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Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Metals in urban stormwater environments -- Chapter 2: Research design -- Chapter 3: Metal transformation and stormwater quality -- Chapter 4: Risk evaluation based on the metal transformation and bioavailability -- Chapter 5: Practical implications and recommendation for future research -- Appendices -- Index.

Description / Table of Contents: Part 1: Urban Water and Sanitation (W+S) - Separating fiction from reality -- Chapter 1. Introduction to urban W+S in the developing world -- Chapter 2. Considerations for general W+S issues -- Chapter 3. Beyond the usual debate -- PART 2: Design and validation of the sector development model -- Chapter 4. An effective orientation and approach for development -- Chapter 5. What sector reforms in four countries teach us? -- Chapter 6. Reasons for the different reform outcomes in the four countries -- Part 3: At least full buckets and clear pits on the way forward -- Chapter 7. Ending the ‘urban W+S divide’ by serving the poor -- Chapter 8. Conclusions: The quintessence of W+S sector reforms in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Chapter 9. Recommendations: Guidance to master the coming wave of challenges.

Description / Table of Contents: Timing of South Delhi orogeny: Interpretation from structural fabric and granite geochronology (Beawar-Rupnagar-Babra area, Rajasthan, NW India) -- Deformation in the Aravalli Supergroup, Aravalli-Delhi mobile belt, NW India and tectonic significance. -- Evolution of the “Central Indian Tectonic Zone”: a critique based on the study of the Sausar belt -- Tectonic Development of the Bengal Basin in Relation to Fold-Thrust Belt to the East and to the North -- Structural imprints of Andaman accretionary prism and its tectonic relation with ophiolite belt of Indo-Burma ranges -- Two and Three-Dimensional Structural Modelling of Central Kohat Plateau, Northwestern Himalaya, Pakistan -- The northern margin of the Eastern Ghats Belt : evidence for strike-slip tectonics along a craton-mobile belt boundary -- A preliminary study on Earthquake source properties based on Geochemistry, Shear resistance and Melt pressure of Pseudotachylites, Gangavalli fault, South India -- Anisotropy of Magnetic Susceptibility (AMS) studies on quartzites of Champaner Group, upper Aravallis: An implication to decode regional tectonics of Southern Aravalli Mountain Belt (SAMB), Gujarat, Western India -- Tectonic implications of small-scale structures in the main central thrust zone of Garhwal Higher Himalaya -- Thrust sheets, tectonic windows, and intermontane basins in the Nepal Himalaya.

Description / Table of Contents: An Overview of Modern Irrigation system in Egypt -- Irrigation: Water Resources, Types and Common Problems in Egypt -- Need for Irrigation System Evaluation -- Evolution of irrigation system, tools and Technologies -- Smart Sensing System for Precision Irrigation -- Development of Recent Information on Irrigation Technology and Management.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Fuzzy Multiple Linear Regression -- Water Quality Index (WQI) -- Data Collection and Study Sites -- Water Quality Index Using Fuzzy Regression.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. General Introduction -- Chapter 2. Electrical Conduction Through Rocks -- Chapter 3. Signal Processing -- Chapter 4. Electrotellurics -- Chapter 5. Magnetotellurics -- Chapter 6. Auxiliary Tools in Magnetotellurics -- Chapter 7. Geomagnetic Depth Sounding (GDS) -- Chapter 8. Marine Electromagnetics -- Chapter 9. Mathematical Modelling -- Chapter 10. Inversion of Geophysical Data.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. The energy balance of permafrost soils and ecosystems -- Chapter 3. The role of ground ice -- Chapter 4. Permafrost carbon quantities and fluxes -- Chapter 5. Permafrost in transition -- Chapter 6. Vegetation change -- Chapter 7. Methane -- Chapter 8. Models: Forecasting the present and future of permafrost -- References -- Glossary.

Description / Table of Contents: Part I: Advances in Modeling, Inversion, Interpretations and New Methods -- Chapter 1. Joint Inversion of Airborne VLF-EM and magnetic data -- Chapter 2. How to deal with uncertainty in Inversion -- Chapter 3. Modeling Streaming potential in Porous Media, Description and Benefits of the effective excess charge approach -- Chapter 4. Integrated interpretation of airborne geophysical data -- Chapter 5. Advances in the electrical resistivity method for environmental and engineering problems -- Chapter 6. Global optimization algorithms for exploration geophysics: a review -- Chapter 7. On the electromagnetic scattering of objects of regular geometry: implications of near surface investigations -- Chapter 8. Application of gravity and self-potential new formula to mineral exploration -- Chapter 9. Role of Euler Deconvolution in near surface gravity and magnetic applications -- Chapter 10. Efficacy of Geophysical Methods to Delineate Thin Aquifers at Greater Depths -- Chapter 11. One and two dimensional problems in direct current resistivity domain -- Part II: Field Studies -- Chapter 12 Geothermal potential and Circulation depth of thermal springs in the Hudai geothermal field of Sandıklı basin (Afyon, Central Turkey) using geothermometry and heat flow data -- Chapter 13. Mineral discrimination by multi-frequency induced polarization: two case histories -- Chapter 14. Geoelectrical characterization of chumathang hot spring area -- Chapter 15. Application of three geophysical methods in sinkholes investigations: A case study of Mărghitaş Karst Plateau, Banat Mountains, Romania -- Chapter 16. Integrated Geoelectrical and Hydrochemical investigation of Shallow Aquifers in Konkan Coastal Area, Maharashtra, India: Advanced Artificial Neural Networks based Simulation Approach -- Chapter 17. Heliborne TDEM (Time Domain Electromagnetic) Methods for Ground Water and Mineral Exploration -- Chapter 18. Ground Penetrating Radar (Under Water) for Condition Assessment of Stilling Basins -- Chapter 19. Geo-electrical imaging for geotechnical investigation: A case study -- Chapter 20. Applications of geophysical techniques in resolving the saline and fresh water interaction in the coastal region of India: A review for the past few decades. .

Description / Table of Contents: 1. A 14-year Multi-sites and High-frequency Monitoring of Salinity in the Tidal Garonne River (S-W France) Reveals Marked Inter-annual Variability In Marine Intrusion -- 2. Study on Salinity Intrusion and Mixing Types in a Conceptual Estuary using 3-D Hydrodynamic Simulation: Effects of Length, Width, Depth, and Bathymetry -- 3. Response of Salinity Intrusion to the Fictitious Blockade of the North Branch in the Yangtze Estuary, China -- 4. Influence of the Salinity Intrusion on Island Water Source Safety: A Case Study of the Chongming Island, China -- 5. Law of salt tide intrusion of the Qiantang Estuary and its numerical simulation -- 6. Seasonal salinity variations in a coastal wetland induced by complex interactions between sea, river and evapoconcentration processes -- 7. Water Quality Mitigation Scenarios for Burullus Coastal Lake, Egypt -- 8. Research on the Setting Condition of Tailrace Surge Chambers for Seawater Pumped-storage Power Stations with Long Tailrace Tunnels.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Bioremediation Approaches for Treatment of Pulp and Paper Industry Wastewater: Recent Advances and Challenges -- Chapter 2. Microbial remediation of Heavy Metals -- Chapter 3. Dyes: Effect on the Environment and Biosphere and Their Remediation Constraints -- Chapter 4. Microbial Bioremediation and Biodegradation of Hydrocarbons, Heavy Metals, and Radioactive Wastes in Solids and Wastewaters -- Chapter 5. Advancement of Omics: Prospects for Bioremediation of Contaminated Soils -- Chapter 6. Microbial Biotransformation of Hexavalent Chromium [Cr(VI)] in Tannery Wastewater -- Chapter 7. Bioremediation: A Low-Cost and Clean-Green Technology for Environmental Management -- Chapter 8. Microbial Degradation of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products from Wastewater -- Chapter 9. Extremophiles: A Powerful Choice for Bioremediation of Toxic Oxyanions -- Chapter 10. Conventional and Nonconventional Biodegradation Technologies for Agro-Industrial Liquid Waste Management -- Chapter 11. White Rot Fungi: Nature’s Scavenger -- Chapter 12. Nanobioremediation: An Emerging Approach for a Cleaner Environment -- Chapter 13. Bioelectrochemical System for Bioremediation and Energy Generation -- Chapter 14. Ligninolysis: Roles of Microbes and Their Extracellular Enzymes -- Chapter 15. Biosorption of Heavy Metals by Cyanobacteria: Potential of Live and Dead Cells in Bioremediation -- Chapter 16. Bioremediation of pharmaceuticals in water and wastewater -- Chapter 17. Bioremediation Of Saline Soil by Cyanobacteria -- Chapter 18. Advancement in Treatment Technologies of Biopharmaceutical Industrial Effluents.-Chapter 19. Marine Bacteria: A Storehouse of Novel Compounds for Biodegradation -- Chapter 20. Energy-Efficient Anaerobic Ammonia Removal: From Laboratory to Full-Scale Application -- Chapter 21. Microbial Degradation of Natural and Synthetic Rubbers.-.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter1. Introduction -- Chapter2. Arresting/Controlling Salt Water Contamination Of Coastal Aquifers -- Chapter3. Structures That Protect Sea Coast Populations, Assets, And GDPs: Sea Dikes, Breakwaters, Sea Walls -- Chapter4. Coastal City Flooding -- Chapter5. Physical Care: Lessening Impacts From Other Natural Hazards -- Chapter6. Disease Protection In Sea Coast (And Inland) Cities: Problems in Dense Populations with Shantytowns/Slums -- Chapter7. An Example of Coastal Cities Hazard Exposure and Economics -- Chapter8. Decisions, Costs, Funding To Protect Coastal Cities: Populations And Assets (Personal And Municipal/National).

