations. The book is written for those interested in crop science, environment, plant breeding, genetics and biotechnology, as well as postgraduate students and researchers in universities and research centres.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XIII, 320 p. 40 illus., 38 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030818739
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-81873-9
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-81873-9
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    Geoecological and Geopolitical Risks for the Oil and Gas Industry in the Arctic : Challenges and threats (2022)
    Cham :Springer International Publishing :
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    Keywords: Environmental management. ; Environmental policy. ; Power resources. ; Environmental Management. ; Environmental Policy. ; Natural Resource and Energy Economics.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter1. Environmental equity and justice in relation to the development of natural resources in the Arctic -- Chapter2. Geopolitical risks for oil and gas industry in the Arctic Zone of the Russian Federation -- Chapter3. Geoecological risks for oil and gas industry in the Arctic Zone of the Russian Federation (GER analyses and modeling) -- Chapter4. Environmental rating as an indicator of geoecological risk management of Russian oil and gas companies in the Arctic -- Chapter5. Management of geopolitical and geoecological risks as a basis for taking into account national and international interests in the development of natural resources in the Arctic.
    Abstract: This book discusses issues of geoecological (GER) and geopolitical (GPR) risks due to hydrocarbon development of the Arctic. The authors explain the ethical and philosophical foundations of understanding environmental equity and justice in relation to the development of Arctic natural resources and consider various approaches to the moral aspects of making global management decisions in the field of environmental protection and environmental safety. Special attention is paid to analysis of modern geopolitical and geostrategic challenges to the development of the Arctic region. The monograph identifies the key geopolitical factors affecting the sustainable development of the Arctic and analyzes the similarities and differences in the geostrategic positions of the five Arctic states. The authors reveal the need to consider geopolitical challenges in the process of GER analysis for oil and gas development in the Arctic region. The book explores the intersection of the strategic interests for a number of states and describes Russia's inability to ensure environmental safety in the development of Arctic deposits. The book analyzes in detail each type of GER with an emphasis on their potential to lead to additional opportunities and threats, and assesses environmental rating as an indicator of the GER management process of Russian oil and gas companies operating in the Arctic. Although the main focus is on the Russian part of this region, many arguments and conclusions are quite applicable to the entire Arctic region. The consideration of geoecological and geopolitical aspects of the development of Arctic resources with the example of Russian oil and gas companies sheds light on the entire Arctic region, taking into account the interests of all other national and international companies involved in GER and GPR there.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XX, 156 p. 72 illus., 58 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030959104
    Series Statement: Environmental Pollution, 29
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-95910-4
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-95910-4
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    Political Economy of China’s Climate Policy (2022)
    Singapore :Springer Nature Singapore :
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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. .
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    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
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-8789-1
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    Water and Life in Tonle Sap Lake (2022)
    Singapore :Springer Nature Singapore :
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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.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XVIII, 525 p. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9789811666322
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-6632-2
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-6632-2
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    Status and Future Challenges for Non-conventional Energy Sources Volume 1 (2022)
    Singapore :Springer Nature Singapore :
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    Keywords: Environmental management. ; Environmental engineering. ; Biotechnology. ; Bioremediation. ; Environmental chemistry. ; Cogeneration of electric power and heat. ; Fossil fuels. ; Bioenergetics. ; Environmental Management. ; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology. ; Environmental Chemistry. ; Fossil Fuel. ; Bioenergetics.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1 Ocean, Tidal and Wave Energy: Science and Challenges -- 2 Nuclear Energy and Conventional Clean Fuel -- 3 Solar cells: application and challenges -- 4 Photovoltaic modules: Battery storage and grid technology -- 5 Geothermal energy: Exploration, Exploitation, and Production -- 6 Application of high-temperature thermal energy storage materials for power plants -- 7 Hydrogen Fuel: Clean Energy Production Technologies -- 8 Natural Gas Hydrates – Energy Locked in Cages -- 9 Gas Hydrates in Man-made Environments: Applications, Economics, Challenges and Future Directions -- 10 Hydrate-based Desalination Technology: A Sustainable Approach -- 11 Subsurface Decarbonisation options as CO2 hydrates with Clean Methane Energy Recovery from Natural Gas Hydrate Reservoirs -- 12 Combined Heating and cooling system with Phase Change Material: A Novel Approach -- 13 Hydrothermal Liquefaction (HTL) of Kraft Lignin (KL) Recovered from Lignocellulosic Biomass: State of the Art -- 14 Catalytic Hydropyrolysis and Hydrodeoxygenation of Biomass and Model Compounds for Fuels and Chemicals. .
    Abstract: This book highlights recent advancements in such an important topic, through contribution from experts demonstrating different applications in ‘day-to-day’ life, both existing and newly emerging non-biological technologies, and thought provoking approaches from different parts of the world, potential future prospects associated with some frontier development in non-conventional energy sources. It covers different types of natural energy sources such as: Ocean, Tidal and Wave energy; Nuclear energy; Solar cells; Geothermal energy; Hydrogen Fuel; Photovoltaic modules; Gas hydrates; Hydrate-based Desalination Technology; and Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Kraft Lignin/ Lignocellulosic Biomass to Fuels and Chemicals. This book is a comprehensive and informative compilation for international readers, especially undergraduate and post graduate students and researchers.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: X, 332 p. 1 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9789811645051
    Series Statement: Clean Energy Production Technologies,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4505-1
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-4505-1
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    Environmental Footprints of Recycled Products (2022)
    Singapore :Springer Nature Singapore :
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    Keywords: Environmental management. ; Refuse and refuse disposal. ; Sustainability. ; Environmental Management. ; Waste Management/Waste Technology. ; Sustainability.
    Description / Table of Contents: Ecological Footprint Assessment of Recycled Asphalt Pavement Construction -- Carbon Footprints Of Recycled Plastic Packaging And Household Food Consumption By Gender In Spain -- An Environmental Construction And Demolition Waste Management Model To Trigger Post-Pandemic Economic Recovery Towards A Circular Economy: The Mexican and Spanish Cases -- Ecological Footprint of Multi-Silicon Photovoltaic Module Recycling -- The Potential of Refuse Derived Fuel Production in Reducing the Environmental Footprint of the Cement Industry.
    Abstract: Recycling is the need of the hour and it is an inevitable destination at the end of the life of any product. Today, recycling can happen at postindustrial and post-consumer states and the importance of recycled products in the market has gained significant importance. Recycled products dominate the array of sustainable products in today’s context. Even though there are commercial implications for recycling, one of the very important and obvious reasons to go for recycling and to have recycled products is to have the benefits on environmental sustainability. It is highly important to assess the environmental footprints of recycled products and further improve the environmental benefits of such recycled products. This book presents five interesting chapters pertaining to the environmental footprints of various recycled products. .
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: VII, 160 p. 60 illus., 54 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9789811684265
    Series Statement: Environmental Footprints and Eco-design of Products and Processes,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-8426-5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-8426-5
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    Environmental Degradation: Challenges and Strategies for Mitigation (2022)
    Cham :Springer International Publishing :
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    Keywords: Environmental management. ; Agriculture. ; Landscape ecology. ; Pollution. ; Environmental health. ; Environmental Management. ; Agriculture. ; Landscape Ecology. ; Pollution. ; Environmental Health.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- 1 Causes of Degradation -- 2 Treatment or Remediation Technologies -- 3 Impacts of Degradation -- 4 Socio-economic Framework -- 5 Conclusions and Recommendations.
    Abstract: This book discusses problems, challenges, and mitigation strategies in the wake of environmental degradation. It suggests proactive solutions to problems of environmental degradation for strategic planning as well as their effective delivery, and problems arising due to growth in population, industry, and land use change. The uniqueness of the book is its broader spectrum of coverage with related interconnections and interdependence of various aspects. Presenting a wide spectrum of viewpoints and approaches, the book covers topics, such as deforestation impacts (land use and land cover, soil erosion); impacts on climate change and human health; treatment of industrial, municipal, biological waste disposal and their impacts on soil, water, and air; recovery/remediation processes and technologies; impacts of pesticides and chemical fertilizers on soil degradation and groundwater; socio-economic environmental sustainability; and socio-economic health impacts. Particular focus is placed on strategic planning and methodological handling of environmental degradation and remediation through various processes and treatment technologies. This book will be useful to researchers, professionals, policy makers, and environmental engineers.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XVII, 544 p. 87 illus., 67 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030955427
    Series Statement: Water Science and Technology Library, 104
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-95542-7
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-95542-7
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    Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on BioGeoSciences : Modeling Natural Environments (2022)
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    Keywords: Environment. ; Environmental monitoring. ; Water. ; Hydrology. ; Environmental chemistry. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Environmental Monitoring. ; Water. ; Environmental Chemistry.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1. Development of a preliminary model of infiltration of pollutants in rocks (Cesar Medero) -- 2. Analysis of daily seismicity and mass removal using radar interferometry (Luciana Silva) -- 3. Automated simulation of synthetic earthquakes for vulnerable reservoirs in the central region of Cuba (Miguel Hernandez) -- 4. Forcing factors and space pattern of territorial transformations. The role of environmental and social variables in the dynamics of soil use (Mauricio Aguayo) -- 5. Effect of coverage / use of the soil on the hydrological response in basins of the southern center of Chile (Rebeca Martinez) -- 6. Study of the hydrodynamic transport of nitrate as a contaminant of rivers (Roxana Perez) -- 7. Effects of large-scale climatic variability on the flow of the central watersheds of Chile (Laura Perez) -- 8. Groundwater drought and land use/land cover changes in central Chile (Iongel Duran) -- 9. Productivity variability an Andean Lake of Chile through sedimentary records (Lien Rodriguez) -- 10. Analysis of the surface temperature trend of the lakes of the South Central of Chile by remote sensing for the period 2000-2016 (Roberto Urrutia) -- 11. Monitoring Program of Biobio Region (Chile) (Ricardo Figueroa) -- 12. Use of remote sensing tools applied to the spatial dynamics of the shoreline of the Rancho Luna beach in Cienfuegos, Cuba (Laura Castellanos) -- 13. Seasonal and interannual variability of sea surface temperature in the southern Cuban platform, based on remote perception (Alain Muñoz).
    Abstract: This book features a selection of works presented in the 3rd International Conference on BioGeoSciences in a unified framework. It focuses on the physical and mathematical modelling of natural processes and environments at different spatial and temporal scales. This interdisciplinary book presents a comprehensive collection of case studies grouped according to the planetary ‘’spheres’’: lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, magnetosphere and biosphere. It serves as a valuable resource for scientists engaged in natural and exact sciences.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: IX, 246 p. 121 illus., 57 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030889197
    Series Statement: Springer Proceedings in Earth and Environmental Sciences,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-88919-7
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-88919-7
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    Sustainable Energy-Water-Environment Nexus in Deserts : Proceeding of the First International Conference on Sustainable Energy-Water-Environment Nexus in Desert Climates (2022)
    Cham :Springer International Publishing :
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    Keywords: Environmental management. ; Environmental engineering. ; Biotechnology. ; Bioremediation. ; Environmental monitoring. ; Water-power. ; Renewable energy sources. ; Environmental chemistry. ; Environmental Management. ; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology. ; Environmental Monitoring. ; Hydroenergy. ; Renewable Energy. ; Environmental Chemistry.
    Description / Table of Contents: Modelling the effect of the pumping variations’ on the groundwater quality in the semi-arid Aquifers -- Assessment of Groundwater Aquifer Impact from Artificial Lagoons and the Re-use of Wastewater in Qatar -- Temporal groundwater level prediction using multivariate geostatistics: a case study from Sfax superficial aquifer (Tunisia) -- Integration of electromagnetic method and resistivity depth sounding in the evaluation of groundwater potentials of Araromi phases 1 and 2, Akungba-Akoko, southwestern Nigeria -- Contribution to the Study of Fluoride Ion Concentrations in Groundwater and its Impact on the Desert Areas of South-eastern Algeria -- Groundwater stability assessment with geospatial modeling using GIS: a case study of ILLIZI town, Algeria -- Efficiency assessment of AHP and fuzzy AHP in suitability mapping for artificial recharging (Case study: south of Kashan basin, Isfahan, Iran) -- Statistical methods for the evaluation of water quality -- Research on innovative materials and technologies for water treatment and water desalination: A conceptual analysis from 1969 to 2019 -- The Microbial and Physicochemical Analysis and Treatment of Groundwater of South Punjab, Pakistan -- Removal of cyanotoxins in drinking water using advanced oxidation processes -- Microplastic detection and analysis in water samples -- Column Adsorption Studies of phenolic compounds on nanoparticles synthesized from Moroccan phosphate rock -- Summary of Field Trial Results of the Treatment of Contaminated Water using Non-fouling Super Hydrophilic Functionalized Ceramic Membranes -- Preliminary study for phosphate recovery from starch factory wastewater using porous aluminum -- Removal of organic compounds from olive mill wastewater by flotation-anaerobic-aerobic processes and lime treatment -- Sustainable Wastewater Treatment Technologies for Appropriate Agricultural use in Jordan.
    Abstract: This book addresses challenges and opportunities in the Energy-Water-Environment (EWE) nexus, with a particular focus on research and technology development requirements in harsh desert climates. Its chapters include selected contributions presented during the 1st international conference on sustainable Energy-Water-Environment nexus in desert climates (ICSEWEN-19) held at the Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute (QEERI) in Doha, Qatar in December 2019. This volume is comprised of three main chapters, each describing important case studies and progress on water, energy and environmental questions. A fourth chapter on policies and community outreach on these three areas is also included. This compilation aims to bridge the gap between research and industry to address the socioeconomic impacts of the nexus imbalance as perceived by scientists, industrial partners, and policymakers. The content of this book is of particular importance to graduate students, researchers and decision makers interested in understanding water, energy and environmental challenges in arid areas. Re searchers in environmental and civil engineering, chemistry, hydrology and environmental science can also find unique in-situ observations of the current nexus imbalance in deserts climate to validate their investigations. It is also an invaluable guide for industry professionals working in water, energy, environment and food sectors to understand the rapidly evolving landscape of the EWE nexus in arid areas. The analyses, observations and lessons-learned summarized herein are applicable to other arid areas outside North Africa and the Arabian Peninsula as well, such as central Australia, the southwest of the United States and deserts in central Asia.
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    Pages: XXVII, 843 p. 700 illus., 588 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030760816
    Series Statement: Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation, IEREK Interdisciplinary Series for Sustainable Development,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-76081-6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-76081-6
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    Environmental Footprints of Crops (2022)
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    Keywords: Environmental management. ; Agriculture. ; Sustainability. ; Environmental Management. ; Agriculture. ; Sustainability.
    Description / Table of Contents: Water Footprint of Fruits in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions -- Appraising the Water Status in Egypt through the Application of the Virtual Water Principle in the Agricultural Sector -- Cereal Water Footprint in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions: Past, Today and Future -- Environmental Footprints of Hydrogen from Crops -- Designing an Energy Use Analysis and Life Cycle Assessment of the environmental sustainability of conservation agriculture wheat farming in Bangladesh.
    Abstract: There are multiple variants of environmental footprints such as carbon footprint, ecological footprint, water footprint, nitrogen footprint and so on. There are numerous developments in terms of measuring the environmental footprints of various products. Many new indicators are being developed in terms of footprints to measure the environmental performance of various products. The need to measure various environmental footprints of agricultural crops is obvious and does not need any explanation these days when the importance of sustainability is felt so much and being practiced in all industrial sectors, including agriculture. This book presents five interesting chapters pertaining to environmental footprints of crops.
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    Pages: VII, 137 p. 60 illus., 52 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9789811905346
    Series Statement: Environmental Footprints and Eco-design of Products and Processes,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-0534-6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-0534-6
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    Environmental Degradation in Asia : Land Degradation, Environmental Contamination, and Human Activities (2022)
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    Keywords: Environmental management. ; Environmental monitoring. ; Human ecology Study and teaching. ; Environmental Management. ; Environmental Monitoring. ; Environmental Studies.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction (Ayad M. Fadhil Al-Quraishi) -- Part I: Land Degradation -- Chapter 2. Assessing Environmental Degradation using Geo-spatial Technology: A Case Study (Arnab KUNDU) -- Chapter 3. Land Use Land Cover mapping using optimized Multi-layer Perceptron algorithm (Ali Jamali) -- Chapter 4. Environmental Degradation of Mongolia from 1990 to 2019 using Landsat, MODIS, AVHRR Data, and Machine Learning Technique (Otgonbayar Munkhdulam) -- Chapter 5. Assessment of Land Degradation Vulnerability Using GIS-Based Multi-criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) (Hazhir Karimi) -- Chapter 6. Evaluation of Zarand Earthquake in Central Iran using Satellite images and GIS (Hamid Allahvirdias) -- Chapter 7. Environmental Control of the Sand Dunes in Iraq (Hasan K. Jasim) -- Chapter 8. Assessment of Aircraft Sound on Students’ Performance (Khaula Abdulla Saif Alkaabi) -- Chapter 9. Soil Degradation Assessment for the Arid Territories of Kazakhstan (Dmitry V. Malakhov).
    Abstract: This unique book focuses on environmental degradation in Asian countries including land degradation and soil erosion. The land degradation covers assessing environmental degradation using geospatial technology, land use land cover mapping, environmental and anthropogenic degradation, assessment of land degradation vulnerability, evaluation of the impact of earthquake and the environmental control of the sand dunes. It also addresses the soil degradation and environmental pollution and presents several case studies such as tectonic activity and erosion, assessment of aircraft sound, soil degradation assessment for the arid territories, soil pollution, waste engine oil contamination, soil degradation, soil erosion modelling, land use and land cover change and its effect on soil erosion changes. Additionally, the book discusses the impact of climate change, and human activities including urban environmental quality, air pollution and the impact of armed conflict on the environment. Moreover, topics such as vegetation degradation including forest changes, hydrological and agricultural drought are presented. The book includes authors and scientists from Egypt, Iraq, Iran, India, Mongolia, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Republic of Kazakhstan, USA, Turkey, South Africa, Italy, China, Malaysia, Poland and Russia. Graduate students, researchers, engineers, policy planners, policymakers and stockholders could benefit from the information and the knowledge in this book.
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    Pages: XIII, 646 p. 263 illus., 233 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783031121128
    Series Statement: Earth and Environmental Sciences Library,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-12112-8
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-12112-8
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    Plant Biodiversity Conservation in Ethiopia : A Shift to Small Conservation Reserves (2022)
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    Keywords: Environment. ; Environmental management. ; Bioclimatology. ; Conservation biology. ; Ecology . ; Sustainability. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Environmental Management. ; Climate Change Ecology. ; Conservation Biology. ; Sustainability.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Anthropogenic impact on plant biodiversity -- 3. Single large or several small (sloss) -- 4. Ecological connectivity -- 5. Ecological restoration -- 6. Pollination and dispersal in fragmented landscape -- 7. Plant biodiversity conservation and lost opportunities in ethiopia -- 8. The concept of potential natural vegetation (pnv) -- 9. Forests, woodlands, grasslands -- 10. Strategic conservation planning (scp) approach.
    Abstract: This book covers biodiversity conservation under special consideration of the challenges in the global south with particular attention being paid to consider the existing conservation challenges in relation to the study area in Ethiopia. Key issues are addressed, such as the current and future threats to plant biodiversity in Ethiopia, as well as the single large or several small conservation approaches and which approach is feasible for Ethiopia. Furthermore, an innovative approach was developed that enhances ecological connectivity and promotes ecological restoration through community involvement. The book also covers why a systematic conservation planning approach is important and should be used in new protected area establishments, and also looks at the trends of plant ecology research over the past five decades, revealing research gaps and suggesting future research topics. Despite its focus on Ethiopian plant diversity, abundant examples were used from different continents making this book attractive to global readers. It will be of interest for policy- and decision-makers in the conservation sector, researchers interested in biodiversity, climate change, conservation and sustainable use of natural resources, and would be a valuable resource for university students.