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1 Overview of atmospheric reactive nitrogen in China from a global perspective -- Part I Reactive nitrogen emission and deposition in China -- Chapter 2 Anthropogenic emissions of SO2, NOx and NH3 emissions in China -- Chapter 3 Monitoring nitrogen deposition in China -- Chapter 4 Modelling nitrogen deposition in China -- Chapter 5 Reactive nitrogen budgets in China -- Part II Contribution of atmospheric reactive nitrogen to China’s air pollution -- Chapter 6 Contribution of atmospheric reactive nitrogen to haze pollution in China -- Chapter 7 Contribution of reactive nitrogen to ozone pollution in China -- Chapter 8 Contribution of atmospheric nitrogen to acid deposition in China -- Part III Impacts of nitrogen deposition on China’s ecosystems Chapter 9 Impacts of nitrogen deposition on forest ecosystems in China -- Chapter 10 Impact of nitrogen deposition on China’s grassland ecosystems -- Chapter 11 Impact of nitrogen deposition on China’s desert ecosystems -- Chapter 12 Impact of nitrogen deposition on China’s lake ecosystems: Taking Lake Dianchi as an example -- Part IV Reactive N Regulation Chapter 13 Nitrogen regulation in China’s agricultural systems -- Chapter 14 National regulation of SO2 and NOX emissions in China.

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Preface -- 2. Acknowledgment -- 3. Part I: Water Availability 1 Overview of the water condition in México -- 4. 2 Hydrological watersheads in Mexico. Division and legal definition -- 5. 3 The Groundwater condition in Mexico -- 6. 4 Runoff simulation under future climate change and uncertainty -- 7. 5 Hydraulic fracking of not conventional reservoirs in Mexico: The issue of water and waste control -- 8. Part II. Water Quality 6 Pollution in wastewater used for irrigation in the Mezquital Valley, México: case study -- 9. 7 Mining industry in Mexico: Recycling of flotation effluents to the process using anaerobic sulfate-reducing consortia in UASB reactors for the elimination dissolved metals -- 10. 8 Water body trophic state determinations. Case study Tecocomulco lagoon, Hidalgo, Mexico -- 11. 9 Water quality management for a sustainable supply. The diagnosis of the State of San Luis Potosi, Mexico -- 12. 10 The wetland of Cajititlán Lake severely deteriorated and in danger of dying out -- 13. 11 Water quality of the Nexapa River: a diagnosis -- 14. 12 Impacts on the groundwater quality that supplies the Puebla City by the effect of aquifer intensive exploitation -- 15. Part III: Water Allocation 13 Water resources allocation with supply and demand uncertainties -- 16. 14 An overview of aquaculture activity in Hidalgo state -- 17. 15 Drinking Water Services Situation by the Region in the State of Nuevo León, Mexico -- 18. 16 Population and tourism dynamics, its effects on the future demand for water. Case study from Los Cabos, Baja California Sur -- 19/ Part IV: Water Governance 17 Water governance in 16 Mexican National Parks -- 20. 18 Conflict in border condition: the dispute over the use of water in the Mexicali valley -- 21. 19 The institutional challenges of the municipalities of Zacatecas in the wastewater treatment -- 22. Part V: Water Management 20 The institutional challenges of the municipalities of Zacatecas in the wastewater treatment -- 23. 21 Improving environmental services of Candelaria River basin by restoring ecological connectivity -- 24. 22 Transdisciplinary approach to assessing socio-hydrological resilience in urban metropolitan environments: a Mexican perspective -- 25. 23 The 80% paradigm: An appointment with the sewage in Cuernavaca.

Description / Table of Contents: The Concerns for Global Sustainability of Freshwater Ecosystems -- Freshwater Pollution: Effects on Aquatic Life and Human Health -- Freshwater contamination: sources and hazards to aquatic biota -- Correlation Between Pollution Trends of Freshwater Bodies and Bacterial Disease of Fish Fauna -- Impact of Pollution on Quality of Freshwater Ecosystems -- Heavy metal intrusion and accumulation in aquatic ecosystems -- Impact of climate change on freshwater ecosystem and its sustainable management -- Role of biotools in restoration of freshwater ecosystems Bioremediation -- A Sustainable and Emerging Tool for Restoration of Polluted Aquatic Ecosystems -- Biosorption as Environmentally Friendly Technique for Heavy Metal Removal from Wastewater -- Biotechnological interventions as an aquatic clean up tool -- Analysis of hydrology, sediment retention, biogenic-calcification and -scavenging as self-remediative lacustrine functions -- Remediation of pesticides through microbial and phytoremediation techniques -- Trends in Phyto-management of Aquatic Ecosystems and Evaluation of Factors Affecting Removal of Inorganic Pollutants from Water Bodies -- Urban Pond Ecosystems: Preservation and Management Through Phytoremediation -- Aquatic Pollution Stress and Role of Biofilms as Environment Cleanup Technology -- Wonders of Nanotechnology for Remediation of Polluted Aquatic Environs.

Description / Table of Contents: Methods -- Syntactic classifications of time series -- Fuzzy logic approach to classification -- Discrete Mathematical Analysis and clustering -- Intellectual Geographic Information Systems.-Fuzzy Logic Algorithmic System for Anomaly Recognition (FLASAR) -- Data and applications -- Aeromagnetic surveys: spatial magnetic anomalies recognition -- GIS data layers: world magnetic atlas -- Electromagnetic data: monitoring of volcanic activities -- Geodynamics -- Seismological data -- INTERMAGNET observations and data processing -- Extreme events (Xevents).

Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- Part I Reductive Technologies -- Geochemical Principles of Reductive Remediation Processes -- Nanoscale Zero-Valent Iron Particles for Water Treatment: from Basic Principles to Field-Scale Applications -- Other Chemical Reductive Methods -- Combination of Electrokinetics and nZVI Remediation -- Field Study I: In Situ Chemical Reduction Using Nanoscale Zero-valent Iron Materials to Degrade Chlorinated Hydrocarbons -- Field Study II: Pilot Application of nZVI/DC-combined Methods at Aargau Site -- Part II Oxidative Technologies -- Introduction to Oxidative Technologies for Water Treatment -- Ferrates as Powerful Oxidants in Water Treatment Technologies -- Radical Reactions and Their Application for Water Treatment -- Photo-oxidation Technologies for Advanced Water Treatment -- The Use of Nanomaterials in Electro-Fenton and Photoelectro-Fenton Processes -- Field Study III: Evidence Gained from Site Studies for the Performance of Ferrate(VI) in Water and Wastewater Treatment -- Field Study IV: Arsenic Removal from Groundwater by Ferrate with the Concurrent Disinfecting Effect—Semi-pilot on-site Application -- Field Study V: Combined Oxidation Technology using Ferrates (FeIV–VI) and Hydrogen Peroxide for Rapid and Effective Remediation of Contaminated Water—Comprehensive Practically Focused Study -- Part III Biotechnologies for Water Treatment -- Biotechnologies for Water Treatment -- Enzyme-Based Nanomaterials in Bioremediation -- Bioelectrochemical Processes for the Treatment of Oil-Contaminated Water and Sediments -- Field Study VI: The Effect of Loading Strategies on Removal Efficiencies of a Hybrid Constructed Wetland Treating mixed Domestic and Agro-Industrial Wastewaters -- Field Study VII: Field Study of Three Different Injectable Oxygen Sources to Enhance Mono-Aromatic Solvents in situ Biodegradation -- Field Study VIII: Nano-bioremediation: nZVI for Inorganic and Organic Contamination -- Part IV Biotechnologies for Soil Treatment -- Biotechnologies for Soil Treatment -- Mycoremediation of Contaminated Soils -- Composting Practices for the Remediation of Matrices Contaminated by Recalcitrant Organic Pollutants -- Modern Bioremediation Approaches: Use of Biosurfactants, Emulsifiers, Enzymes, Biopesticides, GMOs -- Field Study IX: Pilot-Scale Composting of PAH-Contaminated Materials—Two Different Approaches -- Field Study X: Oil Waste Processing Using Combination of Physical Pretreatment and Bioremediation -- Part V Ecotoxicology of Both Environmental Pollutants and Nanomaterials Used for Remediation -- Ecotoxicology of Environmental Pollutants -- Ecotoxicity of Nanomaterials Used for Remediation -- VI Future Prospects -- Future Prospects for Treating Contaminants of Emerging Concern in Water and Soils/Sediments -- Part VII Technical Chapters -- Tool I: Characterization of nZVI Mobility in 1D and Cascade Columns by Ferromagnetic Susceptibility Sensor -- Tool II: Membrane Interface Probe -- Tool III: Fracturing for Enhanced Delivery of In situ Remediation Substances in Contaminated Sediments -- Tool IV: Monitoring of nZVI Migration and Fate in the Groundwater Conditions -- Tool V: Microbiological Methods for Monitoring nZVI Performance in Groundwater Conditions.

Description / Table of Contents: Andaman Ophiolite: An Overview -- Timing of formation and obduction of the Andaman Ophiolite -- Facies stacking of a deep sea depositional lobe: Case study from Paleogene Andaman Flysch, South Andaman Islands, India -- Spatial variation in the composition of Andaman Flysch across the Andaman Islands in relation to source of sediments and tectonics -- Tracing the sources and depositional pathways for the Oligocene sediments in the Andaman Forearc -- Seismicity, lithospheric structure and mantle deformation in the Andaman Nicobar Subduction Zone -- Lithospheric Framework of Sumatra-Andaman Subduction Zone - A Review -- Crustal model for the Andaman Outer Arc: Constraints from Earthquake, Gravity and Receiver Function Data -- Geomagnetic Deep Sounding in Andaman Islands -- On the Trail of the Great 2004 Andaman-Sumatra Earthquake: Seismotectonics and Regional Tsunami History from the Andaman-Nicobar Segment -- A glimpse of crustal deformation through earthquake supercycle in the Andaman region using GPS measurements -- Tectonics of the Andaman Backarc Basin – Present Understanding and Some Outstanding Questions -- Miocene to Pleistocene Palaeoceanography of the Andaman Region: Evolution of the Indian Monsoon on a Warmer-Than-Present Earth -- Late Quaternary Chronostratigraphy, Carbonate Mass Accumulation Rates and Paleoceanography of the Andaman Sea -- Mid to Late Holocene reconstruction of the southwest monsoonal shifts based on a marine sediment core off the Landfall Island, Bay of Bengal.

Description / Table of Contents: 1 Recalls of classical mechanics -- 2 Recalls of the classical theory of the electromagnetic field -- 3 The crisis of classical physics and the dawn of quantum physics -- 4 The principles of quantum mechanics -- 5 First applications of quantum theory -- 6 The quantum measurement of gravity. .

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Characterization of fresh market wastewater and solid wastes -- 2. Fresh market wastes Management Practices and Their Impact on Human Health -- 3. Treatment Technologies of fresh market wastewater -- 4. Generation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons from Microalgae Biomass of fresh Market Wastewater Phycoremediation -- 5. Application of Natural Coagulants for fresh market wastewater Treatment -- 6. Anaerobic Digestion of fresh solid wastes -- 7. Electricity production from fresh solid wastes using microbial fuel cells -- 8. Remediation of xenobiotics in fresh market wastewater using nanotechnoogy -- 9. Biofilter Aquaponic system for nutrients removal from fresh market wastewater -- 10. Reduction of poultry slaughterhouse wastewater pollutants using sequencing batch reactors (SBR) enhanced by composite fibre for safe disposal.

Description / Table of Contents: Fiducial Reference Measurements for Satellite Altimetry Calibration: The Constituents -- Practical Options for Time Tagging -- Time Reference, Calibration and Time Transfer Techniques for Satellite Altimetry -- Calibrating CryoSat-2 and Sentinel-3A Sea Surface Heights Along the German Coast -- Performance of Sentinel-3A SAR Altimetry Retrackers: The SAMOSA Coastal Sea Surface Heights for the Baltic Sea -- Sea Level Variability in the Strait of Gibraltar from Along-Track High Spatial Resolution Altimeter Products -- Absolute Calibration of Sentinel-3A and Jason-3 Altimeters with Sea-Surface and Transponder Techniques in West Crete, Greece -- Multi-Mission Cross-Calibration of Satellite Altimeters -- Improvement of the Arctic Ocean Bathymetry and Regional Tide Atlas: First Result on Evaluating Existing Arctic Ocean Bathymetric Models -- Sea Level Trends and Variability in the Adriatic Sea and Around Venice -- Sentinel-3A: Validation of Orbit Products at the Copernicus POD Service -- The DTU17 Global Marine Gravity Field: First Validation Results -- Global and Regional Evaluation of the First Year of Sentinel-3 -- Arctic Freshwater Fluxes from Earth Observation Data -- Scientific and Operational Roadmap for Fiducial Reference Measurements in Satellite Altimetry Calibration & Validation.

Description / Table of Contents: PART I Hydrological hazards, hydrogeomorphology, groundwater and disasters -- PART II Hazard assessment, spatial planning and climate change -- PART III Natural hazards, hydrodynamics and engineering design -- PART IV Around of Pico island geology: meeting natural hazards.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Resilience Of Large Water Management Infrastructure -- Chapter 2. Survey Of Water Managers For 21st Century Challenges -- Chapter 3. Current Approaches For Resilience Assessment -- Chapter 4. Application Of Numerical Atmospheric Models -- Chapter 5. Infrastructure-Relevant Storms Of The Last Century -- Chapter 6. Sensitivity Of Probable Maximum Precipitation (PMP) -- Chapter 7. A Recommended Paradigm Shift In The Approach To Risks To Large Water Infrastructure In The Coming Decades -- Chapter 8. Safety Design of Water Infrastructures In A Modern Era.