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    Pages: XIV, 167 p. 32 illus., 25 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783031202254
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-20225-4
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-20225-4
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    Environmental Degradation: Monitoring, Assessment and Treatment Technologies (2022)
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    Keywords: Environment. ; Environmental Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1. Treatment of Tannery Wastewaters Discharged from Different Chemical Operations Using Aluminium Chloride -- 2. Ranking of Municipal Wastewater Treatment Alternatives Using Analytical Network Process Technique -- 3. Novel Rotating Disc Electrolytic Reactor Based on Bipolar Electrochemistry for the Treatment of Industrial Wastewater -- 4. Assessment of Contaminant Reduction in Greywater Using Horizontal Flow Constructed Wetland for Irrigation -- 5. Spatial and Temporal Variation of Water Quality Index -- 6. Wastewater Treatment and Resource Recovery via Struvite Precipitation from High Strength Industrial Wastewater -- 7. Sustainable Approach for Insoluble Phosphate Recycling from Wastewater Effluents -- 8. Review on the Evaluation of Various Natural Adsorbents for the Removal and Treatment of Textile Wastewater -- 9. Employing Multivariate Statistics as a Tool for Developing Water Quality Index (WQI) for the Assessment of Water Quality of Deepor Beel, Assam, India -- 10. Degradation of Eosin Yellow Dye Solution by Using Nanosized Copper Based Heterogenous Fenton-like Catalyst in a Fluidised Bed Reactor -- 11. Efficient Diminution of Cr(VI) from Simulated Water Linking Operation Parameters in Electrocoagulation -- 12. Recycling of Dairy Wastewater by Vermifiltration Technique -- 13. Solar Photocatalysis Using N-doped TiO2 for Greywater Treatment: Optimisation of Operational Parameters -- 14. Photocatalytic Degradation of Paracetamol Using TiO2 Supported on Waste-Recovered Aluminosilcate -- 15. Yeast Waste Utilisation for the Treatment of Acidic Metallic Wastewater -- 16. Fenton’s and Hybrid Oxidation Treatment of 3,5-Dichloroaniline in Water -- 17. Statistical and GIS Based Approaches for Monitoring and Assessment of Groundwater Quality of Dimoria Block of Kamrup Metropolitan District of Assam, India -- 18. Mass Balance Study on Domestic Wastewater Treatment Using Constructed Wetlands -- 19. Trend of Water Quality of a River Flowing through Densely Populated Area of Assam, India using Water Quality Index (WQI) -- 20. Application of TOPSIS – A Multi Criteria Decision Making Approach in Surface Water Quality Assessment -- 21. Proportioning of Bauxite Residue Phosphogypsum Mix for Optimal pH Neutralisation -- 22. Spatial Analysis of Ground Water Contamination in Close Vicinity to Solid Waste Landfill Sites Using GIS Techniques - A Study of Okhla Landfill Site in Delhi (A Case Study) -- 23. Characterization of Pulp and Paper Mill Wastewater and its Toxicity Analysis Using Vigna Radiata -- Index.
    Abstract: This book focuses on municipal and industrial water and wastewater treatment technologies. The chapters provide detailed information about wastewaters' occurrence, source, characteristics, toxicity, and conventional and advanced treatment process. In addition, the book presents chapters relating to different monitoring methods adopted for water quality assessment in different water bodies. This book aims to boost the knowledge of students, researchers, scientists, professors, engineers and professionals who aspire to work in the field of environmental science, environmental biotechnology, environmental microbiology, civil/environmental engineering, eco-toxicology and other relevant areas of industrial waste management for the safety of the environment. The readers of the book will obtain valuable information related to various environmental problems and their solutions.
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    Pages: XII, 274 p. 1 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030941482
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-94148-2
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-94148-2
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    Climate Change, Natural Resources and Sustainable Environmental Management (2022)
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    Keywords: Environmental management. ; Water. ; Hydrology. ; Sustainability. ; Renewable energy sources. ; Refuse and refuse disposal. ; Environmental Management. ; Water. ; Sustainability. ; Renewable Energy. ; Waste Management/Waste Technology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Water Resources Management -- Water Policies and Planning -- Sustainability and Water -- Water and Wastewater Treatment -- Aquatic Ecosystems -- Groundwater -- Wetland Systems -- Clean Energy and Water -- Clean Energy and Environment -- Energy and Geothermal -- Integrated Water Resources Management -- Solid Waste Management: Waste Disposal and Recycling -- Artificial Intelligence Tools in Environmental, Hydrology and Climatic Researches -- Geo-Environment -- Environmental Education -- Environmental Management.
    Abstract: This book is a compilation of selected papers from the Fifth International Conference on Natural Resources and Sustainable Environmental Management held in Near East University, November 2021. It provides intellectual guidance and scientific evidence on the challenges of global warming and climate change based on a humanistic and critical thinking approach, promoting research and education to build equality in the global community and more sustainable societies. This book also addresses the current challenges of bridging the gap between government policymakers and providers of science and solutions with innovative ideas and new visions to help resolve the challenges facing us in the area of natural resources (water, energy), and environment.
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    Pages: VIII, 370 p. 131 illus., 114 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783031043758
    Series Statement: Environmental Earth Sciences,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-04375-8
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-04375-8
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    Towards a Sustainable Future - Life Cycle Management : Challenges and Prospects (2022)
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    Keywords: Environmental management. ; Sustainability. ; Industrial management Environmental aspects. ; Environment. ; Environmental engineering. ; Biotechnology. ; Bioremediation. ; Environmental Management. ; Sustainability. ; Corporate Environmental Management. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Sustainable products -- Chapter 2. Sustainable technologies -- Chapter 3. Sustainable organizations -- Chapter 4. Sustainable markets and policy -- Chapter 5. Sustainable methodological solutions.
    Abstract: This open access book includes a selection of contributions from the Life Cycle Management 2019 Conference (LCM) held in Poznań, Poland, and presents different examples of scientific and practical contributions, showing an incorporation of life cycle approach into the decision processes on strategic and operational level. Special attention is drawn to applications of LCM to target, organize, analyze and manage product-related information and activities towards continuous improvement, along the different products life cycle. The selection of case studies presents LCM as a business management approach that can be used by all types of businesses and organizations in order to improve their sustainability performance. This book provides a cross-sectoral, current picture of LCM issues. The structure of the book is based on five-theme lines. The themes represent different objects that are focused on sustainability and LCM practices mainly related to: products, technologies, organizations, markets and policy issues as well as methodological solutions. The book brings together presentations from the world of science and the world of enterprises as well as institutions supporting economic development.
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    Pages: XXXII, 307 p. 122 illus., 33 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030771270
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-77127-0
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-77127-0
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    Data Assimilation for Atmospheric, Oceanic and Hydrologic Applications (Vol. IV) (2022)
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    Keywords: Environmental sciences Mathematics. ; Mathematical optimization. ; Calculus of variations. ; Computer simulation. ; Oceanography. ; Mathematical Applications in Environmental Science. ; Calculus of Variations and Optimization. ; Computer Modelling. ; Ocean Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: Data Assimilation for Chaotic Dynamics -- Multifidelity Data Assimilation for Physical Systems -- Filtering with One-Step-Ahead Smoothing for Efficient Data Assimilation -- Sparsity-Based Kalman Filters for Data Assimilation -- Perturbations by the Ensemble Transform -- Stochastic Representations for Model Uncertainty in the Ensemble Data Assimilation System -- Second-Order Methods in Variational Data Assimilation -- Statistical Parameter Estimation for Observation Error Modelling: Application to Meteor Radars -- Observability Gramian and Its Role in the Placement of Observations in Dynamic Data Assimilation -- Placement of Observations for Variational Data Assimilation: Application to Burgers’ Equation and Seiche Phenomenon -- Analysis, Lateral Boundary, and Observation Impacts in a Limited Area Model -- An Overview of KMA’s Operational NWP Data Assimilation Systems.
    Abstract: This book contains the most recent progress in data assimilation in meteorology, oceanography and hydrology including land surface. It spans both theoretical and applicative aspects with various methodologies such as variational, Kalman filter, ensemble, Monte Carlo and artificial intelligence methods. Besides data assimilation, other important topics are also covered including adaptive observations, sensitivity analysis, parameter estimation and AI applications. The book is useful to individual researchers as well as graduate students for a reference in the field of data assimilation.
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    Pages: XXI, 705 p. 239 illus., 224 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030777227
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-77722-7
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-77722-7
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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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    Pages: XV, 233 p. 60 illus., 58 illus. in color. , online resource.
    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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    Microplastic in the Environment: Pattern and Process (2022)
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    Keywords: Environmental management. ; Environment. ; Environmental health. ; Environmental Management. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Environmental Health. ; Environmental Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. The Microplastic Cycle: An Introduction to a Complex Issue -- Chapter 2. Analytical Chemistry of Plastic Debris: Sampling, Methods and Instrumentation -- Chapter 3. Evaluating Microplastic Experimental Design and Exposure Studies in Aquatic Organisms -- Chapter 4. Microplastics in Terrestrial and Freshwater Environments -- Chapter 5. Microplastics in the Ocean and Seafood: Implications for Food Security -- Chapter 6. Weight of evidence for the Microplastic Vector Effect in the Context of Chemical Risk Assessment -- Chapter 7. Ecotoxicological Impacts of Micro- and Nanoplastics in Terrestrial and Aquatic Environments -- Chapter 8. Dietary Exposure to Additives and Sorbed Contaminants from Ingested Microplastic Particles through the Consumption of Fisheries and Aquaculture Products -- Chapter 9. The Microplastic-Antimicrobial Resistance Connection -- Chapter 10. The United Nations Basel Convention’s Global Plastic Waste Partnership: History, Evolution and Progress -- Chapter 11. Solutions to Plastic Pollution: A Conceptual Framework to Tackle a Wicked Problem.
    Abstract: This open access book examines global plastic pollution, an issue that has become a critical societal challenge with implications for environmental and public health. This volume provides a comprehensive, holistic analysis on the plastic cycle and its subsequent effects on biota, food security, and human exposure. Importantly, global environmental change and its associated, systems-level processes, including atmospheric deposition, ecosystem complexity, UV exposure, wind patterns, water stratification, ocean circulation, etc., are all important direct and indirect factors governing the fate, transport and biotic and abiotic processing of plastic particles across ecosystem types. Furthermore, the distribution of plastic in the ocean is not independent of terrestrial ecosystem dynamics, since much of the plastic in marine ecosystems originates from land and should therefore be evaluated in the context of the larger plastic cycle. Changes in species size, distribution, habitat, and food web complexity, due to global environmental change, will likely alter trophic transfer dynamics and the ecological effects of nano- and microplastics. The fate and transport dynamics of plastic particles are influenced by their size, form, shape, polymer type, additives, and overall ecosystem conditions. In addition to the risks that plastics pose to the total environment, the potential impacts on human health and exposure routes, including seafood consumption, and air and drinking water need to be assessed in a comprehensive and quantitative manner. Here I present a holistic and interdisciplinary book volume designed to advance the understanding of plastic cycling in the environment with an emphasis on sources, fate and transport, ecotoxicology, climate change effects, food security, microbiology, sustainability, human exposure and public policy.
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    Pages: XV, 354 p. 27 illus., 26 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030786274
    Series Statement: Environmental Contamination Remediation and Management,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78627-4
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    Conservation, Management and Monitoring of Forest Resources in India (2022)
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    Keywords: Environmental management. ; Forestry. ; Environmental monitoring. ; Sustainability. ; Environmental Management. ; Forestry. ; Environmental Monitoring. ; Sustainability.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1-Introduction to the Forest Resources in India -- 2-Assessment of Carbon sequestration in Delhi, India -- 3-Assessments of Bio-physical characteristics of Vegetation cover in Western Part of Rarh Plateau in West Bengal -- 4-Forest Cover Change Detection Using Remote Sensing and GIS in The Uttara Kannada District of Karnataka -- 5-Delineating the mangrove patches along coastal Kerala using GIS, satellite data and field validation -- 6-Assessing potential Habitat suitability for Panthera Tigris using multiple grain size and different ensemble methods in maximum entropy modeling -- 7-Bhutan heading from carbon negative to carbon neutral country -- 8-Analyzing the Dynamics of Forest Fire in Almora District using GIS and Remote Sensing -- 9-Green placemaking in Kolkata: Role of Urban Greens and Urban Forestry -- 10-Forest Resource Scenario of Industrial town: A Study of Asansol Durgapur Region -- 11-Application of participatory rural appraisal and geospatial techniques for analyzing the dynamics of mangrove forest and dependent livelihood in Indian Sundarban -- 12-Forest Cover Change Detection and Local Community Participation in Forest Management: Evidence from Rural North Sikkim, India -- 13-Seasonal relation of NTFPs and socio-economic indicators to the household income of the forest-fringe communities of Jaldapara National Park -- 14-A People’s Biodiversity Register of Henry’s Island, Indian Sundarban -- 15-Forest Management in the age of Geospatial technology -- 16-Landscape characterisation and forest fragmentation analysis using geospatial techniques: Case study from Central Indian Highlands -- 17-Monitoring forest status in Barail wildlife sanctuary using forest fragmentation approach -- 18-Geo-spatial analysis to assess the changing pattern of land use and its impact on forest fragmentation in Sri Lanka from 2000 to 2020 -- 19-Assessment of mangroves suitability in Andaman Islands, using geospatial technique -- 20-Remote Sensing Based Forest Cover Change Detection and Ecosystem Assessment in Madhupur Sal Forest of Bangladesh -- 21-Changing landscape and increasing human wildlife conflict: Introspection from a transboundary landscape -- 22-Corridor Mapping of Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus) in Central Indian Corridors (Jharkhand and West Bengal), using Geospatial Techniques -- 23-Issues of Biodiversity Conservation and Conflict in Gorumara National Park, West Bengal, India -- 24-A Combined Machine Learning and Data Fusion Based Approach for Flood Susceptibility Analysis to Study Impact on Vulnerable Wildlife in Kaziranga National Park -- 25-The future of Indian forests: Conservation and Monitoring and management perspectives.
    Abstract: This volume is devoted to compiling recent advancements, methodological improvements, new processing techniques, integration methods and rigorous applications associated with conceptual techniques on the conservation and monitoring of forest resources for a scientific audience, with a focus on cases and applications in India. The primary objective of the book is to advance the scientific understanding of the recent trends and technological improvements in forest conservation, management and related research themes in forest resources and human-wildlife interactions. The book is organized into five sections: (I) Forest Conservation Ecology (II) Forest Conservation and Society (III) Forest Management (IV) Forest Monitoring using GIS and Remote Sensing and (V) Human Wildlife Conflicts. It covers various research themes related to forestry, wildlife, habitat fragmentation, forest management and human-wildlife conflict research, and therefore will be beneficial to a diverse range of researchers, scientific organizations, wildlife scientists, biologists, ecologists and planners in the fields of wildlife and forestry. The book will further be of use to post-graduates, PhD research scholars, professors, geospatial experts, modellers, foresters, agricultural scientists, biologists, ecologists, environmental consultants and big data compilers.
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    Pages: XVI, 571 p. 204 illus., 199 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030982331
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-98233-1
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    Effectiveness of Protected Areas in Conserving Biodiversity : A Worldwide Review (2022)
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    Keywords: Environmental management. ; Conservation biology. ; Ecology . ; Biodiversity. ; Environmental sciences Social aspects. ; Environmental Management. ; Conservation Biology. ; Biodiversity. ; Environmental Social Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1-Human impact on the Biosphere: A biological genocide?- Chapter 2-Strategies to address the biodiversity crisis -- Chapter 3-Protected areas -- Chapter 4-Protected area effectiveness: What is it and how to assess it? Chapter 5-A review of protected area effectiveness around the World: Methodological approach -- Chapter 6-Results on protected area effectiveness in developed countries -- Chapter 7-Results on protected area effectiveness in developing countries -- Chapter 8-Main methodological approaches to assessing effectiveness around the globe -- Chapter 9-Successes and failures: Lessons learned -- Chapter 10-Conclusions: The future of protected areas and biodiversity.
    Abstract: This book addresses the effectiveness of existing protected areas at conserving the diversity of genes, species and ecosystems on land and at sea. The book synthetizes the main biodiversity conservation outcomes of protected areas in the 2010-2019 decade, drawing on a systematic literature review of scientific publications and case studies from around the world demonstrating successes and failures. It provides region-specific results for land and sea ecosystems as well as for developed and developing countries. It also reviews current methodological approaches used to assess protected area effectiveness. The work is timely, since there is growing concern on the global biodiversity crisis among researchers, government organizations and the general public, as demonstrated by the 2030 targets established by the UN Sustainable Development Goals for Life Below Water (SDG 14) and Life On land (SDG15). The book is written in an easy and enjoyable style using numerous pictures, tables and graphs to make the content more engaging and understandable. The main intended audiences of the book are academics, from post-graduate students to university lecturers, and senior researchers in the fields of biodiversity conservation, sustainable development and environmental policy, as well as protected area managers and practitioners.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XIX, 128 p. 55 illus., 51 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030942977
    Series Statement: Strategies for Sustainability,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-94297-7
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-94297-7
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    Oxygen Isotopes of Inorganic Phosphate in Environmental Samples : Purification and Analysis (2022)
    Cham :Springer International Publishing :
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    Keywords: Environmental management. ; Environmental monitoring. ; Water. ; Hydrology. ; Agriculture. ; Pollution. ; Inorganic chemistry. ; Environmental Management. ; Environmental Monitoring. ; Water. ; Agriculture. ; Pollution. ; Inorganic Chemistry.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. The Use of the δ18OP to Study P Cycling in the Environment -- Chapter 2. Extraction Protocol -- Chapter 3. Purification Protocol -- Chapter 4. Modifications and Issues during Purification -- Chapter 5. How to Design a Study including the Analysis of δ18OP -- Chapter 6. Conclusions and Way Forward.
    Abstract: This open access book distinguished itself from other publications by offering step-by-step instructions on how to extract, purify, provide modifications, and major issues to be encountered during the process. For the δ18OP method to progress, further fundamental research as well as field and laboratory studies need to be conducted for a better understanding of P cycling in the environment. Chapter 1 outlines the background and examples of δ18Op studies in sediments, soils, fresh water, mineral fertilizers, and plants. Chapters 2 and 3 examine the stepwise extraction and purification protocols including reagents, equipment and consumables and preparations for analyses. Chapter 4 examines some of the challenges and modifications during the purification process. Chapter 5 discusses planning and designing of a study using δ18Op, external quality assurance with an example of an inter-laboratory study. Chapter 6 outlines the conclusions, future trends, and opportunities, the scaling out of the method from laboratory to field studies. It is expected that the δ18OP would be extensively applied in research geared to understand phosphorus dynamics in different agro-environments. .
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    Pages: VII, 64 p. 9 illus., 6 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030974978
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-97497-8
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-97497-8
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    Earth Systems Protection and Sustainability : Volume 2 (2022)
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    Keywords: Environmental sciences Mathematics. ; Environmental management. ; Sustainability. ; Physical geography. ; Mathematical Applications in Environmental Science. ; Environmental Management. ; Sustainability. ; Earth System Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter1. Competitive Bioaccumulation by Ceratophyllum demersum -- Chapter2. Climate Change, Sustainability and Resilience in Egypt and Africa -- Chapter3. Mathematical Models Ensuring Freshwater of Coastal Regions in Arid and Semi-arid Zones -- Chapter4. Multicriteria Decision Making for Risks of Natural Disaster in Social Project Assessment -- Chapter5. Mathematical Modelling and Simulation of Chemical and Biological Reaction in Peat Solidification Work For Environmental Sustainability -- Chapter6. Green Energy Conversion System (GECS) -- Chapter7. Flood Risk Estimation and Mapping: Present Status and Future Challenges -- Chapter8. Trend Analysis of Rainfall: A Case Study of Surat City, India -- Chapter9. Risk Assessment Applications — Exposure, Safety, and Security -- Chapter10. Application and Control of Quadrotors -- Chapter11. Sustainable Wind Turbine Systems Based on On-line Fault Estimation and Fault Tolerant Control -- Chapter12. Deep Learning and its Environmental Applications.