Description / Table of Contents: Quantification of Airborne Particulate And Associated Toxic Heavy Metals in Urban Indoor Environment and Allied Health Effects -- In-Situ Measurements of Aerosols from the High-Altitude Location in the Central Himalayas -- Significant Annual Variation in Atmospheric Pollutants during Fireworks Festival, ‘Diwali’ in Capital City of India -- Organic Air Pollutants: Measurement, Properties & Control -- Emissions of Particle-Bound Metals from On-Road Vehicle Emission: An Assessment of Potential Health Risk -- Chemical Composition Analysis of Airborne Coarse Particles and Their Source Apportionment at Kanpur -- Analysis of the Aerosols Environment in an Urban Context and Their Impact On Regional Meteorology -- Calipso Retrieval of Smoke Aerosols Over Upper Indo-Gangetic Plain -- Spatio-Temporal Study of Optical and Microphysical Properties of Atmospheric Brown Clouds Over the Indo-Gangetic Plains -- Spatial Variation of Airborne Allergenic Fungal Spores in the Ambient Pm2.5 — A Study in Rajkot City, Western Part of India -- Bioaerosol Health Effects from Moleculer to Global Scales -- Measurement, Analysis and Remediation of Biological Pollutants in Water -- Fundamentals of Measurement, Analysis, and Treatment of Selenium in Water -- Bioleaching of Selected Metals from E-Waste using Pure and Mixed Cultures of Aspergillus Species -- Recent Advances In Micro-Extraction Based Analytical Approaches For Pesticides Analysis In Environmental Samples -- Degradation and Removal of Anticonvulsant Drugs Through Microorganisms: A Review -- Remediation Approaches for Hexavalent Chromium -- Mercury and Its Remediation -- Oxidative Potential of Particulate Matter: A Prospective Measure to Assess Pm Toxicity -- Monitoring and Processing of Data for Effective Wasteload Allocation Modeling: Indian Perspective -- Methane Emission from Municipal Solid Waste Landfills – Estimation and Control -- Low-Cost Adsorptive Removal Techniques for Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products -- Measurement, Analysis, and Remediation of Bisphenol-A from Environmental Matrices -- Removal of Chromium Ions from Aqueous Solution using Eco-Friendly Based Adsorbents.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Management of Surface Water Resources In Romania -- The Vulnerability of Water Resources From Eastern Romania to Anthropic Impact and Climate Changes -- Romanian Danube River Floodplain Functionality Assessment -- Romanian Upper Tisa Watershed, Between Water Resources and Hydrological Hazards -- Causes and Effects of Water Pollution in Romania -- Assessment of Some Diurnal Streamwater Profiles in Western and Northern Romania in Relation to Meteorological Data -- Water Resources Management in Razim-Sinoie Lakes Ecosystems -- Particularities of Drain Liquid in the Small Wetland of Braila Natural Park, Romania -- Water Supply Challenges and Achievements in Constanta County -- Drinking Water Supply Systems - Evolution towards Efficiency -- Water Resources Management in Siret Catchment -- Particular Hydrological Manifestations on the Lower Danube in the Current Climate -- Hydrological Impacts of Climate Changes in Romania and Adaptation Strategies -- Implementation of EU Water Framework Directive (2000/60/CE) in Romania - European Qualitative Requirements -- Drought and Insolvency: Case study of the Producer-Buyer Conflict (Romania, the period between the year 2011-2012) -- Conclusions and Recomendations. .

Description / Table of Contents: The Art and Science of Trajectory Modelling -- Introduction to Geodetic Time Series Analysis -- Markov Chain Monte Carlo and The Application to Geodetic Time Series Analysis -- Introduction to Dynamic Linear Models for Time Series Analysis -- Fast Statistical Approaches to Geodetic Time Series Analysis -- Least Squares Contribution to Geodetic Time Series Analysis -- Modelling the GNSS Time Series: Different Approaches to Extract Seasonal Signals -- Stochastic modelling of geophysical signal constituents within a Kalman Filter framework -- Filtering of GPS Time Series Using Geophysical Models and Common Mode Error Analysis -- Comparison of Spacewise and Timewise Methods for GRACE Gravity Field Recovery -- Estimation of the Vertical Land Motion from GNSS Time Series and Application in Quantifying Sea-Level Rise -- Time Series Analysis of Rapid GNSS Measurements for Quasi-Static and Dynamic Bridge Monitoring -- Conclusions and Future challenges in Geodetic Time Series Analysis.

Description / Table of Contents: Background -- Classification of RI Investment Areas in South Africa -- Process for Awarding RI Grants -- Condition of Grant Award -- Skills Required for Managing Research Equipment -- Monitoring, Evaluation and Risk Management -- The Sustainable Management of Research Equipment -- Conclusion -- Annexures.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Fundamentals 1 -- Chapter 2. Fundamentals 2 -- Chapter 3. Fundamentals 3 -- Chapter 4. Aerodynamics -- Chapter 5. Waves -- Chapter 6. Instabilities -- Chapter 7. Chaos and Turbulence: an introduction -- Chapter 8. Some magneto hydrodynamics.

Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- 1. Nanotechnology in wastewater and the capacity of nanotechnology for sustainability (Oluranti Agboola) -- 2. Therapeutic use of inorganic nanomaterials in malignant diseases (Andreea-Roxana Lupu) -- 3. Modification of Oligomers and Reinforced Polymeric Composites by Carbon Nanotubes and Ultrasonic (Aleksandr Evhenovych Kolosov) -- 4. Understanding interactions of nanomaterials with soil: Issues and Challenges ahead (Arun Kumar) -- 5. Nanotechnology for Water Treatment (Rashid Ahmad) -- 6. Overview of Nanomaterial-Assisted Technologies for Denitrification Processes (Samad Sabbaghi) -- 7. Nanoencapsulation of Food Carotenoids (Lohith Kumar DH) -- 8. Nanomaterials in Agricultural Research: An Overview (Devendra K Payasi) -- 9. Understanding effect of the interaction of nanoparticles with roots on the uptake in plants (Arun Kumar) -- 10. Semiconductor Nanomaterials for Gas Sensor Applications (Marwa Farouk Elkady).

Description / Table of Contents: - Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) and Their Potential in Environmental Management: Constraints, Prospects and Challenges -- Advances in Bioremediation of Toxic Heavy Metals and Radionuclides in Contaminated Soil and Aquatic Systems. - Phycoremediation: Algae as Eco-Friendly Tools for the Removal of Heavy Metals from Wastewaters -- Phytoremediation: An Emerging Green Technology for Environmental Decontamination, Prospects for Future Research and Challenges -- Emerging and Ecofriendly Technologies for Removal of Organic and Inorganic Pollutants from Industrial Wastewaters -- Constructed Wetlands: A Clean-Green Technology for Degradation and Detoxification of Industrial Wastewaters -- Nano-Bioremediation: An Innovative Remediation Technology for Treatment and Management of Contaminated Sites -- Electro-Bioremediation: An Advanced Remediation Technology for Treatment and Management of Contaminated Soil -- Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC): An Innovative Technology for Wastewater Treatment and Power Generation -- Functional Diversity of Plant Endophytes and their Role in Assisted Phytoremediation -- Toxic Metals in Industrial Wastewaters and Phytoremediation Using Aquatic Macrophytes for Environmental Pollution Control: An Eco-Remedial Approach -- Microalgae: An Ecofriendly Tools for the Treatment of Wastewaters for Environmental Safety -- Phycoremediation: An Integrated and Eco-Friendly Approach for Wastewater Treatment and Value-Added Product Potential -- Pulp Paper Mill Wastewater: Eco-Toxicological Effects and Bioremediation Approaches for Environmental Safety. - Cadmium as Environmental Pollutant: Eco-Toxicological Effects, Health Hazards and Bioremediation Approaches for Its Detoxification from Contaminated Sites. - Cyanobacteria: The Eco-friendly Tools for the Treatment of Industrial Wastewaters. - Plant-Microbe Interactions for Bioremediation and Phytoremediation of Environmental Pollutants and Agro-Ecosystem Development -- Molecular Technologies for Assessment of Bioremediation and Characterization of Microbial Communities at Contaminated Sites. - Biochar: A Sustainable Tool in Soil Pollutants Bioremediation -- Bioremediation of Melanoidins Containing Distillery Waste for Environmental Safety -- Progresses in Bioremediation Technologies for Industrial Waste Treatment and Management: Challenges and Future Prospects.

Description / Table of Contents: 1. HYDRO peaking in nordic rivers/ hydropeaking combined analysis of climate change and energy market -- 2. Annual Variability of Per Capita Renewable Water Resources: Long Term Water Planning Using SWAT Model in the Athi Catchment, Kenya -- 3. Monte Carlo simulation and fuzzy modelling of river water quality for multiple reaches using QUAL2Kw -- 4. Design of Stable Channel Using HEC-RAS: A Case Study of Tapi River, Surat City -- 5. Nutrient fluxes from agriculture: reducing environmental impact through optimum application -- 6. Air Quality Monitoring with Special Reference to Respirable Suspended Particulate Matter in an Industrial Area -- 7. The water-energy nexus prespective of hydropower in the context of climate Change -- 8. Biological methodologies for treatment of textile wastewater -- 9. Role of microbes in Environmental Biotechnology and its role in the environment -- 10. Environmental Hazards of Limestone Mining and Review of Adaptive Practices for Environment Management Planning -- 11. Water Optimisation in Thermal Power Plants -- 12. Geoengineering Structures of Crabs and Their Role in Nutrient Cycling in Mangrove Ecosystem of Mahanadi Delta of Odisha, India -- 13. Design Considerations of Sustainable Pervious Concrete Block Pavement -- 14. Analysis of Historical Records of Climate Change and the Calamitous Events in Kasmir Valley -- 15. Possible Remediation of Perils of Water Eminence and Extent -- 16. Optimization methodologies in complex water supply systems for energy saving and a correct management under uncertainty -- 17. Application of a low-cost technology to treat domestic sewage and to improve fertility of a barren lateritic soil -- 18. Parametric evaluation of water quality characteristics varying downstream from Shimla to Solan in Himachal Pradesh region, India -- 19. Partial replacement of fine aggregates with defluoridation sludge in cement mortars manufacturing: A critical review -- 20. Genetically Modified Crops and its impact on Environment -- 21. Degradation of Gemfibrozil (lipid regulating drug) by using Advanced Oxidation and Biological Processes: A Review -- 22. Source Apportionment of particulate matter - A Critical Review for Indian Scenario -- 23. A review on Ionic liquids as novel adsorbents for SO2 removal -- 24. Garden-Landscape Practices in Mughal Kashmir: Design, Planning and Management -- 25. Long Term Performance Evaluation of Permeable Reactive Barrier for Groundwater Remediation using Visual MODFLOW -- 26. Use of Electrical Resistivity Tomography for Detection and Delineation of Groundwater Contamination near a Non-engineered Solid Waste Landfill -- 27. Saltwater intrusion in coastal aquifers: A case of environmental management -- 28. Assessment of groundwater quality around Coal mining regions of Korba district, Chhattisgarh, Central India -- 29. Numerical errors associated with groundwater models and improving the reliability of models in environmental management issues -- 30. Staus of Groundwater Salinity in North West Region of India.-31. Irrigation Water Management under Changing Climate -- 32. Particle Swarm Optimization for identification of unknown groundwater pollution source -- 33. Fluoride Contamination and Abatement Measures: A Geoenvironmental Perspective -- 34. Interaction between Groundwater and surface water and its effect on groundwater quality -- 35. Assessment of an Intrinsic and a Specific vulnerability to identify Groundwater vulnerable zones of Nagpur city, India -- 36. Sustainable water management solutions -- Conclusions .

Description / Table of Contents: Tectonics of the Indian Sub-continent: An Introduction -- Indian Cratons -- Tectonics of Sri Lanka -- Proterozoic Mobile Belts -- Proterozoic ‘Purana’ Basins -- Tectonics of the Himalaya -- Trans-Himalayan and Karakoram ranges -- Deccan Volcanic Province -- Tectonics of Western Margin of India -- Geology and Tectonics of Bangladesh.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter1. Introduction -- Chapter2. A review of ecosystem services in urban plans -- Chapter3. A review of ecosystem services in urban climate plans -- Chapter4. Developing ecosystem service information for urban planning -- Chapter5. Applying ecosystem services in urban planning: a case study -- Chapter6. Towards equitable distribution of ecosystem services in cities -- Chapter7. Conclusions.

Description / Table of Contents: 1 Microbial ecological function in migration of radionuclides in groundwater -- 2 Microbial diversity and possible activity in nitrate- and radionuclide-contaminated groundwater -- 3 Function of microbes on chemical species transformation of radionuclides -- 4 Direct detection of denitrifying bacteria in groundwater by GeneFISH -- 5 Difference in the solid-water distributions of radiocesium in rivers in Fukushima and Chernobyl -- 6 Function of colloidal and nanoparticles in sorption of radionuclides -- 7 Application of electron microscopy to understanding colloid-facilitated transport of radionuclides at the Mayak Production Association facility, near Lake Karachai, Russia -- 8 Numerical analysis of migration of nitrate ions in the groundwater system of Lake Karachai Area, Southern Ural, Russia -- 9 Commentary on the function of micro- to nano-scale particles in radionuclide migration through groundwater.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. The Science of Climate Change and Sea-Level Rise -- Chapter 3. A Partisan and Polarized Issue in the United States -- Chapter 4. The South Florida Study Area -- Chapter 5. Study Methods and General Findings -- Chapter 6. Results from South Florida Experiment -- Chapter 7. Denial of Risk -- Chapter 8. Prospects for Mitigation.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Geo-marine Environment and Sediment Properties of the Modern Yellow River Delta -- Erosion Survey of the Modern Yellow River Delta -- Erodibility of Seabed Sediments in the Modern Yellow River Delta. -Sediment Resuspension Process in the Modern Yellow River Delta -- Wave-induced Pore Pressure in Relation to Sediment Erosion and Resuspension in the Modern Yellow River Delta -- Physical Mechanisms of Wave-induced Sediment Resuspension -- Theoretical Prediction of Wave-induced Sediment Resuspension.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Assessment of Water Resources in Poland -- Surface Water Eutrophication in Poland: Assessment and Prevention -- Hydrogeological Conditions and Management of Groundwater Resources in Poland -- Water Resources in Lithuania -- Assessment of Water Resources Pollution in Lithuania -- Water Supply and Demand in Lithuania -- Wastewater Management in Lithuania -- Urban Rainwater Drainage in Lithuania -- Wastewater Sludge Management in Latvia -- Analysis of Factors Controlling Pathogen Destruction in Municipal Sludge During Handling -- Phosphors Fluxes in the Baltic Sea Region – a Meta Data Analysis -- Regulatory Scenarios to Counteract High Phosphors Inputs into the Baltic Sea -- Water Resources of the Russian Rivers of the Baltic Sea Basin and their Possible Changes under Global Warming -- Schemes of Complex Use and Protection of Water Objects in the Russian Part of the Baltic Sea Basin as a Basis for Water Resources Management -- Conclusions and Recommendations.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Storm Water Management in Urban Areas -- The Green Roofs and Facades as a Tools of Climate Cooling in the Urban Environment -- Infiltration of Rainwater in Urban Areas -- Stream water Quality Modelling Techniques -- Water Quality in Czech Republic -- Xenobiotics in Urban Water Cycle -- Grey water reuse in Urban Areas -- The Necessary Documents for the Design Documentation for Water Supply and Sewerage Systems in Czech Republic -- Biological audits in the System of Water Treatment Control -- Monitoring Changes of Water Content in Soil Pores of Earth Dams -- Monitoring of Levees for Flood Protection Purposes -- Assessment of Flood Damages, Flood Risks and Flood Mitigation Measures -- Flood Protection -- Economy and management of water supply -- Management of drinking water resources in the region of South Moravia -- Small Hydropower Plants -- History and Present of the Laboratory of Water Management Research in Brno -- Conclusions and Recommendations.