    Abstract: Earth Systems Protection and Sustainability authorises imperatives to achieve sustainability and protect our threatened and vulnerable Earth. Mathematical advances in context incorporate operational and Boolean, as well as linguistic, logic-based Bayesian, and generative methods for scenario formation. Functional areas and deeper learning enable the use of searching algorithms, proffering optimal solutions for the circular nature of sustainability in natural ecosystems and human dominated settings. Key informative nodes are provided in the hope that we may moderate the very real dangers facing planet Earth and its biodiversity. An arena of insightful chapters is blended with social resilience and socio-economic development coverage, accentuating integrity, protection and sustainability within divergent climatic forces and species dynamics on Earth. Volume 2 focuses on bioaccumulation; climate change and resilience for co-operative socio-economic and ecosystem management via policy frameworks across sectors; mathematical modelling of freshwater in coastal regions in arid and semi-arid zones; decision making in natural disasters; peat solidification for environmentally sustainable geotechnical engineering; green energy conversion; flood risk mapping; rainfall analysis; exposure, safety, and security amidst increasing environmental contamination; remote handling vehicles; wind turbines; and deep learning and its environmental applications. Earth Systems Protection and Sustainability is addressed globally to communities, schools and researchers in professional, governmental and unit operations; descriptive and illustrative sections include all sectors to ensure Earth Systems Protection as our capacity reaches an unsustainable climax. .
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XXIII, 330 p. 199 illus., 162 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030985844
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-98584-4
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-98584-4
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    Environmental Management and Sustainable Development : Case Studies and Solutions from Malaysia (2022)
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    Keywords: Environmental management. ; Sustainability. ; Pollution. ; Environmental health. ; Environmental Management. ; Sustainability. ; Pollution. ; Environmental Health.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter1. Environmental Awareness Studies in Environmental Management at Terengganu, Malaysia -- Chapter2. Human Health Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals Exposure Due to Selected Freshwater Fishes Ingestion from Sungai Kuantan, Malaysia -- Chapter3. Determination of Nickel and Cadmium in Freshwater Fishes in Kuantan River and Riau River -- Chapter4. Tourism Sustainability: Perspectives on Past Works, Issues and Future Research Opportunities -- Chapter5. Overview on Particulate Matter Emissions at Construction Site: Story in Malaysia -- Chapter6. The Contribution of Polluter Pays Principle (Ppp) Approach on Environmental Pollution Reduction and Health Risk for Municipal Solid Waste (Msw) -- Chapter7. General Overview on Cellulose and Cellulose Nanocrystals: Properties, Extraction and Application -- Chapter8. Strengthening Wildlife Protection Laws in Malaysia to Deter Poaching -- Chapter9. Lifting of Corporate Veil in Wildlife Crime: The Lacuna of Law in Malaysia.
    Abstract: This volume provides case studies conducted in Malaysia based on environmental management and the sustainable development of human and ecological systems. The first chapter discusses awareness studies in environmental management in Terengganu, Malaysia. The second chapter is about human health risk assessment of heavy metals exposure due to freshwater fish ingestion from Sungai Kuantan, Malaysia. The third chapter discusses nickel and cadmium pollution in freshwater fishes in Kuantan River and Riau River. Chapter four discusses tourism sustainability. Chapters five and six provide an overview on particulate matter emissions at construction sites, and municipal solid waste (MSW) management approaches. In chapter seven, the book provides a general overview on cellulose and cellulose nanocrystals extraction. Finally, chapters eight and nine discuss legal measures for wildlife protection in Malaysia, and how improved environmental management practices are needed to achieve this. The book is intended for environmental managers, wildlife organizations, and students and researchers studying sustainable development, waste management, and corporate impacts on the environment. .
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XI, 137 p. 23 illus., 18 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030939328
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-93932-8
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    Water, Food and Human Health in the Galapagos, Ecuador : "A Little World Within Itself" (2022)
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    Keywords: Environment. ; Medical sciences. ; Social sciences. ; Humanities. ; Environmental geography. ; Microbiology. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Health Sciences. ; Humanities and Social Sciences. ; Integrated Geography. ; Microbiology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Preface (Amanda L. Thompson, Valeria Ochoa-Herrera, Enrique Teran) -- Chapter 1. Introduction (Margaret E. Bentley and Jaime Ocampo) -- Part I: Water Environment -- Chapter 2. Analysis of water supply and demand management strategies for overcoming water scarcity in Santa Cruz (Maria Fernandes Reyes) -- Chapter 3. Galapagos’ Water Management Evaluation under a Changing Climate and Current Covid-19 Pandemic (Cristina Mateus, Diego Quiroga) -- Chapter 4. Water quality and access in Isabella: results from a household water survey (Nicholas Badwha, Donald Fefjar, Rodrigo Pozo, Khristopher Nicholas, Alyssa Grube, Jill Stewart, Amanda Thompson and Valeria Ochoa-Herrera) -- Chapter 5. Tourists’ Willingness to Fund Improvements of Local Water Services: A Contingent Valuation Study from The Galapagos (William F. Vásquez) -- Part II: Food Environment -- Chapter 6. Syndemic water and food insecurity: impacts on the dual burden of disease in Galapagos (Amanda L. Thompson, Enrique Teran and Margaret E. Bentley) -- Chapter 7. Overweight and obesity in Galapagos:Food consumption patterns and globalization in the Encantadas (William F. Waters and Wilma B. Freire) -- Chapter 8. Spatial and social dimensions of Galápagos food environments (Khristopher Nicholas, Paul Delameter, and Amanda Thompson) -- Part III: Environment, Animals and Human Health -- Chapter 9. One Health in the Galapagos Social-Ecological System: Not Just the Absence of Disease (Alyssa Grube and Jill Stewart) -- Chapter 10. A One Health Approach to Understanding Human Companion Animal Interactions and Parasitic Infections in San Cristobal, Galapagos Islands (Leigh-Ellyn Preston, Colon J. Grijalva & Enrique Teran) -- Chapter 11. Surprising absence of antibiotic resistance in Salmonella enterica isolates from Galapagos Marine Iguanas (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) (Belen Carrillo, Cristina Chavez, Gabriel Trueba) -- Chapter 12. Mosquitoes in Galapagos: The risk for arboviruses transmission and the need for a better vector surveillance and control program (Renato León, Leonardo Ortega, Carolina Molina, William F. Waters) -- Part IV: Health Problems and Services -- Chapter 13. Health Across the First 1000 Days in the Galápagos Islands (Johanna R. Jahnke, Amanda L. Thompson, Norman T. Archer, Margaret E. Bentley, Kelly M. Houck, María Francisca Murgueitio Fuentes, Juan Ochoa) -- Chapter 14. Galapagos Islands, a captive territory with unique characteristics for Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Human Immunodeficiency Virus infection (Ana María Gómez Jaramillo, Juan Ochoa, Isabel Hernandez and Enrique Terán) -- Chapter 15. Understanding the lived experience of type 2 diabetes in San Cristobal (C. Hunter Davis, Paulina Lara Marchena, Humberto Gonzalez Rodriguez, Clare Barrington) -- Chapter 16. Health seeking behavior and perceptions of care: A qualitative study investigating the underutilization of public health care on the Galápagos Islands (Johanna R. Jahnke, Norman T. Archer, Amanda L. Thompson, Jaime Ocampo, Margaret E. Bentley) -- Chapter 17. Facilitating evidenced based nursing and humane health care through professional development (Julee Waldrop, Alasia Ledford, Betty Martinez, Johanna R. Jahnke, Gwen Sherwood) -- Index.
    Abstract: In this book, we bring together interdisciplinary scholars and clinicians in medicine, public health, anthropology, nutrition, environmental sciences, and geography from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, the Ministry of Health and the Hospital Oskar Jandl. Together, these authors provide a comprehensive description of the factors shaping water quality, food availability, and health services on the islands, their implications for human health and well-being, and potential avenues for intervention.
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    Pages: XIV, 289 p. 1 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030924119
    Series Statement: Social and Ecological Interactions in the Galapagos Islands,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-92411-9
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    Wastewater Assessment, Treatment, Reuse and Development in India (2022)
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    Keywords: Environmental management. ; Environmental sciences Social aspects. ; Pollution. ; Environmental Management. ; Environmental Social Sciences. ; Pollution.
    Description / Table of Contents: Part I: Monitoring and Assessment of Polluted Water -- Coastal Reservoirs - A Technology That Can Quench Indian Thirst -- Heavy Metal Accumulation in Dominant Edible Fish Species of River Kolab in Koraput District of Ordisha -- Cake and Membrane Filtration in Mitigating Global Water Demand -- Part II: Wastewater Treatment and Reuse -- Potential for Use of Treated Waste Water for Industrial Reuse in India -- Understanding Sustainable Arsenic Mitigation Technology Application in the Indian Subcontinent -- Sequential Anaerobic-Aerobic Co-Treatment of Three Herbicides Mixture in Water: A Comprehensive Study on Biotransformation -- Wastewater Management and Treatment Technologies with Recycling and Reuse Issues in India Leading to Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) -- Wastewater and Its Impacts in India -- Part III : Wastewater Remediation -- Nutrient Loading Impact on Remediation of Hydrocarbon Polluted Groundwater using Constructed Wetland -- Municipal Wastewater – A Remedy for Water Stress in India -- Biosorptive Removal of a Herbicide, Glyphosate Using Waste Activated Sludge of Tannery Industry -- Wastewater Treatment Processes With Special Reference to Activated Sludge Process in Indian Conditions for Water Use Sustainability -- Assessment of Water Resources in Development of Rajasthan -- Part IV: Waste and Sustainability -- Sustainable Construction Practices for Residential Buildings to Reduce the Water Footprint -- Water Resources Availability and Its Teleconnection with Large Scale Climatic Oscillations Over Godavari River Basin -- Part V: Conclusion and Recommendation -- Update, Conclusions and Recommendations for “Wastewater Assessment, Treatment, Reuse and Development in India”.
    Abstract: This book contains up-to-date information and findings in research on the evaluation, treatment, reusability, and development of wastewater in India. The book covers the assessment for drinking water, including membrane filtration, supervision, and evaluation of wastewater, environmental pollution control, wastewater treatment and recycling, advanced bioremediation techniques and wastewater's impact on India. With this wide range of treatment and technologies of wastewater, this book is a source of invaluable information to guide Indian policy planners and makers to move forward to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal 6. .
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    Pages: XV, 321 p. 116 illus., 80 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030957865
    Series Statement: Earth and Environmental Sciences Library,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-95786-5
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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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    Water Quality, Assessment and Management in India (2022)
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    Keywords: Environmental management. ; Pollution. ; Environmental sciences Social aspects. ; Environmental Management. ; Pollution. ; Environmental Social Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: Overview of Water Resources, Quality, and Management in India -- The Interlinking of Indian Rivers for Sustainable Use of Water Resources in India: An Overview -- An Overview: Water Resources Management Aspect in India -- Drought Characterization During Monsoon Months Based on Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) in Nuapada District, Odisha, India -- Forest-Water Interactions at Catchment Scales for Pollution Management -- Assessment of Groundwater Quality In And Around Nemawar, Madhya Pradesh, India -- Hydrological Response of Factors Affecting Rainfall Water Discharge and Water Balance - A Case Study of Tons Watershed -- Water Quality Status of the Narmada River Across Its Basin: Predicting Water Quality Using Artificial Neural Network -- Rain Water Harvesting Methods in Rajasthan -- Groundwater Exploration Using Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques Coupled With Vertical Electrical Soundings From Hard Rock Terrain: A Case Study In Salem District, Southern India -- Management of Coal Fly Ash Leachates Generated From Disposal Sites Near Thermal Power Plants -- Assessment of Water Quality by Evaluating Water Quality Index Over Kolkota Using Statistical Approach - A Step Towards Water Pollution Management -- Assessment of Water Quality of Ramganga River in Moradabad Region -- Assessment of Surface Water Quality of Indian Rivers in Terms of Water Quality Index (WQI) -- Groundwater Quality Assessment in the Semi-Arid Blocks of Rajasthan, India: .A Combined Approach of Fuzzy Aggregation Technique with GIS -- Assessment of Groundwater Quality Parameters for Drinking Purpose Using IDW, GIS and Statistical Analysis Methods: A Case Study of Basaltic Hard Rock Area in Mahesh River Basin, Akola and Buldhana Districts (MS), India -- Evaluation of Hydro-Meteorological Conditions and Water Resource Potential for a Coalfield Area of Damodar Valley, India -- Distribution and Statistical Source Identification of Heavy Metals and Radionuclides in Soil: A Case Study From a Proposed Uranium Mining Site, Jharkhand, India -- Conclusion and Recommendation.
    Abstract: This book presents up-to-date information on the status of water resources in India. The book presents an assessment of the surface water and groundwater condition to help stakeholders take the necessary actions to control the pollution to make the water resources of India sustainable. The book covers various topics, including forest-water interactions for governing water quality at catchment scales, water quality status, rainwater harvesting methods, acid-mine drainage, water pollution, management strategies, drinking water quality, and treatment of industrial wastewater relevant topics. This book is of importance policy planners to improve the situation in a step towards the sustainability of water resources in India.
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    Pages: XVI, 412 p. 1 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030956875
    Series Statement: Earth and Environmental Sciences Library,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-95687-5
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    Application of Remote Sensing and GIS in Natural Resources and Built Infrastructure Management (2022)
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    Keywords: Environmental management. ; Geographic information systems. ; Agriculture. ; Landscape ecology. ; Water. ; Hydrology. ; Natural disasters. ; Environmental Management. ; Geographical Information System. ; Agriculture. ; Landscape Ecology. ; Water. ; Natural Hazards.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Applications to Agriculture and Forestry -- Water Resources and Ecology -- Urban Management -- Case Studies -- Conclusions and Recommendations.
    Abstract: This book discusses the problems in planning, building, and management strategies in the wake of application and expansion of remote sensing and GIS products in natural resources and infrastructure management. The book suggests proactive solutions to problems of natural resources and infrastructure management, providing alternatives for strategic planning, effective delivery, and growth perspectives. The uniqueness of the book is its broader spectrum of coverage with related interconnections and interdependences across science, engineering, and innovation. The book contains information that can be downscaled to the local level. Presenting a wide spectrum of viewpoints and approaches, the book is a collective of topics such as application to agriculture and forestry (land and landscape, agriculture, forestry management and deforestation), water resources and ecology (hydro-meteorological, climate diagnostics, and prognostics, water resources management, environment management, cross-scale ecology and resilience), urban management (urban planning, design, construction and operations of infrastructure, natural disasters, novel approaches to upgrade old infrastructure), hydro informatics, predictive and geospatial data analytics, synthesis, and management through the various processes, tools, and technologies.
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    Pages: XII, 423 p. 189 illus., 165 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783031140969
    Series Statement: Water Science and Technology Library, 105
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14096-9
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    Land Tenure Security and Sustainable Development (2022)
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    Keywords: Environment. ; Biotechnology. ; Human ecology Study and teaching. ; Economic development. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Biotechnology. ; Environmental Studies. ; Development Studies. ; Development Studies.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Property Rights, Tenure Form, and Tenure Security -- Chapter 2. A Historical Perspective on Land Tenure Security -- Chapter 3. Who Defines Land Tenure Security? De Jure and De Facto Institutions -- Chapter 4. Indigenous and Customary Land Tenure Security: History, Trends, and Challenges in the Latin American Context -- Chapter 5. Championing Women’s Tenure Security -- Chapter 6. People-Land Relationships on the Path to Sustainable Food Security -- Chapter 7. A Complex Relationship: Large-Scale Land Acquisitions and Land Tenure Security -- Chapter 8. Tenure Security in War-Affected Scenarios: Challenges and Opportunities for Sustainability -- Chapter 9. Land Tenure Insecurity and Climate Adaptation: SocioEnvironmental Realities in Colombia and Implications for Integrated Environmental Rights and Participatory Policy -- Chapter 10. Interaction of Conditional Incentives for Ecosystem Conservation with Tenure Security: Multiple Roles for Tenure Interventions -- Chapter 11. Strategies for Securing Tenure: The Promise and Pitfalls of Formalization -- Chapter 12. Securing Communal Tenure Complemented by Collaborative Platforms for Improved Participatory Landscape Management and Sustainable Development: Lessons from Northern Tanzania and the Maasai Mara in Kenya -- Chapter 13. Beyond the Traditional: Voluntary Market-Based Initiatives to Promote Land Tenure Security -- Chapter 14. Methods to Advance Understanding of Tenure Security: Impact Evaluation for Rigorous Evidence on Tenure Interventions -- Chapter 15. Emerging Research Needs and Policy Priorities for Advancing Land Tenure Security and Sustainable Development./.
    Abstract: This open access book presents a nuanced and accessible synthesis of the relationship between land tenure security and sustainable development. Contributing authors have collectively worked for decades on land tenure as connected with conservation and development across all major regions of the globe. The first section of this volume is intended as a standalone primer on land tenure security and its connections with sustainable development. The book then explores key thematic challenges that interact directly with land tenure security, followed by a section on strategies for addressing tenure insecurity. The book concludes with a section on new frontiers in research, policy, and action. An invaluable reference for researchers in the field and for practitioners looking for a comprehensive overview of this important topic. Margaret B. Holland, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Geography & Environmental Systems, University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Yuta J. Masuda, PhD, Senior Sustainability and Behavioral Scientist, The Nature Conservancy. Brian E. Robinson, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Geography, McGill University.
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    Pages: XXXVII, 329 p. 17 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030818814
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-81881-4
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    Ecosystem Services in Azerbaijan : Value and Losses (2022)
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    Keywords: Environmental management. ; Water. ; Hydrology. ; Pollution. ; Philosophy of nature. ; Environmental geography. ; Sustainability. ; Environmental Management. ; Water. ; Pollution. ; Philosophy of Nature. ; Integrated Geography. ; Sustainability.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter1. Caspian Sea and its values in Azerbaijan -- Chapter2. Mountain ecosystem values -- Chapter3. Value of the clean water in Azerbaijan -- Chapter4. Environmental migration and cultural losses.
    Abstract: This book aims to draw readers' attention to the benefits once present nature in Azerbaijan. Over the past hundred years, much of this has been lost because of the neglect of the intrinsic values of nature by both managers and local authorities, and the overuse of natural resources. For example, oil pollution and overfishing in the Caspian Sea have almost destroyed its fish and caviar resources. In this volume, the authors distinguish between the concepts of "gain" and "income" and show readers that short-term benefits based solely on monetary income deprive people and nature itself of long-term, lasting value. The book provides readers with real historical information, discusses the interactions between humans and nature, and shows, with real data and trends, the consequences of anthropogenic activity on natural resources in Azerbaijan. The authors cover fish, water, forest, mountain, and pasture ecosystems, draw attention to the impacts that pollution and other forms of environmental degradation have had on these resources, and the show the impact that resource depletion on people’s livelihoods. The book is intended primarily for managers, policymakers, students, and academics, and will be of interest to natural scientists, historians, and students of culture.