Description / Table of Contents: Water Resource in Slovenia -- Management of Artificial Groundwater Recharge in Slovenia -- Water Resources Management in North Macedonia -- Water Resources of Serbia and its Utilization -- Water Resources Management in Croatia -- An overview of Environmental Aspects of Water Resources in Croatia -- Water Management in the Agricultural Sector in Greece -- Water Resource Management in Bulgaria -- River Systems under the Anthropogenic and Climate Change Impacts: Bulgarian Case -- Development of Hydropower in Balkan Region -- Water Resources of Romania – Spatial and Temporal Variability -- Drought and Insolvency: Case study of the Producer-Buyer Conflict (Romania, the period between the year 2011-2012) -- Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve - Long Term Assessment of Water Quality -- Water quality and pollution status of the main rivers in the Republic of Macedonia -- Conclusions and Recommendations.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Materials in electrochemical detection of water pollutants -- Chapter 2: Materials in bio-sensing of water pollutants -- Chapter 3: Computational design of Nucleic acid-based Bioreceptor for Contaminants of Emerging Concern -- Chapter 4: Immunochromatographic Strip Based Sensor for the Detection of Water Pollutants -- Chapter 5: Emerging techniques and materials for water pollutants detection -- Chapter 6: Nanofiber based sensors for Water Pollution Monitoring -- Chapter 7: Introduction: Role of Materials in Sensors for Water Pollutants Monitoring -- Chapter 8: Water Pollutants: Origin and status.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Green technologies for the treatment of pharmaceutical contaminants in wastewaters -- Chapter 2. Constructed Wetlands: an emerging green technology for treatment of industrial wastewaters -- Chapter 3. Application of nanoparticles in environmental cleanup: production, potential risks and solutions -- Chapter 4. Efficiency of algae for heavy metal removal, bioenergy production and carbon sequestration -- Chapter 5. Advances in plant-microbe based remediation approaches for environmental cleanup -- Chapter 6. Bioprocessing of cane molasses to produce ethanol and its derived products from South Indian Distillery -- Chapter 7. Biological and non-biological approaches for treatment of Cr(VI) in tannery effluent -- Chapter 8. Photocatalysis as a clean technology for the degradation of petrochemical pollutants -- Chapter 9. Sustainable management of toxic industrial effluent of coal based power plants -- Chapter 10. Removal of organic pollutants from contaminated water bodies by using aquatic macrophytes coupling with bioenergy production and carbon sequestration -- Chapter 11. Biopolymers and their application in wastewater treatment -- Chapter 12. Recovery of rare earths, precious metals and bioreduction of toxic metals from wastewater using algae -- Chapter 13. Green synthesized nanoparticle mediated wastewater treatment -- Chapter 14. Microbial communities in a constructed wetland microcosms and their role in treatment of domestic wastewater -- Chapter 15. Agricultural Waste: It’s Impact on Environment and Management Approaches.-.

Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- Introduction -- An overview of the restoration and management of Chilika Lagoon: successful application of the Ramsar wise use guidelines -- Ecological characterization of Chilika: defining strategies and management needs for wise use -- Ecosystem services: implications for managing Chilika -- Sedimentologic, chemical, and isotopic constraints on the Anthropogenic influence on Chilika Lake, India -- Modelling of hydrodynamics and salinity characteristics in Chilika Lagoon -- Assessment of runoff and sediment yield from selected watersheds in the Western Catchment of the Chilika Lagoon -- Long-term analysis of water quality in Chilika Lagoon and application of bio-optical models for cyclone impact assessment -- Spatio-temporal variation in physicochemical parameters of water in the Chilika lagoon -- Geomorphology, land use/land cover and sedimentary environments of the Chilika Basin -- Spatiotemporal Assessment of phytoplankton communities in the Chilika lagoon -- Fish and fisheries of Chilika: post-restoration scenario -- Avifauna of Chilika, Odisha: assessment of spatial and temporal changes -- Biodiversity of benthic fauna in Chilika lagoon -- Microbial ecology of Chilika Lagoon -- Survey, characterization, ecology, and management of macrophytes in Chilika lagoon -- Index.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter1: Groundwater arsenic contamination and availability of safe water for drinking in Middle Ganga Plain in India -- Chapter2: Geomorphic controls on spatial arsenic distribution in aquifers of the Brahmaputra River floodplains -- Chapter3: Reductive dissolution of Fe-oxyhydroxides a potential mechanism for arsenic release into groundwater in the alluvial plain of river Brahmaputra -- Chapter4: Sources of arsenic exposure in well-nourished children -- Chapter5: Environmental arsenic exposure and human health risk -- Chapter6: Sustainable arsenic mitigation: problems and prospects in India -- Chapter7: Arsenic Contamination of Soil in Relation to Water in Northeastern South Africa -- Chapter8: Arsenic contamination of India’s groundwater: a review and critical analysis -- Chapter9: Biosorption of Arsenic: An Emerging Eco-technology of Arsenic Detoxification in Drinking Water -- Chapter10: Assessing and mapping human health risks due to arsenic and socioeconomic correlates for proactive arsenic mitigation -- Chapter11: Arsenic-contaminated drinking water and the associated health effects in the Shahpur block of Bihar: a case study from five villages -- Chapter12: Arsenic contamination of drinking water and mitigation in Pakistan: a case of Indus river basin.

Description / Table of Contents: The active fault problem in relation to nuclear power plants: current issues -- Reasons why the threat of active faults has been neglected in Japan -- Actual cases in which active faults were underrated -- Active fault surveys at nuclear power plant sites: Actions taken by the NRA and their impact -- How should we move forward? New regulatory requirement and frameworks.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Water scarcity leads to food insecurity -- Chapter 2: Deficit irrigation and water conservation -- Chapter 3: Egypt faces water deficiency, and food insufficiency -- Chapter 4: Field crops and deficit irrigation in Egypt -- Chapter 5: Vegetable crops and deficit irrigation in Egypt -- Chapter 6: Wheat insufficiency and deficit irrigation -- Chapter 7: Climate change assessment in Egypt: A review -- Chapter 8: Climate change and wheat self-sufficiency.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Statistics fundamentals -- Spatial analyses -- Simulations -- Meteorology -- Hydrology -- Hydrogeology -- Hydrochemistry -- Climate change -- Water resources engineering -- Renewable energy. .

Description / Table of Contents: Systematic Literature Review -- Life Cycle Inventory Analysis of Wastewater Treatment Processes -- Refined Assessment Methodology for Wastewater Treatment Alternatives -- A Specific focus on Weighing Element of Indicators -- Diverse Scenario Analysis -- Sustainability Solutions for Energy and Carbon Issues in Wastewater Treatment -- Prospects for the Future. .

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Standardization of the microcosm N-system -- Chapter 3. Maintenance of microcosm N-system -- Chapter 4. Preparation of The microcosm N-system -- Chapter 5. Procedure for using THE microcosm N-system. Chapter 6. Estimation using microcosm N-system -- Chapter 7. Example assessment of the microcosm n-system -- Chapter 8. Coefficient of assessment FOR THE microcosm n-system -- Chapter 9. Application to whole effluent toxicity (WET) test -- Chapter 10. A Scaled-up model ecosystem verification Of THE microcosm n-system -- Chapter 11. A Subsystem microcosm verification OF THE microcosm n-system -- Chapter 12. Further perspectives. .