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783031087707
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-08770-7
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    Microplastics : Footprints On The Earth and Their Environmental Management (2022)
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    Keywords: Environmental management. ; Pollution. ; Refuse and refuse disposal. ; Environmental Management. ; Pollution. ; Waste Management/Waste Technology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Emergence Of Plastic As A Pollutant -- Chapter 2: Types and Classifiction of Plastic Pollutants -- Chapter 3: Weathering of Plastics -- Chapter 4: Transport Pathways -- Chapter 5: Factors and Zones of Accumulation -- Chapter 6: Microplastics In The Atmosphere -- Chapter 7: Microplastics in the Land and Soil -- Chapter 8: Microplastics In Aquatic Environments -- Chapter 9: Microplastics in the Biotic Systems -- Chapter 10: Microplastics in the Foodchain -- Chapter 11: Geochemical Fingerprint And Stratigraphic Marker -- Chapter 12: Mitigation, Management And The Challenges Ahead.
    Abstract: This book presents information on the origin and distribution of microplastics, evaluates the methods of their detection, documents their interactions with natural systems, and analyzes the current understanding of their management. Owing to the size, varied compositions, pathways of transport, accumulation and myriad processes of interactions with ecosystems, the microplastics pose severe threats to ecosystem services and natural environmental systems. Therefore, the environmental challenges that microplastics present and the strategies to mitigate their harmful impacts are of great importance to the scientific community, and only a few publications exist that collate this information in a single resource. The book aims to be a comprehensive resource for students, professionals and practitioners of environmental studies on microplastics and how to better understand the threats they pose and the practices to manage them.
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    Pages: XIX, 95 p. 19 illus., 12 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783031107290
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-10729-0
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    Energy Futures : The Story of Fossil Fuel, Greenhouse Gas, and Climate Change (2022)
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    Keywords: Environment. ; Renewable energy sources. ; Engineering geology. ; Climatology. ; Cogeneration of electric power and heat. ; Fossil fuels. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Renewable Energy. ; Geoengineering. ; Climate Sciences. ; Fossil Fuel.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter1. The Anomaly -- Chapter2. The Energy Past -- Chapter3. The Energy Present -- Chapter4. Greenhouse Gas and Climate Change -- Chapter5. Replacing Fossil Fuels -- Chapter6. Zero Carbon Electricity -- Chapter7. Zero Carbon Vehicles -- Chapter8. Geoengineering -- Chapter9. The Energy Future -- Chapter10. Leaving the Cradle.
    Abstract: The objective of this book is to help readers better understand the links between fossil fuel, greenhouse gas, and climate change in a clear, explanatory format. It avoids sensationalism and politics, using plain language to explain the details of the science, how the science works, and how we know what we know. It describes the history of fossil fuels, why fossil fuel combustion products are a problem, and what must be done to address the impacts on climate. It provides details about a number of energy engineering solutions to replace fossil fuels and technology called geoengineering that can cool the planet and directly remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere. Some of these technologies can be implemented almost immediately, and others may be applied in the future. Many young people are pessimistic about the future and prepared to give up on addressing climate change. The book strives to maintain hope throughout that humanity can solve this and other environmental problems. The climate crisis was caused by human engineering, and human engineering can fix it. The goal is to produce informed readers that can have responsible discussions with their political leaders about implementing solutions to climate change.
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    Pages: XIV, 296 p. 42 illus., 38 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783031153815
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-15381-5
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    Agriculture, Environment and Sustainable Development : Experiences and Case Studies (2022)
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    Keywords: Environmental management. ; Agriculture. ; Sustainability. ; Food security. ; Environmental Management. ; Agriculture. ; Sustainability. ; Food Security.
    Description / Table of Contents: Part 1: Global warming and Climate Change: Vulnerability in Agricultural Sectors -- Chapter 1: Agriculture, Environment and Sustainable Development: An Overview -- Chapter 2: Economic Evaluation and Assessment of Modern Apple varieties in Kashmir valley (Ex-post) though Propensity Score Matching Methods -- Chapter 3: The Intensification of Shifting Cultivation in Tanzania: Effects on Soil and Vegetation -- Chapter 4: Impact of plant health on global food security: A holistic view -- Chapter 5: Crop Diversification as a Measure of Sustainable Agriculture and Production Growth -- Part 2: Water, Environment and Agriculture Sustainability -- Chapter 6: Spatiotemporal Analysis of built-up Area Expansion on Agricultural Land in Mousuni Island of Indian Sundarban -- Chapter 7: Levels of agriculture development and Crop Diversification: A District-wise panel data analysis in West Bengal -- Chapter 8: Engineering interventions to mitigate the agricultural waste in India -- Chapter 9: The study of red onion (Allium cepa) on growth and yield parameters in response to plant spacing in Jaffna District, Sri Lanka -- Chapter 10: Soil Potential Erosion Risk Calculation Assessment Using Geospatial Technique in Keonjhar District, Odisha, India -- Part 3: Agriculture Sustainability and Sustainable Development and Environmental Management -- Chapter 11: Organic Farming Sector of India– A Statistical Review and Recommendations -- Chapter 12: The Agrarian Vision: Sustainability and Environmental Ethics Via, Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) -- Chapter 13: Soil community composition and ecosystem processes -- Chapter 14: Household Access to Actual Food Intake and Fertility Level of Muslim population: A Study from Rural West Bengal -- Chapter 15: Livelihood, Food Security and Sustainability in Murshidabad District.
    Abstract: This volume is intended to provide a comprehensive understanding of recent innovations related to the study of agricultural and environmental management for sustainable development. The book clearly identifies why the fight to achieve sustainable development in agricultural production must be fought along a broad multidisciplinary front to overcome issues such as soil erosion, poor water quality, pesticide contamination, and food insecurity. Readers are given a broad exposition of the trends and current practices of basic principles on sustainable agriculture, along with a detailed understanding of the use of sustainable agriculture to develop environmentally sustainable food production systems. The chapters describe the ecological sustainability of agricultural systems, current innovations to improve efficiency in the use of resources for sustainable agriculture, and the proposal for technological options and new areas of research in this very significant field of agriculture. The authors aim to provide readers with a good subject understanding which will assist in the identification of agricultural development, environmental risk, sustainable resource management and design of appropriate responses. This book will be very helpful for students, researchers and practitioners interested in the fields of agriculture, environment and sustainable development.
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    Pages: XXI, 272 p. 87 illus., 82 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783031104060
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-10406-0
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    Factfulness Sustainability : What you should know about Ecological Crises and Resource Consumption (2022)
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    Keywords: Environment. ; Environmental Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Part I - Three theses -- The most important challenge is: Switching from fossil to renewable energy sources -- "The Western way of economy and life is ecologically unsustainable" - not true -- It is worth fighting -- Part II - Basics -- World population -- Land use -- Food -- Drinking water -- Part III - Energy and raw materials -- Energy -- Raw materials -- Part IV - Ecological hotspots -- The "ecological footprint" -- Biodiversity and species extinction -- Forest loss - Deforestation. Drinking water -- Part III - Energy and raw materials -- Energy -- Raw materials -- Part IV - Ecological hotspots -- The "ecological footprint" -- Biodiversity and species extinction -- Forest loss - Deforestation of rainforests -- Plastic waste in the oceans -- Dead zones in the oceans - the P/N cycle -- Pollutants in the environment -- Bibliography.
    Abstract: Humanity is overexploiting nature, we consume too much energy, too many raw materials, too much land. In short, the current economic and lifestyle patterns of mankind, especially in the West, are not sustainable. Who would disagree with this verdict? The evidence seems overwhelming: species extinction, rainforest deforestation, scarcity of raw materials, soil erosion, plastic waste, ecological footprint and, of course, climate change. But - how reliable are these indicators? Are there perhaps also other indications, positive developments? And are all these problems of the same urgency? This book gives answers: well-founded, comprehensible, to the point. It proves that the reports and headlines in the mainstream media on global ecological issues are often one-sided, exaggerated and misleading. On the basis of the relevant international reports and databases, the book gives the full picture where usually only individual, striking figures are presented. Over 70 graphic illustrations, concise summaries at the end of most chapters – an easy read! The author Dr. Thomas Unnerstall is an international consultant and book author. After completing his doctorate in physics, he first worked in the Ministry of the Environment in Baden-Württemberg and then held top management positions in the energy industry for over 20 years. This translation of the German edition 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.
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    Pages: XIV, 244 p. 74 illus., 70 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783662655580
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-65558-0
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    Land Acquisition, Industrialization and Livelihoods : A case study on JSW Bengal Steel Plant (2022)
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    Keywords: Environment. ; Geography. ; Environmental sciences Social aspects. ; Geographic information systems. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Regional Geography. ; Environmental Social Sciences. ; Geographical Information System.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter1. Introduction -- Chapter2. Study Area -- Chapter3. Industrial Projects -- Chapter4. Land Acquisition and Land use Change — A Mouza Level Study -- Chapter5. Hydrological Impact of Land Use Conversion -- Chapter6. Land Acquisition and Livelihood -- Chapter7. Uncertainity and Suffering -- Chapter8. Level of Development — A Comparative Study Between Project and Non-Project Area -- Chapter9. Environmental Impact Assessment -- Chapter10. Conclusion.
    Abstract: This book provides an assessment of the impacts of human intervention on the natural environment and peoples' livelihoods through land-use conversion due to industrialization. Problems of land acquisition and the execution thereof have varying consequences that depend on the specific geographical as well as socio-political contexts in which they occur. This book covers a specific study of JSW Bengal Steel Ltd., which in 2014 planned to set up a 10.0 million ton per annuam integrated steel plant at the upper catchment of Sundra basin, the tributary of the Shilabati that ultimately pours to the river Rupnarayan, located at Salboni Block of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal, India. The project was ultimately put on hold, but caused many lingering environmental and socioeconomic problems due to the acquisition of formerly productive lands. The book examines this case to generate a data base on the different aspects of land acquisition and its negative impacts on the geomorphology and hydrology of non-timber forest products, agricultural impacts resulting in livelihood changes, policy dimensions of land acquisition, and the impacts of delays in project implementation through a comparative analysis between projects-affected areas and non-project areas. The book will appeal to environmental managers and industry workers, as well as students and researchers in environmental economics, anthropology, and human geography. .
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    Pages: XXX, 318 p. 205 illus., 181 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030902445
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-90244-5
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    Pesticides Bioremediation (2022)
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    Keywords: Environment. ; Environmental monitoring. ; Agriculture. ; Pollution. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Environmental Monitoring. ; Agriculture. ; Pollution.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1-Impact of Organochlorine Pesticides on Beneficial Soil Micro-Flora and Soil Fertility -- 2-Phytoremediation of Environmental Matrices Contaminated with Photosystem II Inhibiting Herbicides -- 3-Phytoremediation and Effects of Organophosphate pesticides in Agricultural Soils on Typha Latifolia -- 4-Biodegradation of Pesticides by Aspergillus and Penicillium Species -- 5-Bioremediation of Insecticidal Carbamates: Recent Advances and Promises -- 6-Fipronil Microbial Degradation: An Overview Since Bioremediation to Metabolic Pathways -- 7-Bioremediation of Cucurbitacin-Containing Phytonematicides -- 8-Following the Steps Towards Glyphosate Bioremediation. How Close are we to Field Success?- 9-Role of Enzymes in Biodegradation of Pesticides: General Aspects and Recent Advances -- 10-The Environmental Implication and Microbial Remediation of Pesticide Pollution: A Critical Assessment of the Concept, Strategies and Future Perspective -- 11-Pesticide Bioremediation: Omics Technologies for Understanding the Processes -- 12-Bioremediation of Pesticides Using Microbial Consortium: Challenges and Future Perspectives -- 13-Advances in Biological Technologies for Remediation of some Emerging Pesticides -- 14-Role of Metal Nanoparticles in Bioremediation of Pesticides -- 15-Sensor Applications for Pesticides Detection in Agricultural Products, Foods and Water Sources -- 16-Microalgae: A Promising Tool for Mitigation of Pesticides from Wastewater- 17-Remedial Potential of Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria (Pgpr) Pesticide Residues: Recent Trends and Future Challenges -- 18-Algae Mediated Pesticides Bioremediation: Mechanisms, Approaches, Limitations, and Prospects for Future Research -- 19-Soils Contaminated with Persistent Organic Pollutants (Pops): Current Situation, Management, and Bioremediation Techniques: A Case Study of Mexico -- 20-Integrated Application of Green Nanotechnology, Bioremediation and Solubility Enhancing Chemicals for Improving Phytoremediation Efficiency: A Case Study in Egypt -- 21-Environmental Bioremediation as an Eco-Sustainable Approach for Pesticides: A Case Study of Mena Region -- 22-Progress in Pesticides Bioremediation from South Asian Countries: Challenges and Way Forward -- 23-Novel Trends in Phytoremediation and Bioremediation of Pesticides: In South Africa.
    Abstract: This volume offers the latest theory, procedures, techniques and applications pertaining to the bioremediation of pesticides, as well as current case studies. The book is composed of chapters written by global experts and is divided into three topical sections. Section A deals with concepts and mechanisms of pesticides bioremediation; Section B examines latest tools and techniques; Section C offers global case studies of pesticides bioremediation. The novel methods described here are timely, as traditional pesticide usage leads to high wastage via decay, vaporization and seepage. This of course leads to environmental contamination and has necessitated the development and use of novel technologies like bioremediation for minimizing the impact of pesticides on the environment. This volume will be of relevance to academics, researchers and students who are working in the realm of pesticide bioremediation, and will enable policy makers and managerial experts across the globe in drafting policies and strategies for the management and treatment of pesticides.
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    Pages: IX, 541 p. 109 illus., 97 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030970000
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-97000-0
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    Geo-Economy of the Future : Sustainable Agriculture and Alternative Energy (2022)
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    Keywords: Environment. ; Power resources. ; Agriculture Economic aspects. ; Technological innovations. ; Economic policy. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Natural Resource and Energy Economics. ; Agricultural Economics. ; Innovation and Technology Management. ; Economic Policy.
    Description / Table of Contents: Part I. State legal regulation and technologies of responsible nature use -- Chapter 1. Role of Government Policies in Improving Ecological Management of Industrial Economy (Gulzat K. Kantoroeva) -- Chapter 2. Environmental Investments as a Form of Social Responsibility of Business in a Mining Region (Evgeny E. Shvakov) -- Chapter 3. Improving Customs Services in the Context of Developing the Goods Traceability System (Petr N. Afonin) -- Chapter 4. COVID-19's impulse to intensify neo-industrial digital technologies 4.0 in the legal regulation of foreign economic activity of economic entities of the EAEU and the BRICS Member States (Agnessa O. Inshakova) -- Chapter 5. Concepts and Categories of Interstate Regulation in the Implementation and Legal Risks in the Application of Digital Technologies of Industry 4.0 at the Level of the EAEU and BRICS (Alexander I. Goncharov) -- Chapter 6. The concept of neo-industrial modernization of legal regulation strategy for the intensification of digital technologies in the EAEU and the BRICS (Agnessa O. Inshakova) -- Chapter 7. Features of Corporate Social Responsibility in Russia within the Framework of Sustainable Development (Irina V. Degtyareva) -- Chapter 8. The Economic Security Threats of the Region in Terms of Digitalization: Assessment and Development of Leveling Tools (Evgeniya K. Karpunina) -- Chapter 9. The Modern Social Contract: Prerequisites for Renewal (Ekaterina I. Shumskaia) -- Chapter 10. Impact of Globalization on Internal Migration of Population (Natalya V. Vorontsova) -- Chapter 11. ESG Banking: a Fundamental Component of Sustainable Development, or Development without Prejudice to the Future of Russia (Elena P. Ermakova) -- Chapter 12. Socio-Political and International Legal Basis for a Paradigm Shift in Russian Criminal Law (Elena N. Senina) -- Chapter 13. Book Review Inshakova, A.O., Bogoviz, A.V. (Eds.) “Alternative Methods of Judging the Economic Conflicts in the National Positive and Soft Law” (Agnessa O. Inshakova) -- Chapter 14. Book Review Inshakova A. O., Frolova E. E. (Eds.) “The Transformation of Social Relationships in Industry 4.0: Economic Security and Legal Prevention” (Agnessa O. Inshakova) -- Chapter 15. Mediation as an Alternative Dispute Resolution in Intellectual Property Disputes in Turkey and Russian Federation (Canan Kucukali) -- Chapter 16. Interregional Differentiation of Income and Expenditure of the Russian Population: Assessment in the Long-Term Dynamics (Evgeniya K. Karpunina) -- Chapter 17. Monopolization of the Global Economy: on the Example of the American Multinational Enterprises (Yulia A. Konovalova) -- Chapter 18. The Role of Migration in the Contemporary Demographic Development of Russia (Roman V. Manshin) -- Chapter 19. Russian Regions: Assessment of Factors of Growth in the Living Standard and Well-Being of the Population (Natalia I. Kuzmenko) -- Part II. Responsible production and sustainable regions, cities and communities -- Chapter 20. Eco-industrial Parks (EIP) as a Tool for Modern Innovative Industry (Marina N. Levkina) -- Chapter 21. Economic Assessment of Complex Damage from Extractive Industries, Considering the Environmental Factor (Takhir K. Toguzaev) -- Chapter 22. Effects of Education Transformation in Pandemic: A Regional Perspective (Yuliya R. Rudneva). .
    Abstract: This book presents an international review of the modern geo-economy and a scientific take on the geo-economy of the future. It identifies the challenges of climate change and their impact on the modern geo-economy. Prospects for the geo-economy of the future are outlined based on sustainable agriculture and alternative energy. Policy implications are put forward to develop a geo-economy of the future in response to the challenges of climate change. The book presents management implications for the development of the geo-economy of the future in response to the challenges of climate change at the regional and global scale. It presents the lessons-learned through the COVID-19 pandemic, and applies experiences of countries with different environmental conditions for agriculture and the development of the energy sector. Based on these results, advanced practical recommendations and ready-made frameworks at the national, regional, and enterprise level are provided.
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030923037
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-92303-7
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    Adaptive Participatory Environmental Governance in Japan : Local Experiences, Global Lessons (2022)
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    Keywords: Environmental management. ; Biotechnology. ; Conservation biology. ; Ecology . ; Environmental policy. ; Environmental Management. ; Biotechnology. ; Conservation Biology. ; Conservation Biology. ; Environmental Policy.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1.Introduction: : Legitimacy, Adaptability and Narrative-based Design -- Chapter 2. Reeds and Rights: Dynamism of Legitimacy Construction in the Management of Collective Natural Resources -- Chapter 3. Forests to Revitalize Local Society; Adaptive Contribution Projects for Legitimacy by Mountain Bikers -- Chapter 4. Creating space for creativity: Agricultural canals and an endangered species -- Chapter 5. The Satoyama Movement and its Adaptability: Beyond Ideology and Institutionalization -- Chapter 6. Re-contextualizing Wildlife Management to Community Revitalization -- Chapter 7. Listening to Nori Seaweed to Learn How to Better Live with the Sea for Urban Fishers: The Importance of Ecological Reflexivity for Environmental Governance -- Chapter 8. Complex Ties: Governance for Supporting Nuclear Evacuees -- Chapter 9. Resilience and invisible damage: The 2011 nuclear accident and natural resources management. Chapter 10. BThe Governance of Renewable Energy Projects and Expanded Distributive Justice -- Chapter 11. Trial of Tools to Evaluate Adaptive Processes in Environmental Activities -- Chapter 12. Narratives for Actualizing Local Knowledge to Empower Participatory Biosphere Reserve governance -- Chapter 13. Narratives Crossing Jurisdictions; Watershed-scale Collaborations for Adaptive Decisions and Actions -- Chapter 14. Science To Govern Urban Heat Risk In Fukuoka City, Japan: What Can A Historical Perspective Teach Us? -- Chapter 15. Action Research within Multi-layered Hegemonic Structure: 'Workshop' for Adaptive Governance -- Chapter 16. Empathy-based Assistance and its Transformative Role in the Adaptive Cycle of Collaborative Governance.