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Threats and conservation strategies for overlooked organisms: the case of epiphytic lichens -- Chapter 2: Biodiversity and Therapeutic Potential of Medicinal Plants -- Chapter 3: Tree ferns and giant ferns in India: Significance and Conservation -- Chapter 4: Status of medicinal plants in context of Arunachal Pradesh, India -- Chapter 5: Nutrient Enrichment in Lake Ecosystem and its Effects on Algae and Macrophytes -- Chapter 6: Land-use change as a disturbance regime -- Chapter 7: Floristic diversity, distribution and conservation status in the vicinity of coal mines of Kachchh district in Gujarat, India -- Chapter 8: Sodic Soil: Management and reclamation Strategies -- Chapter 9: Microbe based inoculants: role in next green revolution -- Chapter 10: Environmental Significance of Lichens and Biodeterioration -- Chapter 11: Soil reclamation of saline and sodic soil through phytoremediation -- Chapter 12: Soil pollution by Fluoride in India: Distribution, Chemistry and analytical methods -- Chapter 13: Multielement analysis using ED-XRF and ICP-MS from Couroupita guianensis for sustainable agriculture by soil reclamation -- Chapter 14: Waste Management: A Paradigm Shift -- Chapter 15: Recycling of agriculture waste into efficient adsorbent -- Chapter 16: Environmental hazards and management of e-waste -- Chapter 17: Green House Gas Emissions from Municipal Solid Waste Management Practice -- Chapter 18: Introduction to fast fashion: Environmental Concerns and Sustainability Measurements.

Description / Table of Contents: Hot-Point Drills -- Electric Thermal Coring Drills -- Hot-Water Ice Drills -- Steam Ice Drills -- Perspectives For Future Development of Thermal Ice-Drilling Technology.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Rivers In Czech Republic -- Role of the Water in the Landscape -- Small Water Reservoirs, Ponds and Wetlands Restoration at the Abandoned Pond Areas -- Small Bodies of Water which Have Disappeared from the Czech Landscape and the Possibility of Restoring them -- Protection of Water Resources -- Groudwater Flow Problems and Their Modelling -- Hydrodynamical Modelling in Channel – Case study -- Modelling of Outflow – Case study -- Hydrological Reclamations Iin the Anthropogenically Affected Landscape of Northern Bohemia -- Modelling of the Water-Retention Capacity of the Landscape -- Floodplain Forests - Key Forest Ecosystems for Maintaining and Sustainable Management of Water Resources in Alluvial Landscape -- Agrotechnology as Key Factor of Effective Use of Water on Arable Land -- Ecosystem Services and Disservices of Watercourses and Water Areas -- Water Resources Management Planning -- Technical and Economic Evaluation of River Navigation -- Water Balance and Phase of Hydrocycle Dynamics -- Water in the Landscape from Limnological and Engineering Point of View -- Conclusions and Recommendations.

Description / Table of Contents: Solid wastes management in Jordan -- Solid wastes management in Tunisia -- Renewable energy is an essential step in the pursuit of a clean environment -- Solid waste management in Lebanon: Realities, constraints and prospects -- Waste management in Morocco -- Low Cost-Thermal disposal of solid waste with sludge in one unit: Multi combustion of soil waste with polluted sludge by fuel BraM in stationary bed combustion (SWSF) DN 400 -- Reducing methane emissions from municipal solid waste landfills by mechanical biological treatment (MBT) (Case Study Wady Alhaddeh plant In Tartous, Syria) -- Sludge disposal/Management -- Solid waste management in Yemen -- Future challenges for the solid waste management sector in Palestine -- Waste management in latakia City under war situation -- Waste to energy from a regional perspective -- Concentrated Solar Power plant using linear Fresnel mirrors, concrete storage and Organic Ranking Cycle genset -- Wastewater Treatment and Energy Production using Duckweed -- Conclusions and Recommendations.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Botany of Mangroves -- Chapter 2. Botany of Mangroves -- Chapter 3. Introduction to Coastal Ecuador -- Chapter 4. Assessing 50 Years of Mangrove Forest Loss along the Pacific Coast of Ecuador: A Remote Sensing Synthesis -- Chapter 5. Results -- Chapter 6. Discussion: Local Actions with Global Consequences.

Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- Chapter 1. Scientific Background (J. Jones) -- Chapter 2. General Background (J. Jones, G. Guerova, J. Douša, G. Dick, S. de Haan, E. Pottiaux, O. Bock, R. Pacione and H. Vedel) -- Chapter 3. Advanced GNSS Processing Techniques (Working Group 1) (Y. Altiner, F. Alshawaf, J. Bosy, H. Brenot, E. Brockmann, R. Brožková, Z. Deng, G. Dick, W. Ding, J. Douša, K. Eben, M. Eliaš, R. Fernandes, Ganas, Geiger, G. Guerova, T. Hadaś, Hill, P. Hordyniec, F. Hurter, J. Jones, M. Kačmařík, K. Kaźmierski, J. Kaplon, P. Krč, Landskron, X. Li, Lu, J.P. Martins, G. Möller, L. Morel, G. Ófeigsson, R. Pacione, Pikridas, Pottiaux, J. Resler, W. Rohm, Sá, J. Sammer, T. Simeonov, W. Söhne, Stoycheva, Stürze, R. Szabolcs, N. Teferle, S. Thorsteinsson, P. Václavovic, H. Valentim, van Schaeybroeck, P. Viterbo, K. Wilgan, L. Yang, L. Zhao, N. Zinas and Zus) -- Chapter 4. Use of GNSS Tropospheric Products for High-Resolution, Rapid-Update NWP and Severe Weather Forecasting (Working Group 2) (J. S. Arriola, M. Bender, J. Berckmans, H. Brenot, C. Bruyninx, L. De Cruz, S. de Haan, G. Dick, N. Dymarska, K. Eben, G. Guerova, J. Jones, P. Krč, M. Lindskog, M. Mile, G. Möller, N. Penov, E. Pottiaux, J. Resler, W. Rohm, M. Slavchev, K. Stoev, Stoycheva, E. Trzcina and F. Zus) -- Chapter 5. Use of GNSS Tropospheric Products for Climate Monitoring (Working Group 3) (F. Ahmed, Araszkiewicz, Z. Bałdysz, K. Balidakis, Barroso, S. Bastin, S. Beirle, J. Berckmans, O. Bock, J. Böhm, J. Bogusz, M. Bos, E. Brockmann, M. Cadeddu, Chimani, J. Douša, G. Elgered, M. Eliaš, R. Fernandes, M. Figurski, E Fionda, M. Gruszczynska, G. Guerova, J. Guijarro, Hackman, R. Heinkelmann, J. Jones, S. Zengin Kazancı, Klos, Landskron, J.P. Martins, V. Mattioli, Mircheva, S. Nahmani, R T. Nilsson, T. Ning, Nykiel, R. Pacione, Parracho, E. Pottiaux, Ramos, P. Rebischung, Sá, Schuh, Stankunavicius, K. Stępniak, Valentim, R. Van Malderen, P. Viterbo, P. Willis and Xaver) -- Chapter 6. National Status Reports (Guergana Guerova) -- Chapter 7. STSM Reports (Guergana Guerova) -- Appendix.

Description / Table of Contents: 1.Introduction -- 2.Water resources in Europe -- 3.Demand for water in the building -- 4.Alternative water sources -- 5.Research on the effectiveness of systems with alternative water sources for buildings located in selected European countries -- 6.Research on the financial effectiveness of alternative water supply systems in European countries -- 7.The impact of rainwater harvesting and greywater recycling systems on sewage systems and the environment -- 8.Public perceptions of water shortages, conservation behaviors and possibilities of using alternatives water sources in buildings in European countries -- 9.Summary and final conclusions.

Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- Introduction -- 1 Precipitation in Mexico -- 2 Groundwater in Mexico -- 3 Geohydrology in Mexico -- 4 Water-Energy-Food Nexus in Mexico -- 5 Data Models for River Basin Management in Mexico -- 6 Domestic and Industrial Water Use and Consumption in Mexico -- 7 Development of Hydraulic Infrastructure in Mexico -- 8 Wastewater Treatment in Mexico -- 9 Climate Change and Water Resources in Mexico -- 10 Water Security and Sustainability in Mexico -- 11 Expected Impacts on Agriculture due to Climate Change in Northern Mexico -- 12 Dams Operation Policy in Mexico during Hurricanes Season -- 13 Hydrologic and Hydraulic Works of the Aztec Civilization -- 14 Analysis of the Spatial Dependence of Rainfall Fields in the Southeast of Mexico, Using Directional Variograms -- 15 Possible Scenarios of Global Warming Impacts on the Evaporation in Mexico -- Index.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1 - Short Note About Geophysical Data Analysis -- Chapter 2 - Forensic Geosciences and Geophysics: Overview -- Chapter 3 - Forensic Geophysics Instrumentation and Data Acquisition.-Chapter 4 - Forensic Geophysical data Processing and Interpretation -- Chapter 5 - Site Application: Forensic Civil Cases -- Chapter 6 - Site Application: Forensic Crime Cases -- Chapter 7 – Conclusions.