    Abstract: This book contributes to the theoretical and practitioner literature in environmental governance and sustainability of natural resources by linking case studies of the roles of narratives to the three key practices in local environmental governance: socio-political legitimacy in participation; collaboratively creating stakeholder-ness, and cultivating social and ecological capabilities. It provides numerous theoretical insights on legitimacy, adaptability, narratives, process-oriented collaborative planning, and among others, using in-depth case studies from historical and contemporary environmental issues including conservation, wildlife management, nuclear and tsunami disasters, and thus community risk, recovery, and resiliency.The authors are all practitioner-oriented scientists and scholars who are involved as local stakeholders in these practices. The chapters highlight their action and participatory-action research that adds deeper insights and analyses to successes, failures, and struggles in how narratives contribute to these three dimensions of effective environmental governance. Of particular interest, both within Japan and beyond, the book shares with readers how to design and manage practical governance methods with narratives. The detailed design methods include co-imagination of historical and current SESs, designing processes for collaborative productions of knowledge and perceptions, legitimacy and stakeholder-ness, contextualization of contested experiences among actors, and the creation of evaluation standards of what is effective and effective local environmental governance. The case studies and their findings reflect particular local contexts in Japan, but our experiences of multiple natural disasters, high economic growth and development, pollutions, the nuclear power plant accident, and rapidly aging society provide shared contexts of realities and provisional insights to other societies, especially to Asian societies.
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    ISBN: 9789811625091
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-2509-1
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    Status and Future Challenges for Non-conventional Energy Sources Volume 2 (2022)
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    Keywords: Environmental management. ; Environmental engineering. ; Biotechnology. ; Bioremediation. ; Environmental chemistry. ; Cogeneration of electric power and heat. ; Fossil fuels. ; Environmental Management. ; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology. ; Environmental Chemistry. ; Fossil Fuel.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1 Current state of art on lignocellulosic biomass: future biofuels -- 2 Cellulosics Biorefinery: Concepts, potential, and challenges -- 3 Biorefinery technology for cellulosic biofuel production -- 4 Life cycle assessment of Algal Biofuels -- 5 Biodiesel: features, potential hurdles and future direction -- 6 Solid-state fermentation: an alternative approach to produce fungal lipids as biodiesel feedstock -- 7 Metabolic engineering approach for advanced microbial fuel production using Escherichia coli.-8 Microbial Fuel Cells (MFC) and its prospects on bioelectricity potential -- 9 Biocatalysis of Biofuel cells: Exploring the Intrinsic Bioelectrochemistry -- 10 Bioelectric fuel cells: Recent trends to manage the crisis on resources for conventional energy -- 11 Bioethanol: Substrates, current status, and challenges -- 12 Progress and perspectives of nanomaterials for bioenergy production -- 13 Nanofarming: Nanotechnology in Biofuel Production -- 14 Potential of Extremophiles in bioelectrochemical systems and biohydrogen production. .
    Abstract: This book highlights recent advancements in such an important topic, through contribution from experts demonstrating different applications in ‘day-to-day’ life, both existing and newly emerging biological technologies, and thought provoking approaches from different parts of the world, potential future prospects associated with some frontier development in non-conventional energy sources. It covers different aspects of cellulosic and lignocellulosic biomass; Cellulosics Biorefinery; Algal Biofuels; Biodiesel; Bioethanol; Microbial Fuel Cells; Biofuel cells; and biohydrogen production. This book is a comprehensive and informative compilation for international readers, especially undergraduate, post graduate students and researchers.
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    ISBN: 9789811645099
    Series Statement: Clean Energy Production Technologies,
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    Climate Change and Community Resilience : Insights from South Asia (2022)
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    Keywords: Environmental management. ; Bioclimatology. ; Environmental policy. ; Community development. ; Social service. ; Sustainability. ; Environmental economics. ; Environmental Management. ; Climate Change Ecology. ; Environmental Policy. ; Social Work and Community Development. ; Sustainability. ; Environmental Economics.
    Description / Table of Contents: A Framework for Climate Resilient Community-based Adaptation -- Meta-analysis of Community-based Climate Change Adaptation Programs in Developing Countries -- What Motivates Farmers’ Adaptation Behaviour to Climate Change in India? A Systematic Review of Literature -- Resilience Framework for Community-based CCA: The Shyamnagar Story -- Local Strategies to Build Climate Resilient Communities in Bangladesh.
    Abstract: This open access book documents myriads of ways community-based climate change adaptation and resilience programs are being implemented in South Asian countries. The narrative style of writing in this volume makes it accessible to a diverse audience from academics and researchers to practitioners in various governmental, non-governmental and international agencies. At a time when climate change presents humanity with a gloomy future, the stories of innovation, creativity, grassroots engagement and locally applicable solutions highlighted in this book provides insights into hopeful ways of approaching climate solutions. South Asian countries have been dealing with the impact of climate change for decades and thus offer valuable learning opportunities for developing countries within and beyond the region as well as many western countries that are confronting the wrath of climate induced natural disasters more recently. SANDEE has been a pioneer in the development of research and training in environmental economics and related issues in South Asia and Prof Maler has been throughout SANDEE's history, its mentor, and its strongest supporter. Many young economists in South Asia have significantly benefited from Prof Maler's guidance and inputs. The present volume on “Climate Change and Community Resilience: Insights from South Asia” is a fitting tribute and an excellent reflection of Prof Maler's contributions to the SANDEE programme throughout his association. - Mahesh Banskota, Ph.D. Professor, Development Studies School of Arts, Kathmandu University This comprehensive volume aptly identifies grassroots initiatives as the core of the problem of adaptation to climate change. The analysis of the different experiments is lucid, inclusive, and full of interesting detail. The methodologies used and the subjects covered span a range of frameworks and narratives. Put together, the studies are a fitting tribute to Karl-Goran Maler, who spent years putting his impeccable expertise to use for the cause of enhancing research in South Asia. - Kanchan Chopra, Ph.D. Former Director and Professor, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi, and Fellow, SANDEE The slow international policy response to climate change elevates the importance of understanding how communities can respond to climate change’s many threats. This unusually accessible volume provides that understanding for South Asia while being relevant to the rest of the world. Its emphasis on research by scholars from the region makes it a wonderful tribute to Prof. Karl-Göran Mäler, who contributed so much to the growth of environmental economics research capacity in South Asia. - Jeffrey R. Vincent, Ph.D. Clarence F. Korstian Professor of Forest Economics & Management Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, USA.
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    ISBN: 9789811606809
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    Applied Ecology : How agriculture, forestry and fisheries shape our planet (2022)
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    Keywords: Environmental management. ; Ecology . ; Environment. ; Agriculture. ; Environmental Management. ; Ecology. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Agriculture.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1-Introduction -- Chapter 2-Agriculture -- Chapter 3-Forestry and hunting -- Chapter 4-Fisheries and aquaculture -- Chapter 5-Conclusion.
    Abstract: This book offers a comprehensive introduction to basic ecological and biological principles underlying modern agriculture, forestry, fisheries and aquaculture, and explains how these principles are used to increase the production of food and other raw materials (wood, biofuels, fibre, and other materials). The book is translated into English, originally published in Czech by Karolinum Press, Charles University, and provides new updated information to discuss how the intensification of the production of these goods changes the structure of ecosystems concerning energy and nutrient flows, and how these changes affect the functioning of ecosystems and the subsequent provisions of other non-productive ecosystem services. Additionally, the authors describe the methods by which contemporary science and society strives to increase the sustainability of agriculture, forestry and fisheries to maintain not only the production of food and other goods, but also other ecosystem services. Although not a textbook on agriculture, forestry and fisheries, the book familiarizes readers with the principles of their technologies, because the impact on ecosystems is largely based on the technological processes used. The book is primarily focused on temperate ecosystems, but it contains a number of examples about marine and tropical ecosystems impacted by globalization and our consumer behavior. The book will be of interest to students and researchers with backgrounds in ecology and environmental science, as well as non-experts interested in ecology and environmental protection. .
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    Pages: XIII, 414 p. 154 illus., 88 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030832254
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-83225-4
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-83225-4
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    Green Economy in the Transport Sector : A Case Study of Limpopo Province, South Africa (2022)
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    Keywords: Environmental management. ; Sustainability. ; Transportation engineering. ; Traffic engineering. ; Energy policy. ; Energy and state. ; Economic geography. ; Bioclimatology. ; Environmental Management. ; Sustainability. ; Transportation Technology and Traffic Engineering. ; Energy Policy, Economics and Management. ; Economic Geography. ; Climate Change Ecology.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Environment, climate change and the green economy -- 3. Transport modes and the green economy -- 4. Technology innovations in green transport -- 5. Vehicle management and emission control and maintenance -- 6. Skills and knowledge transfer for transitioning into the green economy -- 7. Regulatory frameworks, policies, norms and standards -- 8. Conclusion.
    Abstract: This open access book is interdisciplinary and provides cross-sectoral and multi-dimensional exploration of sustainable development and transportation in South Africa. Drawing on work from different disciplines, the book contributes not only to academia but also seeks to inform urban and regional policy with the view of contributing to the national aspirations of South Africa as espoused in the National Development Plan (NDP), 2030, National Spatial Development Framework (NSDF) Draft (2019), National Climate Change Adaptation Strategy (NCASS) Draft (2019), Green Transport Strategy for South Africa (2018–2050), and National Transportation Plan (NATMAP), 2050. Adopting a multi-dimensional assessment, the book provides a background for co-production concerning climate change, sustainable development, and transportation in the Global South. The book contributes in its analysis of the institutional and legislative framework that relates to the climate change, skills and knowledge transfer, sustainable development, and transportation in South Africa, as these are responsible for the evolution of the green economy and transport sector in the country. The connections among different sectors and issues such as environment, transport modes, technology innovation, vehicle management and emission control, skills and knowledge transfer, legislative and policy framework, and the wider objectives of the sustainable development goals (SDGs), especially goals 11 to 13. The success stories relating to climate change, sustainable development, and transportation in South Africa are identified together with the best possible practices that may inform better environmental, urban and regional planning, policy, practice, and management.
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    Pages: XXIV, 123 p. 17 illus., 15 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030861780
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-86178-0
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-86178-0
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    Human Activity, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Protected Areas : Impacts and Remediation Strategies in Nech Sar National Park, Ethiopia (2022)
    Cham :Springer International Publishing :
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    Keywords: Environmental management. ; Biodiversity. ; Sustainability. ; Environmental Management. ; Biodiversity. ; Sustainability.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1-Introduction and General Background -- Chapter 2-Relevance of Protected Areas as a way to Reduce Zoonotic Diseases -- Chapter 3-Interrogating the Literature on the Impact of Human Activity on Protected Areas and the Pathway for a New Conceptual Framework -- Chapter 4-Protected Areas Governance Impediments -- Chapter 5-Local Communities Livelihood and the Status and Prospects of Biodiversity in Nech Sar National Park -- Chapter 6-Impact of Human Activities on the Ecosystem Services of Nech Sar National Park -- Chapter 7-Way forward for the Sustainable Development of the Park: Integrated Strategic Development Approaches -- Chapter 8-Concluding Remarks.
    Abstract: This book examines the development needs of protected areas with threatened ecological biodiversity to gain deeper understanding of the local perspective of protected area ecosystems. The study focuses on the case of Nech Sar National Park in Ethiopia, a protected area facing many development challenges due to human over-utilization of its resources and threats to wildlife. The conceptual framework developed by this research makes an academic contribution in the protection and sustainable development of national parks' natural capital, since it is designed to provide a systemic analysis of the problem by showing the extent and magnitude of human induced impacts on the natural capital of protected areas. In line with this, the application of the framework produces new and evidence-based findings which will help to improve the governance of protected areas as the research will provide park authorities with a practical tool in addressing the underlying causes of the degradation of national parks before the state of degradation of these resources reach its irreversible juncture. The book will help academicians and researchers to assess the state of biodiversity resources in protected areas using Nech Sar National Park as a representative example of a threatened area common throughout Africa, and will enable development practitioners and policy makers to devise appropriate strategies such as community participation in the governance of protected areas that could help to halt the degradation of resources in protected areas.
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    Pages: XXII, 168 p. 54 illus., 52 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030895716
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-89571-6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-89571-6
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    Climate Change, Disaster and Adaptations : Contextualising Human Responses to Ecological Change (2022)
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    Keywords: Environment. ; Natural disasters. ; Bioclimatology. ; Physical geography. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Natural Hazards. ; Climate Change Ecology. ; Earth System Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Resilience, Adaptation and Migration: Exploring the Range of Human Response to Climatic Change -- Chapter 2. Spatio-temporal variation of drought events over eastern Rajasthan (India): A geo-spatial approach -- Chapter 3. Evaluation of Hydro-geomorphic Response to Climate Change in North Sikkim District, Sikkim, India -- Chapter 4. Disasters, Climate Change and Migration Issues in Fiji and the Pacific: An Overview -- Chapter 5. Assessing the Microclimatic Environmental Indicators of Climate Change of a Temperate Valley in the Western Himalayan region -- Chapter 6. Is technology the nexus between climate change and disaster induced human displacement? -- Chapter 7. Climate Change Hazard Perception and Gender Empowerment for Resilience in the regions of Tropical Asia -- Chapter 8. Climate Change and the Rising Hazard Potential in Lahaul & Spiti: Himachal Pradesh -- Chapter 9. Climate Change and Disaster-induced Displacement in Global South: A Review -- Chapter 10. Climate Change, Disaster and Adaptations - Human Responses to ecological changes -- Chapter 11. Assessing Impact of Climate variability on potential agricultural land suitability in Nalanda District, Bihar -- Chapter 12. Adaptation of the Agri-based Society to Environmental Changes in Thar Desert -- Chapter 13. Human response towards COVID-19 pandemic in terms of adaptation, displacement and climate change in India -- Chapter 14. Human adaptation during Covid-19 Pandemic: the role of perceived stress and resilience -- Chapter 15. Evolutionary forces and Human migration: How sapiens conquered the world -- Chapter 16. Adjustment of the Coastal Communities in response to Climate variability and sea level rise in the Sundarban, West Bengal, India -- Chapter 17. ANALYSING THE VEHICLE INDUCED AIR POLLUTION AND ITS IMPACT IN THE AZADPUR MANDI, DELHI -- Chapter 18. Human Mobility Response to Natural Disasters and Environmental Change -- Chapter 19. Temperature and Rainfall Extremes over Southern India (1969-2014): Frequency Distribution and Trends.
    Abstract: This volume examines how local communities respond and adapt to ecological changes and disasters resulting from climate change. The main aim of the book is to understand the range of human responses to ecological change and to contextualise the reasons for adopting any particular adaptive strategy by a community. Through the help of specific case studies presented as individual chapters, the book aims to find out whether adaptation due to environmental stress is an individual decision and, therefore, is an isolated phenomenon, or if resilience and adaptation are part of the same action paradigm of society as a whole in response to environmental change. Of particular interest are the case studies of climate change or disasters that have rendered the site unsuitable for the return of its community at present, and thus necessitated the relocation of such communities to new locations. The case studies in the book focus on regions in India, but cover different parts of the world as well, and address concepts of resilience, vulnerability, risk, adaptation, and mitigation. The book will be useful for students and researchers in the fields of geography, disaster management, environmental science, and anthropology.
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    Pages: XI, 269 p. 133 illus., 114 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030910105
    Series Statement: Sustainable Development Goals Series,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-91010-5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-91010-5
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    Towards an Emissions Trading System in Mexico: Rationale, Design and Connections with the Global Climate Agenda : Outlook on the first ETS in Latin-America and Exploration of the Way Forward (2022)
    Cham :Springer International Publishing :
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    Keywords: Environmental management. ; Climatology. ; Energy policy. ; Energy and state. ; Environmental Law. ; Political planning. ; Economic geography. ; Environmental Management. ; Climate Sciences. ; Energy Policy, Economics and Management. ; Environmental Law. ; Public Policy. ; Economic Geography.
    Description / Table of Contents: Setting the stage -- Introducing markets to fight climate change in Mexico -- Policy Design and Implementation Considerations for the Mexican -- The Emissions Trading System (ETS): an analysis from the public policy instruments perspective: Eduardo Villarreal -- Co-Benefits, Concentrated Interests, and Mitigation Policy Adoption in Mexico: A Proposal for the Mexican Emissions Trading Scheme: Rolando Garcia Miron and Arjuna Dibley -- International Cooperation: Putting the Pieces Together for the Mexican Carbon Market. .
    Abstract: This Open Access book provides detailed information about the incoming Mexican Emissions Trading System, including an analysis on why the system was implemented, how the system was designed, how it operates, how it could work, and how it could be strengthened by 2023 when it will be formally launched. This document is aimed at those who want to understand how an ETS can operate in an emerging economy. Although it has been written for experts and non-experts, this book does not provide the underlying theory of market-based instruments and emissions trading systems in general. The book can be read from start to finish, but can also be used as a reference for specific components of regional ETSs. The book draws upon a meticulous study of background documents and fieldwork from different authors to tell the story of how a Mexican ETS, the first of its kind in Latin America, can be set in the country. The emissions trading system cover many greenhouse gas emissions and has been hailed as one of the cornerstones of the Mexican climate policy. The book also examines and explains how the ETS is designed and implemented. .
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    Pages: XXXVI, 303 p. 33 illus., 24 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030827595
    Series Statement: Springer Climate,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-82759-5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-82759-5
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    Coastal Ecosystems : Environmental importance, current challenges and conservation measures (2022)
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    Keywords: Environment. ; Biogeography. ; Physical geography. ; Freshwater ecology. ; Marine ecology. ; Pollution. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Biogeosciences. ; Earth System Sciences. ; Freshwater and Marine Ecology. ; Pollution.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter1. Ecosystem services provided by various coastal ecosystems -- Chapter2. Sediment biogeochemistry in the coastal ecosystem -- Chapter3. Biogeochemical processes of natural organic matter in coastal ecosystems -- Chapter4. Role of the coastal ecosystem as a natural buffer and carbon sink -- Chapter5. Biogeochemical response of coastal systems to natural calamities -- Chapter6. Impact of agricultural activities on the coastal ecosystem: Nutrient contamination and Eutrophication -- Chapter7. Heavy metal contamination in coastal ecosystems -- Chapter8. Microplastic and emerging contaminants in coastal ecosystems -- Chapter9. Impact of urbanization and industrialization on the coastal ecosystem -- Chapter10. Effect of climate change on the coastal ecosystem -- Chapter11. Biodiversity in coastal habitats -- Chapter12. Coastal Ecosystems and human well being -- Chapter13. Application of various technologies and strategies for the conservation of coastal ecosystem -- Chapter14. Government policies and Society involvement for the management of aquatic ecosystem -- Chapter15. Coastal Ecosystems of India, their Conservation and Management Policies: A Review.
    Abstract: This volume incorporates theoretical and practical knowledge through case studies and reviews to serve as a baseline of information for coastal ecosystem research, and discusses the impacts of pollution, industrialisation, agriculture and climate change on coastal ecosystem biogeochemistry and biodiversity. The case studies address the role of coastal ecosystems as a carbon sink which is getting impacted by anthropogenic disturbances. Through this analysis, the book covers various strategies for the conservation and management of coastal ecosystems, considering their unique ecological and biogeochemical attributes and region-specific threats and impacts. The book will be of interest to a wide range of readers including students, researchers and professionals in coastal ecosystem science, coastal pollution, climate change adaptation, biodiversity conservation and environmental management. .
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    Pages: VI, 393 p. 1 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030842550
    Series Statement: Coastal Research Library, 38
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-84255-0
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    Microbial Biofertilizers and Micronutrient Availability : The Role of Zinc in Agriculture and Human Health (2022)
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    Keywords: Environment. ; Microbial ecology. ; Environmental geography. ; Nutrition   . ; Agriculture. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Environmental Microbiology. ; Integrated Geography. ; Nutrition. ; Agriculture.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1 -- The enormity of Zinc deficiency: an overview. Chapter 2 -- Zinc malnourishment in children and its impact on child health. Chapter 3 -- Zinc deficiency and its consequences during pregnancy. Chapter 4 -- Malnutrition: Impact of Zinc on child development. Chapter 5 -- Role of Zinc in liver pathology. Chapter 6 -- Role of micronutrients in abiotic stress tolerance in plants. Chapter 7 -- Zinc as a versatile element in plants: an overview on uptake, translocation, assimilatory roles, deficiency and toxicity symptoms. Chapter 8 -- Transition metal homeostasis and its role in plant growth. Chapter 9 -- Role of Zinc homeostasis in plant growth. Chapter 10 -- The multiple effects of microorganisms on plant nutrition. Chapter 11 -- Role of minerals in plant growth and soil microbial consortia mediated mineral uptake by plants. Chapter 12 -- Microbial bio-fertilizers an approach to deal with zinc deficiency. Chapter 13 -- Zinc solubilization by bacteria for increased Zinc uptake by plant. Chapter 14 -- Development of microbes based biofertilizer for zinc dissolution in soil. Chapter 15 -- Soil microbes interaction: mineral solubilization and plant nutrition. Chapter 16 -- Microbes Mediated facilitation of micronutrients uptake by plants from soil especially Zinc. Chapter 17 -- Role of Rhizobacterial Bacilli in Zinc solubilization. Chapter 18 -- Microbial bio-fertilizers an approach to deal with zinc deficiency. Chapter 19 -- Comparing various diets as source of zinc with special reference to fruits and vegetables. Chapter 20 -- Managing Zinc deficiency among children.
    Abstract: This volume addresses various issues related to micronutrient deficiency, especially zinc, and discusses the possible approaches for combating mineral deficiency among humans and plants. The book mainly focuses on the zinc biofortification of vegetable and cereal crops and highlights the consequences of zinc deficiency and the health risks associated with zinc deficiency, especially in children and expecting mothers. The authors discuss different types of food that are rich in zinc and other minerals, how diets can be designed to meet the daily zinc requirements, and the impact of zinc deficiency on plant health and quality of agricultural products and the role of micronutrients in abiotic stress tolerance. The book also covers sustainable approaches to zinc biofortification in crops, such as the microbial solubilization of zinc in soil to improve zinc uptake by plants, and the formulation of these microbes into biofertilizers. The book will be of interest to dieticians, agricultural scientists, students and microbiologists.
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    Pages: XIX, 461 p. 49 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030766092
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-76609-2
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    Characterizing Groundwater Flow Dynamics and Storage Capacity in an Active Rock Glacier (2022)
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    Keywords: Environment. ; Water. ; Hydrology. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Water.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Study site -- Methods -- Results and interpretation -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- Outlook.
    Abstract: Alpine aquifers play a critical role in the hydrology of mountainous areas by sustaining base flow in downstream rivers during dry periods and retarding flood propagation after heavy precipitation events. Progressing climate change alters climatic and meteorological boundary conditions as well as the hydraulic response of alpine catchments by ablating glaciers and thawing permafrost. Rock glaciers exert a controlling influence on the catchment response due to their prominent groundwater storage and complex drainage characteristics. This thesis investigates the hydrogeology and internal structure of the active rock glacier Innere Ölgrube (Ötztal Alps), which governs catchment runoff and is affected by permafrost degradation. A 3D geometrical model of its internal structure is obtained by combining geophysical data and permafrost creep modelling. Available data and new results are integrated into a conceptual hydrogeological model providing a sound basis for the implementation of a prospective numerical groundwater flow model. Hydraulic properties of the hydrostratigraphic units constituting the rock glacier are estimated and groundwater recharge fluxes quantified. Fundamental properties of the heterogeneous groundwater flow system within the rock glacier are discussed and compared to existing rock glacier studies. About the author Simon Seelig is currently working on alpine water resources and climate change as PhD student at the University of Graz, Austria. His educational background is geosciences, focusing on hydrogeology and engineering geology at the Universities of Graz, Leoben, and Waterloo (ON).
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XVII, 158 p. 56 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783658370732
    Series Statement: BestMasters,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-37073-2
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    Handbook of Climate Change Across the Food Supply Chain (2022)
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    Keywords: Environment. ; Food Safety measures. ; Climatology. ; Sociology. ; Nutrition. ; Food. ; Bioclimatology. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Food Safety. ; Climate Sciences. ; Sociology of Food and Nutrition. ; Climate Change Ecology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Climate Change and Food Production Aspects -- Global Climate Agreements and Policy translation in the Brazilian Agriculture: more of the same -- The Journey of Darjeeling Tea Gardens over Decades in the Eyes of the Satellite -- A New Diet: News on Food Habits and Climate Change -- Perspectives and limitations of urban agriculture in transition economies: A case study in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
    Abstract: This book presents climate change as a global phenomenon which affects the entire food chain. Many studies analyzing environmental impacts of food systems confirm significant effects of food production on climate change. Most of them associate primary production with emission of greenhouse gasses identified as one of the causes resulting in warming the atmosphere and global climate effects. A wider perspective shows that the food chains start at farms with consumers being at the end of the pipeline. This approach emphasizes the role of the entire food chain highlighting different kinds of environmental impacts affecting climate change. On the other side, temperature changes and variations of precipitation patterns, together with extreme weather events and water reduction, are recognized as predictors for producing less food, decreased food quality, new food safety risks, biodiversity losses, and depletion of resources associated with food production in modified circumstances. Last but not least, these effects introduce new threats known as food security where some assumptions stress that almost one billion of people are hungry not receiving enough food as a result of climate changes. As a result, the UN highlights the need for combating climate change and promotes sustainable (food) consumption and production. Based on the perceived need to promote and disseminate information on climate change related to food system, the “Handbook of Climate change across the food supply chain” is being produced. The publication compiles information, experiences, practical initiatives, and projects around the subject matter and makes it available to a wide audience. It is expected that the “Handbook of Climate change across the food supply chain” makes many benefits of climate service clearer and, inter alia, leads to an increase in the demand for such important services.
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    Pages: XV, 489 p. 98 illus., 86 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030879341
    Series Statement: Climate Change Management,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-87934-1
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    Recreational Disturbance of Shorebirds in Tropical Asia (2022)
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    Keywords: Environmental management. ; Environmental geography. ; Environmental Management. ; Integrated Geography.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1 -- Shorebirds and Recreation in Coastal Zones (Greg D. Simpson) -- Chapter 2. Interrogating the Recreational Disturbance Literature (Greg D. Simpson) -- Chapter 3. Main Sources of Recreational Disturbance (Sumudu Marasinghe) -- Chapter 4. How Recreational Disturbances affect Coastal Birds? Some Case Studies from Sri Lanka (Sumudu Marasinghe) -- Chapter 5. Setting the Management and Research Agendas (David Newsome).
    Abstract: Much of that growing demand for coastal recreation and tourism has focused on countries in South and Southeast Asia in the tourism megaregion that this book refers to as Tropical Asia. As such, the recreational disturbance of shorebirds in Asia is a serious conservation issue, at a time when populations of both migratory and non-migratory species of shorebirds are threatened and declining because of the loss of coastal habitat and increased human disturbance. Despite global awareness about the impacts that the growth of coastal recreation and tourism across Tropical Asia is likely to be having on threatened and endangered migratory and resident shorebird species of the coastal zones of the East Asian– Australasian Flyway, less than 3% of the published peer-reviewed research into the recreational disturbance of shorebirds addresses coastal zones of Tropical Asia. This situation points to a significant knowledge gap regarding the impacts of human recreation on shorebirds in the Tropical Asian region. In contrast, almost three quarters of the peer-reviewed articles that report recreational disturbance research and management strategies focus on coastal zones in North America (36%), Oceania (20%), and Europe (20%). For those reasons, the quantitative systematic literature review and research case study from Sri Lanka reported in this book provide a call to action and recommendations for both management approaches grounded in the international literature and a research agenda that should be implemented in the coastal zones of Tropical Asia.
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    Pages: XIII, 97 p. 1 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783031139680
    Series Statement: SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-13968-0
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    Towards Sustainable Natural Resources : Monitoring and Managing Ecosystem Biodiversity (2022)
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    Keywords: Environment. ; Environmental monitoring. ; Sustainability. ; Agriculture. ; Biodiversity. ; Bioclimatology. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Environmental Monitoring. ; Sustainability. ; Agriculture. ; Biodiversity. ; Climate Change Ecology.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1. Sustainable Natural Resource Conservation: An Overview -- 2. Conservation of the ecosystem -- 3. Wetlands Conservation and Restoration for Ecosystem Services -- 4. Potential of Joint Forest Management in agro biodiversity conservation -- 5. Molecular approaches in conservation and restoration of agro-biodiversity -- 6. Cultural Ecosystem Services: Key Concepts and Application -- 7. Contributions of Cultural Services to the Ecosystem Services -- 8. Wild edible plants and ecosystem services: a case study from Indian North Eastern Himalayas -- 9. Soil organic carbon and total nitrogen stocks under different land uses in Central India -- 10. Managing the Value Chain of Agricultural Commodities: A Cardinal Pillar for Future Development and Management -- 11. Agro Biodiversity, Status and Conservation Strategies: An Indian Perspective -- 12. Role of Range Grasses in Conservation and Restoration of Land -- 13. Change Detection and Assessment Land Degradation in Quarter of Century -- 14. Influence of anthropogenic activities on forest structure and diversity through the satellite based monitoring system -- 15. GIS-Remote Sensing and Sensor Technology: Emerging New Era Modern Tools for Land Degradation.
    Abstract: Natural resources not only contribute to overall growth of the economy but also help reduce poverty by providing employment and food security to populations on the continent, and is thus the most inclusive growth sector of the economy of Asian countries. Global weather and climate studies are also increasingly being considered a vital source of information to understand the earth’s environment, in particular in the framework of weather and climate studies, land use transformation and human influence across these areas. Satellite earth observing systems provide a unique tool to monitor these changes. This book includes significant and up to date contributions in the field of sustainable natural resources conservation across the globe. While the range of applications and innovative techniques is constantly increasing, this book provides a summary of key case studies where satellite data offers critical information to help understand the causes and effects of those environmental changes, allowing us to reflect on how to minimize their negative impacts. This book is of interest to researchers and practitioners in the field of remote sensing, geographical information, meteorology, and environmental sciences. Scientists and graduate to post-graduate-level students in environmental science will also find valuable information in this book.
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    Pages: XIV, 351 p. 89 illus., 74 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783031064432
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-06443-2
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    Carbon Footprints of Manufacturing and Transportation Industries (2022)
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    Keywords: Environmental management. ; Industrial engineering. ; Production engineering. ; Transportation engineering. ; Traffic engineering. ; Sustainability. ; Environmental Management. ; Industrial and Production Engineering. ; Transportation Technology and Traffic Engineering. ; Sustainability.
    Description / Table of Contents: Carbon Footprint Assessment of Palm, Jatropha, and Microalgal Biodiesel -- Life Cycle Assessment and Circular Economy Strategies For Electric Vehicle: A Systematic Review On Mitigating Climate Change And Reducing Resource Depletion In Road Transportation -- Evaluation Of Carbon Footprint of The Renovation of Urban Spaces -- Carbon footprint of grocery bags considering drivers of variability in Mexico City -- Enabling The Green Bonds Market for Sustainable Transport Projects Based on The Measure/Monitoring, Reporting and Verification Method -- Sustainable Transport Indicators and Mitigation Actions Applied to The Green Bonds Principles.
    Abstract: This book presents carbon footprint calculation and mitigation in the manufacturing and transportation sectors. Warning effects of global warming from every sector is of phenomenal importance at this moment and sector wise assessment and remediation are the key factors to mitigate the vulnerable green house gas emissions. This volume with its six chapters deals with the carbon footprint of manufacturing and transportation sectors.
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9789811972263
    Series Statement: Environmental Footprints and Eco-design of Products and Processes,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-7226-3
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    Sustainable Management of Environmental Contaminants : Eco-friendly Remediation Approaches (2022)
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    Keywords: Environment. ; Biotic communities. ; Sustainability. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Ecosystems. ; Sustainability.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Sustainable Management of Environmental Contaminants: Factors, Control and Phytoremediation -- Chapter 2. Environmental Sustainability with Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) as Plastic Alternatives -- Chapter 3. Advanced sewage disinfection technologies eco-friendly with the environment and public health -- Chapter 4. Application of fungi and bacteria in the management of azo dyes in the industrial effluents -- Chapter 5. Bioremediation: an effective, significant and eco-friendly approach for sustainable management -- Chapter 6. Exploitation of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi as a sustainable management strategy for remediation of cadmium contaminated soils -- Chapter 7. Medicinal and Aromatic Plant Species with Potential for Remediation of Metal(loid)-Contaminated Soils -- Chapter 8. Heavy Metal Toxicity and Phytoremediation by the Plants of Brassicaceae Family: A Sustainable Management -- Chapter 9. Combating Nanotoxicity in Plants: Green Nanotechnology Perspective for a Sustainable Future -- Chapter 10. Strategies and Recent Advances in the Management of Waste Present in Soil and Water by Microbes -- Chapter 11. Green Remediation for Sustainable Environment -- Chapter 12. Application of nanotechnology in remediation of environmental pollutants -- Chapter 13. Seed priming as a sustainable solution to mitigate salinity and drought stress in plants -- Chapter 14. Microbial Biosurfactants: Characterization, Properties and Environmental Applications -- Chapter 15. Gene-Environment Interaction during Bioremediation -- Chapter 16. Myco-remediation: A sustainable biodegradation of environmental pollutants -- Chapter 17. Achieving ecofriendly environment through sustainable management of solid wastes in soil ecosystem -- Chapter 18. Mycoremediation of agriculture waste for the cultivation of edible mushroom -- Chapter 19. Removal of organic dyes from wastewaters using metal oxide nanoparticles -- Chapter 20. Thiourea can Mitigate the Adverse Effect of Ozone on Crop Productivity -- Chapter 21. Challenges and Solutions for Sustainable Urban Water Management.
    Abstract: Environmental contaminants are chemicals that accidentally or deliberately enter the environment, often, but not always, as a result of human activities. Some of these contaminants may have been manufactured for industrial use, and because they are very stable, they do not break down easily. If released to the environment, these contaminants may enter the food chain. Other environmental contaminants are naturally occurring chemicals, but industrial activity may increase their mobility or increase the amount available to circulate in the environment, allowing them to enter the food chain at higher levels than would otherwise occur. Environmental contaminants influence the physiological cell reactions at different and heterogeneous basics and lead to altering in normal cell function primarily at the molecular and biochemical level. Molecular responses to such common environmental stresses have been studied intensively over the last few years, in which there is an intricate network of signaling pathways controlling perception of these environmental stress signals, the generation of second messengers and signal transduction. Recent advances in many areas of plant and microbial research, including genotyping, make scientists optimistic that valuable solutions will be found to allow deployment/commercialization of strategies better able to tolerate these environmental stresses. Environmental remediation was historically viewed as an inherently sustainable activity, as it restores contamination; however, researchers and practitioners are increasingly recognizing that there can be substantial environmental footprints and socioeconomic costs associated with remediation. Sustainability is an imperative in the emerging green and sustainable remediation movement, which is reshaping the entire remediation industry. Understanding the significant roles of sustainable or eco-friendly approaches in mitigating environmental contaminants, the current subject has recently attracted the attention of scientists from across the globe. This comprehensive volume “Sustainable Management of Environmental Contaminants: Eco-friendly Remediation Approaches" highlights the various prospects involved in current scenario. The current volume comprises the chapters from diverse areas dealing with biotechnology, microbial technology, nanotechnology, molecular biology, green and sustainable remediation, etc. I am hopeful that this volume will furnish the requisite of all those who are working or have interest in the current topic.
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    Pages: XVI, 551 p. 69 illus., 59 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783031084461
    Series Statement: Environmental Contamination Remediation and Management,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-08446-1
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    Mine Water Treatment – Active and Passive Methods (2022)
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    Keywords: Environment. ; Earth sciences. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Earth Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Preliminary investigations -- Active methods of mine water treatment -- Passive methods of mine water treatment -- Alternative methods of mine water management -- In situ and on-site remediation -- Residual use of remediation objects or treatment residues -- Finis.
    Abstract: This book accompanies you on a journey that starts with the basics of mine water treatment and takes you further through correct sampling for planning to active and passive systems. In the respective chapters you will learn the most important techniques about the parameters to be measured (e.g. on-site parameters, flow rate), which methods are available to actively treat your mine water (e.g. high density sludge method, reverse osmosis, ion exchange) and which ones to perform passive treatment (e.g. constructed wetlands, vertical flow reactor, limestone channel). You will also get an insight into the use of mine water. Don’t expect a cookbook – rather, it’s an ingredients and utensils list to help you find the right recipe. For extended help on this, check out the more than 1000 references on all the techniques presented. I wrote this book for hydrogeologists, engineers, graduate students, government officials, miners, geoecologists, chemical engineers – in the broadest sense: you. 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 and a thorough copy editing and update by the author ensured that the contents are correctly represented. The author Christian Wolkersdorfer is a mine hydrogeologist and President of the International Mine Water Association IMWA with 32 years of international experience on the subject of mine water and mine water purification.
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    Pages: XXXIX, 328 p. 1 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783662657706
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-65770-6
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    Biodiversity Conservation Through Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) : Himalayas and Indian Sub-Continent (2022)
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    Keywords: Environmental management. ; Biodiversity. ; Sustainability. ; Conservation biology. ; Ecology . ; Power resources. ; Environmental Management. ; Biodiversity. ; Sustainability. ; Conservation Biology. ; Natural Resource and Energy Economics.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Convention on Biological Diversity, Lessons from its Three Decades Journey -- Chapter 2. Implementation of the Nagoya Protocol in India: Experiences, Challenges and Learning’s -- Chapter 3. Achievements in India’s ABS Mechanism -- Chapter 4. Statutory and Obligatory Responsibilities of State Biodiversity Boards for the Conservation of Indigenous Biodiversity and ABS -- Chapter 5. ABS of Biological Resources and associated Traditional knowledge: A Multi -tiered Responsibility" -- Chapter 6. Intellectual Property Right (IPR) and ABS: Need for Universal Accountability and Monitoring -- Chapter 7. Traditional Knowledge (TK) and ABS in the context of Himalayan States -- Chapter 8. ABS in Indigenous knowledge Stewardship and Sustainable Development -- Chapter 9. Access and Benefit Sharing; Agro-biodiversity and Farmers rights on seeds- The case of indigenous rice varieties of Wayanad, Kerala, India -- Chapter 10. Insects and ABS -- Chapter 11. Access and Benefit Sharing, Marine Genetic Resources and Aquaculture:The Indian Scenario in Blue Economy Paradigms -- Chapter 12. A revisit to Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) with reference to Aquatic Bio-resources -- Chapter 13. Strengthening ABS Implementation in India -- Chapter 14. Biological Diversity Act and Enforcement Challenges in India -- Chapter 15. Is ABS an Innovative Financial Mechanism for Biodiversity Conservation -- Chapter 16. The Economics of Ecosystem and Biodiversity (TEEB) in ABS perspective -- Chapter 17. Institutions and incentives to facilitate Indigenous and local people participation in the ABS regime in India -- Chapter 18. ABS; Scope of Indian Medicinal Plants -- Chapter 19. Biological Diversity Act versus other Environmental laws in India -- Chapter 20. The Need for a Nagoya Protocol ‘Plus’.
    Abstract: This book deals with the economic potentials of biodiversity and its capacity to support its own conservation aiming to provide livelihood for millions engaged in conservation, both now and for future generations. The book highlights the potentials of natural resources which are characterized as capital wealth (as defined in Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)), to finance its own conservation and to provide livelihood means to people who conserve it. The book is divided into five Parts. PART I explains about the Premise of Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS), PART II describes about the Technology Transfer, PART III will provide details about the Access to Genetic Resources and to Associated Traditional Knowledge and Benefit Sharing PART IV is the Implementation of ABS Mechanisms and PART V is about ABS and Its Economics. This book will be of interest to biodiversity policy makers, administrators, university and college students, researchers, biodiversity conservationists.
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    Pages: XXVII, 370 p. 36 illus., 33 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783031161865
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-16186-5
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    User needs by Systematic Elaboration (USE) : A theory-based method for user needs analysis, programming and evaluation (2022)
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    Keywords: Environment. ; Architecture. ; Human ecology Study and teaching. ; Social psychology. ; Real estate management. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Architecture. ; Environmental Studies. ; Social Psychology. ; Real Estate Management.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Disciplinary and methodological background -- Chapter 3. Perspective and conceptual framework -- Chapter 4. Method -- Chapter 5. Application -- Chapter 6. Review -- Appendix 1. Instruments -- Appendix 2. Questions and assignments -- Appendix 3. Application of USE in problem neighborhoods -- Index.
    Abstract: The design of a building can facilitate the process of use and promote the well-being of users if it meets their needs. Knowledge of user needs and processes of use is important for a good design. However, it is not self-evident what user needs really are, how user needs and processes of use can be researched, and how that knowledge can be used in a design. This book introduces an integrated methodology for the analysis of user needs, programming and evaluation that answers these questions. The purpose is to improve the interaction between the users and their environment and to avoid failure costs by facilitating proper design decisions. The theoretical perspective and the conceptual framework originate from environmental psychology, more specifically P-E fit theory. The target group consists of those who are interested in creating environments for people (designers, users, real estate managers; students and scientific staff). Designers are a special audience for whom the book can be a guide to working for and with users. The theoretical perspective and the conceptual framework can also be relevant for scientific research into the interaction between users and buildings.
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    Pages: VI, 128 p. 27 illus., 10 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783031020520
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-02052-0
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-02052-0
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    Interpretation of Green Mine Evaluation Index (2022)
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    Keywords: Environmental management. ; Mineralogy. ; Energy policy. ; Energy and state. ; Mining engineering. ; Environmental Management. ; Mineralogy. ; Energy Policy, Economics and Management. ; Mining and Exploration.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1- Introduction -- Chapter 2- Prerequisites for Green Mine Selection -- Chapter 3- Score Sheet of Green Mine Construction -- Chapter 4- Mining Area Environment -- Chapter 5- Resource Development Methods -- Chapter 6- Comprehensive Utilization of Ore Resources -- Chapter 7- Energy Saving and Emission Reduction -- Chapter 8- Technological Innovation and Smart Mines -- Chapter 9- Corporate Management and Corporate Image -- Chapter 10- Related Knowledge.
    Abstract: This book focuses on green mine evaluation. It includes green mine evaluation methods, evaluation content, evaluation indicators, etc. The "Green Mine Evaluation Index" has been issued by the Ministry of Natural Resources of China. In order to promote mining enterprises, green mine consulting service agencies, third-party evaluation agencies and mining administration personnel to better understand and practice the provisions of green mine evaluation indicators, the authors wrote this "Interpretation of Green Mine Evaluation Index". The content of this book specifically includes introduction, prerequisites for green mine selection, score sheet of green mine construction, related knowledge, as well as introduction of specific green mine evaluation items, including mining area environment, resource development methods, comprehensive utilization of ore resources, energy saving and emission reduction, technological innovation and smart mines, corporate management and corporate image, etc. The relevant concepts, relevant laws and policies, implementation measures, inspection points, and materials that enterprises should provide, have been vividly expounded based on the actual situation and specific cases of green mine construction. This book is useful as a reference for managers, engineering and technical personnels, teachers and students from mining enterprises, government departments, consulting services and evaluation agencies, colleges and secondary professional schools.
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    Pages: XII, 348 p. 14 illus., 5 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9789811654336
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-5433-6
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    Water Management: A View from Multidisciplinary Perspectives : 8th International Conference on Water and Flood Management (2022)
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    Keywords: Environmental management. ; Water. ; Hydrology. ; Sustainability. ; Engineering geology. ; Environment. ; Environmental Management. ; Water. ; Sustainability. ; Geoengineering. ; Environmental Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: Causes and Management of Damaging Flood Incidences in Rapidly Urbanizing Areas of Kathmandu Valley: A Case Study of Flood Event in Bhaktapur District, Nepal -- Urban Drainage Study for Gopalganj Pourashava Considering Future Climate Change Impacts -- Flood Propagation Processes in The Jamuna River Floodplain in Sirajganj -- Co-Creation of Flood Mitigation Technologies in Bangladesh to Strengthen Community Resilience -- Risk Profiling for Waterlogging Using Mathematical Model and Gis Techniques for an Urban Area: The Case of Khatunganj Wholesale Commodity Market, Chattogram -- A Remote Sensing Based Approach for Analysis of Dry and Wet Periods of Bangladesh Based on Standardized Precipitation Index During -- Indigenous Knowledge And Practices of The Small Ethnic Communities of Asia-Pacific Island Countries in Facing Hydro-Meteorological Hazards -- Driving Factors of the Migration System Due to Riverbank Erosion Along The Brahmaputra River -- Bivariate Frequency Analysis of Droughts Using Multivariate Standardized Drought Index in Marathwada Region, India -- High-Quality Historical Flood Data Reconstruction Using Hidden Markov Models -- Impact of Coriolis Force on the Flow Field and Sedimentation in Ideally Shaped Tidal Basins -- The Impact of Small Tributaries Flood in the Braided Plain of Large River -- Hybrid Coast Protection Approach in Bangladesh: A Case Study on Effectiveness of Small-Scale Forest in Reducing Surge Induced Inundation and Supporting Local Livelihoods -- Assessing The Consequences of Large-Scale Stabilization of the Padma River on its Flow Hydraulics Using a Combined 1d-2d Hydrodynamic Model -- A Sustainability Index for Assessing Village Tank Cascade Systems (Vtcs) in Sri Lanka -- Agent Based Model of Mangrove Socio-Ecological System for Livelihood Security Assessment -- Drought Management by Integrated Approaches in T. Aman Rice Season to Escalate Water Productivity in Drought Prone Regions of Bangladesh -- Actual Evapotranspiration Estimation Using Remote Sensing: Comparison of Sebal and Metric Models.
    Abstract: This book brings together a selection of best papers from The International Conference on Water and Flood Management, Bangladesh, 2021. The book chapters are based on contributions from multidisciplinary fields, such as nature-based solutions, hydro-meteorological forecasting, river restoration, coastal risk, episodic natural hazards, water risk and resilience, climate-resilient infrastructure, blue economy, and water management during the COVID-19 pandemic. With changing physical and socioeconomic risks due to changes in climate and anthropogenic interventions, integrated approaches to analyzing these processes and their interactions, along with integrating nature-based solutions, are gaining traction. With this special focus on science, policy, and practice to ensure sustainability in the water sector, the conference provided a platform for researchers, policymakers, and practitioners to exchange their knowledge and experience.
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030957223
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-95722-3
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    Climate Constitutionalism Momentum : Adaptive Legal Systems (2022)
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    Keywords: Environmental management. ; Environmental law, International. ; Constitutional law. ; Climatology. ; Bioclimatology. ; Environmental Management. ; International Environmental Law. ; Constitutional Law. ; Climate Sciences. ; Climate Change Ecology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction. Climate and the Law -- The International Framework, Policies, and the Law. Towards National Legal Domains for Climate Issues -- The Ongoing Foundation of the Constitutionalisation of Climate -- Applied Climate Justice and Functional Climate Litigation: Overlapping Circles -- Conclusion. The Climate Constitutionalism Momentum -- Bibliography. .
    Abstract: While civil society and social movements claim for more effective measures to cope with anthropogenic climate change, legal scholars are witnessing the “aurora” of climate change law. What is quite relevant in this double-process of recognition/establishment is the interdisciplinary nature of such a field of studies, which goes beyond formalistic legal aspects. Based on the need to rethink legal paradigms, “Climate Constitutionalism Momentum: Adaptive Legal Systems” deals with three major means to combat anthropogenic climate change—namely science, politics and law—further addressing the thesis regarding a supposed adaptiveness of legal systems and proposing new pathways for further inquiries on the current climate constitutionalism momentum. The book introduces the international efforts in acknowledging the need for concrete measures to achieve ambitious results, addressing the comparative public law debate, merging theoretical appraisals and quantitative insights under a top-down approach and a civil-law methodology. Furthermore, the book combines theoretical and empirical viewpoints in reference to climate justice and litigation. The last part of the argumentative pattern merges the aforementioned key elements and grounds of investigation, providing an overall account of the current climate constitutionalism momentum. Academic researchers are the book’s primary audience, but it is also targeted for undergraduate and postgraduate students of specific courses. For the numerous insights and the contemporary relevance of the topic, the book is also addressed to political stakeholders and legal practitioners. Given the transnational development of this area of law, the expected audience of the book is global.
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    Pages: XV, 128 p. 7 illus., 6 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030973360
    Series Statement: Climate Change Management,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-97336-0
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    The Belt and Road Initiative Green Development Case Studies Report 2020 (2022)
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    Keywords: Environmental management. ; Environmental sciences Social aspects. ; Sustainability. ; Environmental policy. ; Environmental Management. ; Environmental Social Sciences. ; Sustainability. ; Environmental Policy.
    Description / Table of Contents: Congratulation massage -- Executive summary -- Chapter i: Biodiversity and Ecological Systems -- Chapter ii: Clean Energy -- Chapter iii: Clean Water -- Chapter iv: Sustainable Traffic -- Chapter v: Solid Waste Treatment -- Chapter vi: Sustainable Consumption and Production -- Chapter vii: Green Architecture -- Chapter viii: Corporate Social Responsibility -- Conclusion.
    Abstract: This is an Open Access book. In accordance with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, it showcases 17 projects under the framework of Belt & Road Initiative (BRI). These projects cover ninefields, namely, biodiversity and ecosystem, clean energy, clean water, sustainable transportation, solid waste treatment, sustainable consumption and production, green buildings, sustainable foodproduction and corporate social responsibility. Aiming at achieving green development, these projects, in their implementation, adhere to the concept of ecological civilization, combine China’s strict environmental protection systems and international standards, and take various measures of environmental protection based on the conditions of the local environment. These measures include joint efforts with local governments, businesses and communities, optimizating of design and construction plans, strict controling over different types of pollutants, and in situ conservation of species and ecosystems.The experience and practice of these 13 projects set an example for the latecomers. .
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    Pages: XIX, 112 p. 94 illus., 91 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9789811631887
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-3188-7
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    Earth Systems Protection and Sustainability : Volume 1 (2022)
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    Keywords: Environmental sciences Mathematics. ; Environmental management. ; Sustainability. ; Physical geography. ; Mathematical Applications in Environmental Science. ; Environmental Management. ; Sustainability. ; Earth System Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter1. Generators, Harmonics and Evolutionary Emergence -- Chapter2. Sustainable Management of Soil-borne Plant Pathogens -- Chapter3. Empirical Values of Halophytes in Agro-ecology and Sustainability -- Chapter4. Drilling Waste Management based on New Methods of Bioremediation and Solar Desalination -- Chapter5. Orchid Diversity, Conservation and Sustainability in North-Eastern India -- Chapter6. Effectiveness of the Role Technology Plays in Tackling Climate Change -- Chapter7. Social and Environmental Imperatives for Risk Management: Lessons from the Rohingya Refugee Crisis -- Chapter8. Risks for the Environment, Biodiversity, Humankind and the Planet -- Chapter9. Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Policy in Nepal: A Centralized – Decentralized Dichotomy -- Chapter10. Expanding Loops in Sustainable Intelligent Driven Markets in Zimbabwe -- Chapter11. Sustainable Consensus in an Uncertain Environment -- Chapter12. Robot Path Planning Research Applications in Static and Dynamic Environments.
    Abstract: Earth Systems Protection and Sustainability qualifies imperatives and discusses the use of mathematical approaches to assess and achieve sustainability in threatened and vulnerable Earth systems globally. Mathematical advances in this context include both operational and Boolean methods, as well as linguistic, logic-based Bayesian approaches and generative mathematics relevant to scenario formation. The mathematic methods are refined into functional areas and deeper learning which enable searching algorithm application to achieve optimal solutions for the circular nature and application of sustainability. Pertinent sections and synergistic elements are covered in order to synthesize key informative nodes to advise of the very real dangers facing planet Earth and its biodiversity. Each volume stands in its own right. Analytical and scientific chapters are blended with social resilience and socio-economic development considerations, thus enabling the settings of sustainability within varying scenarios of climatic forces and species dynamics. Volume 1 focuses on ground-breaking evolutionary expansion assisting with life’s continuation on Earth, sustainable management of pathogens and halophytes in agroecosystems, bioremediation methods in drilling waste management, conservation and sustainability of diversity, climate change mitigation strategies, displacement management in a large scale ongoing crisis, risk reduction and management policy, sustainable intelligent driven markets, sustainable consensus in an uncertain environment and path planning in static and dynamic environments. Pictorial contributions made from across the world, refine particularly urgent problems for attention or additionally provide solutions in methods of environmental sustainability as operated in communities to complement the descriptive chapter sections. Both volumes are targeted for a global audience of academic, professional, classroom, governmental, unit and community members, and seek to include all sectors to ensure ongoing and comprehensive Earth Systems Protection. .
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    Pages: XXI, 337 p. 5 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030858292
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-85829-2
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    Aviation Noise Impact Management : Technologies, Regulations, and Societal Well-being in Europe (2022)
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    Keywords: Environment. ; Acoustics. ; Noise control. ; Pollution. ; Geography. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Acoustics. ; Noise Control. ; Pollution. ; Regional Geography.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction: Understanding the basics of aviation noise -- Status: Noise burden in Europe -- Part I: Regulating and reducing noise today -- Balanced approach to aircraft noise management -- Perspective on 25 years of European aircraft noise reduction technology efforts and shift towards global research aimed at quieter air transport -- Future aircraft and the future of aircraft noise -- Competing agendas for land-use around airports -- Part II: Beyond flying machines, Human beings -- Impact of aircraft noise on health -- Coping with aviation noise: Non-acoustic factors influencing annoyance and sleep disturbance from noise -- Engaging communities in the hard quest for consensus -- Towards innovative ways to assess annoyance -- Towards mapping of noise impact -- ANIMA noise platform and ANIMA methodology: One-stop shop for aviation noise management -- Overall perspectives.
    Abstract: This open access book provides a view into the state-of-the-art research on aviation noise and related annoyance. The book will primarily focus on the achievements of the ANIMA project (Aviation Noise Impact Management through Novel Approaches), but not exclusively. The content has a broader theme in order to encompass. regulation issues, the ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization) balanced approach, progresses made on technologies and reduction of noise at source, impact of possible future civil supersonic aircraft, land-use planning issues, as well as the core topics of the ANIMA project, i.e. impact on human beings, annoyance, quality of life, health and findings of the project in this respect. This book differs from traditional research programmes on aviation noise as the authors endeavour, not to lower noise at source, but to reduce the annoyance. This book examines these non-acoustic factors in an effort to help those most affected by aviation noise – communities living close to airports, and also help airport managers, policy-makers, local authorities and researchers to deal with this issue holistically. The book concludes with some recommendations for EU, national and local policy-makers, airport and aviation authorities, and more broadly a scientifically literate audience. These recommendations may help to identify gaps for progress in terms of research but also genuine implementation actions for political and regulatory authorities.
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030911942
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-91194-2
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    Assessing the Environmental Impacts of Hydropower Projects (2022)
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    Keywords: Environmental management. ; Water-power. ; Environmental Management. ; Hydroenergy.
    Description / Table of Contents: Part I. Approach -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Different Ways to Look at Things -- Chapter 3. Approach to ESIA -- Chapter 4. Dams, Reservoirs and Power Plants -- Chapter 5. Impacts -- Chapter 6. Mitigation -- Part II: ESIA Preparation -- Chapter 7. Introductory Chapters to an ESIA -- Chapter 8. Physical Environment -- Chapter 9. Water -- Chapter 10. Biological Environment -- Chapter 11. Human Environment -- Chapter 12. The ESMMP -- Chapter 13. Decommissioning -- Chapter 14. Comparison with Alternatives -- Part III: Specific Issues -- Chapter 15. Access Roads -- Chapter 16. Reservoirs as Habitats -- Chapter 17. Reservoir Stratification -- Chapter 18. Downstream Impacts -- Chapter 19. Transboundary and Cumulative Effects -- Chapter 20. Residual or Ecological Flow -- Chapter 21. Dam Projects: Pro and Contra -- Part IV: Case Studies -- Chapter 22. Mekong Basin -- Chapter 23. Rogun: Water Scarcity in Central Asia -- Chapter 24. Impoumdment and Reservoir Development -- Chapter 25. HPPS in High Mountain Areas -- Chapter 26. Bad Dams? -- Chapter 27. Epilogue: Whither Dams?
    Abstract: This book describes the entire process of environmental impact assessment for hydropower and dam projects, not from a legal or regulatory point of view, but from a very applied one, based mainly on the personal experience of the author, who is involved in this field of work since over 40 years, by describing the different steps of such an assessment, covering all major aspects to be dealt with. The focus is on environmental issues, while the other main subject—social impacts—is mentioned here only briefly. It will be of interest not only for ESIA (Environmental and Social Impact Assessment) practitioners, be they consultants involved in the preparation of such studies or staff members of environmental protection agencies having to come to decisions based on them, but also for engineers and planners involved in such projects, developers, and people interested in questions related to energy, environment, and climate change. Overall, this book aims at contributing to put the discussion about hydropower and dam projects on a more objective level.
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030911850
    Series Statement: Environmental Earth Sciences,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-91185-0
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    Food Security and Climate-Smart Food Systems : Building Resilience for the Global South (2022)
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    Keywords: Environment. ; Agriculture. ; Sustainability. ; Biodiversity. ; Bioclimatology. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Agriculture. ; Sustainability. ; Biodiversity. ; Climate Change Ecology.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1. Climate Resilience for Food Security: Current Dynamics and Emerging Trends -- 2. Rethinking the Agricultural Development Model in the Post COVID-19 Era Based on Scientific Knowledge: The Moroccan Case -- 3. Impacts of Climate Change on Agricultural Labor Force and Food Security in Pakistan: The Importance of Climate-Smart Agriculture -- 4. Managing the Impacts of Climate Change on Food Production and Security in Sri Lanka – The Importance of Climate-Smart Agriculture -- 5. Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Agriculture Industry in Sri Lanka and the Application of Smart Technologies to Overcome Challenges and Grasp New Opportunities -- 6. Enhancing Food Security in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in a Changing Climate: The New Roles of Extension Service -- 7. Role of Agriculture Extension in Ensuring Food Security Under a Changing Climate in Pakistan: State of the Art and Prospects for Reforms -- 8. Role of Agricultural Extension Services in Building Climate Resilience of Food Security in Ethiopia -- 9. Dynamics of Agricultural Extension for Nigeria’s Rural Areas Under the Current Scenario of Climate Change -- 10. Climate Change, Food Security and Agricultural Extension Nexus in Islamic Republic of Iran -- 11. Realizing Food Security through the Role of Agricultural Development in Sudan -- 12. Agriculture in Fragile Moroccan Ecosystems in the Face of Climate Change: Vulnerability and Adaptation -- 13. Natural and Regulatory Underlying Factors of Food Dependency in Algeria -- 14. Boosting Youth Participation in Farming Activities within the Perspective of Enhancing National Food Self-Sufficiency - A Case Study from Nigeria -- 15. Farmers’ Satisfaction towards Organic Rice Farming Promotion in Northeastern Thailand: Some Factors Affecting their Farm Fulfillment.
    Abstract: The resilience of food systems and security to emerging challenges and threats, especially in the context of environmental and climate risks and global pandemics such as the Covid-19 crisis, is currently gaining growing importance in research, policy, and practice. Based on this, the core focus of this book, as a part of a series of CERES publications, consists of identifiying and exploring the best ways to overcome such challenges and shocks and to build resilience in the Global South. More precisely, the book analyzes current dynamics and trends related to the climate resilience of food security and assess the relevance of emerging approaches such as climate-smart agriculture, new roles of agriculture extension, smart farming, and climate adaptation of farming systems.The book includes both conceptual and empirical research reporting lessons learned from many geographical, environmental, social, and policy settings while focusing on Africa, Middle East, and Asia. It also provides research and policy-oriented inputs and recommendations to guide change processes at multiple scales.
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    Pages: XXXVII, 398 p. 79 illus., 74 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030927387
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-92738-7
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-92738-7
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    P-graphs for Process Systems Engineering : Mathematical Models and Algorithms (2022)
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    Keywords: Environment. ; Environmental sciences Mathematics. ; Industrial engineering. ; Production engineering. ; Mathematical models. ; Database management. ; System theory. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Mathematical Applications in Environmental Science. ; Industrial and Production Engineering. ; Mathematical Modeling and Industrial Mathematics. ; Database Management System. ; Complex Systems.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Basic concepts of automatic process design -- Chapter 2. Representation of Process Structures: P-graphs -- Chapter 3. Structural Model of PNS -- Chapter 4. Algorithmic Generation of the Maximal Structure -- Chapter 5. Algorithmic Generation of all Solution Structures -- Chapter 6. Accelerated Branch-and-Bound Algorithm of PNS -- Chapter 7. Literature Review on Research and Applications -- Chapter 8. Case study: Synthesis of production process for adipic acid -- Chapter 9. Enumeration-based Properties of Processing Systems: Reliability & Resilience -- Chapter 10. Formal proof of Algorithm MSG -- Chapter 11. Simplification of the Maximal Structure -- Chapter 12. Formal proof of algorithm SSG -- Chapter 13. Formal proof of algorithm ABB -- Chapter 14. Refined B&B Procedure -- Chapter 15.A Look Ahead B&B Procedure.
    Abstract: This book discusses the P-graph framework for developing and understanding effective design tools for process systems engineering, and addresses the current state of its theory and applications. The book details the new philosophy of the axioms-based mathematical modelling of processing systems, the basic algorithms, areas of application, future directions, and the proofs of theorems and algorithms. Because of the rigorous foundation of the theory, the framework provides a firm basis for future research in mathematical modelling, optimization, and design of complex engineering systems. The various P-graph applications discussed include process network synthesis, reliability engineering, and systems resilience. The framework opens new avenues for research in complex systems including redundant operations for critical infrastructure, systems sustainability, and modelling tools for disaster engineering. Demonstration software is provided to facilitate the understanding of the theory. The book will be of interest to institutions, companies, and individuals performing research and R&D in process systems engineering.
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    Pages: XVI, 261 p. 128 illus., 16 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030922160
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-92216-0
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-92216-0
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    Agriculture, Livestock Production and Aquaculture : Advances for Smallholder Farming Systems Volume 1 (2022)
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    Keywords: Environment. ; Agriculture. ; Food security. ; Sustainability. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Agriculture. ; Food Security. ; Sustainability.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter1. Impact of future climate change on Agriculture, Livestock Production and Aquaculture: Challenges and Policy -- Chapter2. Managing agricultural nitrogen losses in crop production and mitigation of climate change effects -- Chapter3. Critical analysis and evaluation of groundnut value chain for revamping its production for global food security -- Chapter4. Aluminum uptake, callose accumulation and invertase activity in lowland and upland rice genotypes in related to aluminum stress tolerance -- Chapter5. Gender issues in farming — Challenging socially embedded positions in agrarian context -- Chapter6. Characterization and Appraisal of Crop based Farming System for Sustainable Development of Agriculture -- Chapter7. Nitrogen based for farming system -- Chapter8. Resilience for salt tolerance in rice cultivars using various strategies of conventional breeding, molecular breeding and transgenic approaches -- Chapter9. Geoinformation for land suitability modelling for climate smart farming in Africa -- Chapter10. Climate Change Adaptation: Remote Sensing-based Flood Crop Loss Assessment to Support Crop Insurance -- Chapter11. Smallholder Pig value chains development and livelihood security -- Chapter12. Revolutionizing impact of poultry resources in food security and rural economy -- Chapter13. Milk and Milk Product Safety and Quality Assurance for Achieving Better Public Health Outcomes -- Chapter14. Diversification in Aquaculture Resources and Practices for Smallholder Farmers -- Chapter15. Value addition in meat and fish products for human health and nutrition -- Chapter16. Indian Fish as Bioindicators species -- Chapter17. Conclusion. .
    Abstract: This two-volume set discusses recent approaches and technological innovations for sustainable agriculture in smallholder farming systems impacted by climate change. The systems covered include crop-based agricultural production, as well as aquaculture and livestock production as related systems using similar techniques to combat food security issues brought about by climate change and resource overuse. The chapters detail innovations involving crop diversification, soil resilience management, geoinformatics and land suitability monitoring for smart farming, information technology in livestock production, and nutrient resource management in fishery aquaculture. Researchers, practitioners and industries will be able to use this information to implement socially and economically sustainable practices to achieve food security in impoverished areas vulnerable to climate change, while also learning about the rapid evolution in information technology that is applicable for and available to small holder farmers. Volume 1 focuses on current innovations in agricultural and livestock practices in response to climate change. It covers the technological challenges, approaches and mitigation strategies encountered by both scholars and practitioners working in livestock and agricultural production systems impacted by climate change.
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    Pages: XIII, 346 p. 69 illus., 57 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030932589
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-93258-9
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-93258-9
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    Agriculture, Livestock Production and Aquaculture : Advances for Smallholder Farming Systems Volume 2 (2022)
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    Keywords: Environment. ; Agriculture. ; Food security. ; Sustainability. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Agriculture. ; Food Security. ; Sustainability.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter1. Drone Technology in Sustainable Agriculture: The future of farming is precision agriculture and mapping -- Chapter2. Revolutionizing Crops and Soil Resources’ Resilience to Climate Change. A case for Best-fit Agronomic Practices in Low and High Input Systems -- Chapter3. Drought-resilient climate smart sorghum varieties for food and industrial use in marginal frontier areas of Kenya -- Chapter4. Optimizing nitrogen management for improved productivity, nitrogen use efficiency, food and nutrition security: African context perspectives -- Chapter5. Soil carbon pools under different farming practices -- Chapter6. Effect of conservation agriculture on energy consumption and carbon emission -- Chapter7. Plant Molecular Farming: A Marvelous Biotechnological Approach in Agricultural Production -- Chapter8. Examining the outcome of coupling machine learning with dual Polarimetric SAR for rice growth mapping -- Chapter9. Mapping prominent cash crops employing ALOS PALSAR-2 and selected machine learners -- Chapter10. Crop assessment and decision support information products using multi-sensor and multi-temporal moderate resolution data -- Chapter11. Agriculture, Livestock Production and Aquaculture: Advances for Smallholder Farming System -- Chapter12. Mobilizing Pig Resources for Capacity Development and Livelihood Security -- Chapter13. Agricultural Value Chains: A Cardinal Pillar for Future Development and Management of Farming -- Chapter14. Climate Smart Eco-management of Water and Soil Quality as a Tool for Fish Productivity Enhancement -- Chapter15. Advances in nutrient resource management for fisheries and aquaculture -- Chapter16. Conclusion.
    Abstract: This two-volume set discusses recent approaches and technological innovations for sustainable agriculture in smallholder farming systems impacted by climate change. The systems covered include crop-based agricultural production, as well as aquaculture and livestock production as related systems using similar techniques to combat food security issues brought about by climate change and resource overuse. The chapters detail innovations involving crop diversification, soil resilience management, geoinformatics and land suitability monitoring for smart farming, information technology in livestock production, and nutrient resource management in fishery aquaculture. Researchers, practitioners and industries will be able to use this information to implement socially and economically sustainable practices to achieve food security in impoverished areas vulnerable to climate change, while also learning about the rapid evolution in information technology that is applicable for and available to small holder farmers. Volume 2 focuses on trends and technologies in food security within the context of sustainable practices, drone technology, microwave data, molecular farming, machine learning, agricultural economics, spatial modeling and agricultural policy. These chapters discuss advancements in fishery resource and aquaculture practices, and also the challenges facing these areas due to climate change. .
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    Pages: XV, 321 p. 79 illus., 70 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030932626
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-93262-6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-93262-6
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    Extremes in Atmospheric Processes and Phenomenon: Assessment, Impacts and Mitigation (2022)
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    Keywords: Environment. ; Pollution. ; Environmental chemistry. ; Environmental monitoring. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Pollution. ; Environmental Chemistry. ; Environmental Monitoring.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. An Introduction to Extremes in Atmospheric Processes and Phenomena: Assessment, Impacts and Mitigation -- Chapter 2. Atmospheric Phenomena: Origin, Mechanism and Impacts -- Chapter 3. Air Pollution and its Associated Impacts on Atmosphere and Biota Health -- Chapter 4. South Asian Monsoon Extremes and Climate change -- Chapter 5. Contribution of Fog in Changing Air Quality: Extremities and Risks to Environment and Society -- Chapter 6. Nature of Sand and Dust Storm in South Asian Region- Extremities and Environmental Impacts -- Chapter 7. Assessment of Heat and Cold Waves phenomena and impacts on Environment -- Chapter 8. Intense biomass burning over northern India and its impact on air quality, chemistry and climate -- Chapter 9. Rising Extreme Event of Smog in Northern India – Problems and Challenges. Chapter 10. Volcanic Emissions: Causes, Impacts and its Extremities -- Chapter 11. Assessment of Extreme Fireworks Episode in a Coastal City of Southern India- Kannur as a Case Study -- Chapter 12. Air Pollution Episodes: Brief History, Mechanisms, and Outlook -- Chapter 13. Increasing Atmospheric Extreme Events and Role of Disaster Risk Management: Dimensions and Approaches -- Chapter 14. Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Response for Air Pollution and Related Health Extremes -- Chapter 15. Cost Effective Technologies for Control of Air Pollution and Atmosphere Related Extremes -- Chapter 16. Ecological and Natural Based Solutions as Green Growth Strategies for Disaster and Emergency Management of Air Pollution Extremes -- Chapter 17. Policy Implications and Mitigation Strategies for Air Pollution and Atmospheric Extreme Events -- Chapter 18. Participatory and Collaborative Governance Approach for Management of Atmospheric Processes Related Extremities.
    Abstract: This edited book first gives an overview of issues in the studies of atmospheric sciences and then elaborates on extreme events in air pollution, their assessment, impacts, and mitigation strategies. It covers general overview of factors governing in atmosphere that lead to air pollution, description about recent and hazardous air pollution episodes, emergencies and extremes in atmospheric sciences, impact studies on living organisms and atmosphere related to emergencies and possible remedies/mitigation strategies which may also include green growth strategies for management. Increase in anthropogenic activities from different sources results in very high concentrations of air pollutants in the atmospheres and they lead to cause disturbance in seasonal cycles and atmospheric phenomena, ecological imbalance and change in the quality of air. These impacts are the major cause of short-term or long-term effects on living and non-living systems. In the recent years, several instances of extremes atmosphere and air pollution related emergencies causing accidental episodes, fog, smog, health related, heat and cold wave etc. are experienced. This book brings the attention on such issues in atmospheric sciences and discuss the disaster preparedness and management plus emergencies. This book is valuable reading material for students in Environmental Science, Biological Science, Medical Science, Policy Planning, Disaster Management and Agriculture. It’s useful for environmental consultants, researchers and other professionals involved in air quality, plant, humans and disasters related research.
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    Pages: XVIII, 427 p. 1 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9789811677274
    Series Statement: Disaster Resilience and Green Growth,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-7727-4
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-7727-4
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    Water Resources Management and Sustainability (2022)
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    Keywords: Environmental management. ; Water. ; Hydrology. ; Sustainability. ; Geographic information systems. ; Geotechnical engineering. ; Environmental monitoring. ; Environmental Management. ; Water. ; Sustainability. ; Geographical Information System. ; Geotechnical Engineering and Applied Earth Sciences. ; Environmental Monitoring.
    Description / Table of Contents: Water Resources, Livelihood Vulnerability and Management in Rural Desert Communities of Jaisalmer, India -- Mining Related PCB in Wetland Sediments of the River Lippe (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) -- Wastewater Treatment Plants Advantage to Combat Climate Change and Help Sustainable Water Management -- Rethinking Community Water Governance: What Shapes Local Level Decision Making? A Case of Selected Communities in the Wassa Amenfi East District of the Western Region, Ghana -- Impact of Evaporation Losses from on-farm Reservoirs on the Economics of the Farming System -- Estimating Sediment Rate through Stage-Discharge Rating Curve for Two Mountain Streams in Sikkim, India -- Relative Contribution of Climate Variables on Long-term Runoff using Budyko Framwork -- Irrigation Planning with Fuzzy Parametric Programming Approach -- Application of High Resolution Hydrological & Hydraulic Models for Sustainable Water Resources Management -- Development of Three-Dimensional Mathematical Groundwater Flow Model of Raipur City Area, Chhattisgarh, India -- Flood Modeling Using HEC-RAS for Purna River, Navsari District, Gujarat, India -- Hydrological Parameter Estimation for Water Balance Studies Using SWAT Model -- Groundwater Potential Mapping using Maximum Entropy -- Application of remote sensing and GIS in floodwater harvesting for groundwater development in the upper delta of Cauvery River Basin, Southern India -- Strategic evaluation of multi-objective water quality monitoring network using GIS-AHP model in a large River system -- Determination of Root Causes for Drying of Kanari River System by Integration of Multi-temporal Land Use Land Cover mapping in GIS Environment -- Impacts of Climate Variability on Urban Rainfall Extremes Using Statistical Analysis of Climatic Variables for Change Detection and Trend Analysis -- An Analysis of Textural Characteristics and Depositional Environment of Sediments In The Gumti River, Tripura, India -- Morphometric Analysis and Geohydrological Inference of Bhilangna Drainage Basin, Uttarakhand (India) using Remote Sensing and GIS techniques -- Geospatial Analysis of Kosi River Course From 1998 To 2018 -- Internet of Things and Machine Learning Application for a Remotely Operated Wetland Siphon System during Hurricanes -- AHP based Site Suitability Analysis for Water Harvesting Structure Using geospatial technique -- Attaining Optimal Sustainability for Urban Wastewater Management Using Open-source tools like QGIS, EPANET, and WATERNETGEN.
    Abstract: Water is the elixir of life and is crucial for sustainable development. Earlier, it was considered to be a limitless or at least a fully renewable natural resource. During the past 20 years, however, there has been tremendous pressure on this precious natural resource mainly due to rapid urbanization, industrialization and the increase in the human population. Together, these have resulted in increasing demand for irrigation, industrial, and household purposes to meet supply-chain requirements. Keeping in mind the scarcity of available water resources in the near future and its impending threats, it has become imperative on the part of scientists in hydrology and allied disciplines such as geography, landscape planning, sustainability science etc. Regional planners and supply chain management experts also must be involved in studying the spatial and temporal nature of the growing demand for water and the future availability for its judicial use and sustainable management. A primary intent of the book is to provide comprehensive scientific knowledge base on water resource management and sustainability. It covers geo-engineering and scientific problems, case studies, and sustainable solutions in the water resources management domain. Additionally and of equal importance, the chapters of the book provide in-depth coverage on water resource vulnerability, water quality, wastewater treatment, application of remote sensing and geographical information systems hydrological modeling and harvesting, climate variability and runoff, sediment discharge and irrigation planning, community participation in water governance, internet of things and machine learning applications for sustainable water resources management. This practical, state-of-the-art reference book is a valuable resource for students, researchers, scientists, policymakers, spatio-temporal designers of water resource systems, various stake holders interested in hydro-climatology and sustainable water resources management.
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    Pages: XXV, 517 p. 226 illus., 197 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9789811665738
    Series Statement: Advances in Geographical and Environmental Sciences,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-6573-8
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-6573-8
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    Environmental Pollution and Natural Resource Management (2022)
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    Keywords: Environmental management. ; Sustainability. ; Environmental Management. ; Sustainability.
    Description / Table of Contents: Air pollution measurement -- Health issues rising from air pollution -- Environmental issues arising from air pollution -- Innovative methods to address air pollution problem -- Air pollution control -- Effect of vehicular pollution, process, engineering, construction and other industrial activities -- Statutory requirements -- Global warming; Climate change -- Water Pollution issues and advanced remedial measures -- Sources of water pollution -- Emergent water pollutants -- Health effects of water pollution -- Environmental effects of water pollution -- Water pollution monitoring and control -- Land use/ Land Cover Changes -- Impact of human activities on soil -- Soil pollution monitoring and control -- Biodiversity -- Conservation and Management -- Forest Conservation and Management -- Wildlife conservation -- Sustainable Agricultural practices -- Promotion of Traditional Ecological Knowledge.
    Abstract: This book presents conference articles related to environmental pollution and natural resource management, and environmentally friendly technologies that lead to sustainable development presented in the Conference "Sustainable Management of Environment & Natural Resource Through Innovation in Science and Technology". The book highlights the latest development and innovation in environmental science, technology, and interdisciplinary research to improve the environment and health safety. It includes innovations and improvisations in the broad area of science and technology, natural resource, and environment management. It deliberates on the current burning issues of environment protection management and sustainable development, environmental pollution, global warming, and climate change. The development strategies must therefore be shaped by the following components: The satisfaction of basic human requirements The eradication of poverty Self-reliant and participatory development Environmental consciousness Technology has to play a critical role in the process of changing industrial society. But innovation has to be embedded in social and organizational innovation. This book provides a wide range of research articles in the area of science and technology, sustainability, natural resource management, ecology and its environmental fields, geosciences and geology, atmospheric sciences, sustainability, climate change, and extreme weather, global warming, and environmental change, the effect of climate change on the ecosystem, environment, and pollution.
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    Pages: VII, 427 p. 138 illus., 131 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783031053351
    Series Statement: Springer Proceedings in Earth and Environmental Sciences,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-05335-1
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-05335-1
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    Sand Mining in African Coastal Regions : Exploring the Drivers, Impacts and Implications for Environmental Sustainability in Lagos Nigeria (2022)
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    Keywords: Environmental management. ; Sustainability. ; Geography. ; Environmental monitoring. ; Environmental Management. ; Sustainability. ; Geography. ; Environmental Monitoring.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Introduction to sand mining activity -- Chapter 2: Contributions of sand mining to development -- Chapter 3: Perspctives on sand mining & sustianability -- Chapter 4: Lagos coastal region and study design -- Chapter 5: Sand mining sites analysis -- Chapter 6: Sand mining drivers & environmental impacts -- Chapter 7: Implications of sand mining for sustainability and conclusions.
    Abstract: This book explores the drivers and impacts of sand mining in the coastal areas of Lagos Nigeria. Based on empirical evidence, sand mining activity is driven by a number of urbanization-related factors while sand mining impacts are underlined by a number of sustainability-related factors. Four urbanization components describe the drivers of sand mining and four sustainability components describe the impacts of sand mining in Lagos. This book concludes on the puzzling dilemma of sand mining that supports thriving urbanization but undermines environmental sustainability in Lagos. Of course, sand mining has strong implications for environmental sustainability in Lagos coastal areas. This book is of immense benefit to environmental planners, city administrators, students of environmental science and the general public who have regards for environmental management. .
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    Pages: XVII, 91 p. 19 illus., 17 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783031165221
    Series Statement: SpringerBriefs in Earth System Sciences,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-16522-1
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-16522-1
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