Description / Table of Contents: Indian shield evolution: A brief history -- Dharwar Craton -- Singhbhum and Bastar cratons -- Aravali and Bundelkhand cratons -- Vindhyan basin -- Western Continental Margin and adjacent oceanic regions -- Seismic, elastic and Petrophysical properties: A case study -- from Deccan Volcanic Province -- Seismic -- instability and major intraplate earthquakes -- Heat Flow, thermal regime and lithosphere structure -- Understanding Crust.

Description / Table of Contents: Foreword -- Preface -- Chapter 1. The Australian coast: Introduction -- Chapter 2. Tropical Northern province -- Chapter 3. Northwest Division -- Chapter 4. Pilbara region. Chapter 5. Kimberley-Territory division -- Chapter 6. Kimberley region -- Chapter 7. West Northern Territory region -- Chapter 8. North Arnhem Land region -- Chapter 9. Gulf of Carpentaria division -- Chapter 10. East Arnhem Land region -- Chapter 11. Southern Gulf of Carpentaria region -- Chapter 12. Western Cape York Peninsula region -- Chapter 13. Northeast division -- Chapter 14. East Cape York Peninsula region -- Chapter 15. Central Queensland region -- Chapter 16. Southern temperate province -- Chapter 17. Southeast division -- Chapter 18. Central eastern region -- Chapter 19. Southern NSW region -- Chapter 20. Gippsland region -- Chapter 21. East Tasmania region -- Chapter 22. Great southern division -- Chapter 23. West Tasmania region -- Chapter 24. North Tasmania region -- Chapter 25. Central and west Victoria region -- Chapter 26. Southern South Australian region -- Chapter 27. South Australian gulfs region -- Chapter 28. Western Eyre Peninsula region -- Chapter 29. Nullabor region -- Chapter 30. Southern Western Australia region -- Chapter 31. Southwest division -- Chapter 32. Southwest Western Australia region -- Chapter 33. Central west Western Australia region -- Chapter 34. The Australian coast: review and overview -- References -- Appendices.

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Part I Weather and Climate -- 2. Chapter 1. Manifestations and contours of extreme high altitude climate change in the upper Karakoram Himalaya -- 3. Chapter 2. Changes in the large-scale circulations over north-west India -- 4. Chapter 3. Himalayan uplift and the Human evolution -- 5. Chapter 4. Projected Climate Change in the Himalayas during the 21st Century -- 6. Chapter 5. Dynamic Downscaling of Himalayan Climate -- 7. Chapter 6. Representation of the Himalayas in Weather and Climate models -- 8. Chapter 7. The Himalayan System: A Perspective -- 9. Chapter 8. Changes in pan evaporation and causative parameters: A case study from eastern Himalayan region -- 10. Chapter 9. Land atmosphere interaction over the Himalayan region -- 11. Chapter 10. Impact of Nino phases on the summer monsoon ISO modes of northwestern and eastern Himalaya -- 12. Chapter 11. Remotely-sensed rain and snowfall in the Himalaya -- 13. Part II. Paleoclimate -- 14. Chapter 12. Multi-proxy records of climate variations for the Himalaya -- 15. Chapter 13. Erosion in the Himalaya and its Coupling with Climate and Tectonics -- 16. Chapter 14. Tracking back the climatic variability and role of Indian winter monsoon in the central and western Himalaya: using proxy data -- 17. Chapter 15. Spatio-temporal variability of Stream flow in the Himalayan Region -- 18. Chapter 16. Quaternary glaciation of the Himalaya -- 19. Chapter 17. Geomorphological changes during Quaternary Period vis a vis role of climate and tectonics in Ladakh sector of Trans-Himalaya -- 20. Chapter 18. Climate and Source Identification of Organic Matter Using C/N Ratio in Freshwater Lakes of Kashmir Himalaya -- 21. Chapter 19. Deciphering Climate Variability over Western Himalaya Using Instrumental and Tree-ring Records -- 22. Part III. Snow, glaciers and hydrology -- 23. Chapter 20 Hydrology of cold-arid system cryosphere -- 24. Chapter 21. Glacio-hydrological model based on degree-day factor useful for the Himalayan River basins -- 25. Chapter 22. Observed changes in north west and central Himalayan cryosphere due to climate change -- 26. Chapter 23. Impacts of climate change on Himalayan glaciers: processes, predictions and uncertainties -- 27. Chapter 24. Hydrology of Himalayas -- 28. Chapter 25. Permafrost and seasonally frozen soil in the Himalaya -- 29. Chapter 26. Sensitivity of glaciers in part of the Suru basin, western Himalaya to ongoing climatic perturbations -- 30. Chapter 27. Floods and changes in their activity in the Indian Himalayan Region -- 31. Part IV. Ecology/Forestry -- 32. Chapter 28. Solving life on the move: developing a disperser functional classification for sub-Himalayan tropical forests -- 33. Chapter 29. Climate Change Trends and Ecosystem Resilience in the Hindu Kush Himalayas -- 34. Chapter 30. Social science perspectives on vulnerability to seasonal to interannual variability in the Himalayan region -- 35. Chapter 31. Issues of sustainability in a rapid warming Himalayas -- 36. Chapter 32. Challenges of Urban Growth Himalaya with Reference to Climate Change and Disaster Risk Mitigation. .

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1 - Introduction -- Chapter 2 - The Legal, Institutional and Policy Regime for the Control of Water Pollution in India -- Chapter 3 - Status of Water Quality in India and Compliance with Pollution Control Norms -- Chapter 4 - Effectiveness of Wastewater Collection and Treatment Systems -- Chapter 5 - Health Impacts of Water Pollution and Contamination -- Chapter 6 - Reuse of Treated Wastewater: Present Scenario -- Chapter 7 - Wastewater Treatment Technologies and Costs -- Chapter 8 - Case Studies on Performance of Wastewater Treatment Systems -- Chapter 9 - Environmental Sustainability and Economic Viability -- Chapter 10 - Growth of Treatment Plants and Reuse of Treated Wastewater -- Chapter 11 - Market for Treated Wastewater in India -- Chapter 12 - Conclusions and Areas for Future Research. .

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Anaerobic co-digestion of sewage sludge and animal by-product -- Chapter 2. Application of Synthesized Nano-cellulose Material for Removal of Malachite Green from Waste Water -- Chapter 3. Status of Sewage Treatment in Bihar and needs for Improvement -- Chapter 4. Effluent Water Treatment: A Potential Way Out towards Conservation of Fresh Water in India -- Chapter 5. Development of an Effective and Efficient Integrated Charcoal Filter Constructed Wetland System for Wastewater Treatment -- Chapter 6. A Consolidated Stratagem towards Defenestration of Coke Oven Wastewater Using Various Advanced Techniques - An Analogous Study -- Chapter 7. Studies on Lead removal from Simulated Waste Water in Packed Bed Bioreactor Using Attached Growth Technique -- Chapter 8. Sustainable Growth and Survival of Litopenaeus Vannamei through Waste Water Recycling -- Chapter 9. Reuse of Washing Machine Effluent using Constructed Wetland: The Circular Economy of Sanitation -- Chapter 10. Removal of Methyelene Blue Dye by using Lemon Leaf Powder as a Adsorbent -- Chapter 11. Development of a Low-Cost Column Type Filter Based on Agricultural Waste for Removal of Fluoride from Water -- Chapter 12. Oxidative Photocatalytic Degradation of Methylene Blue in Waste Water -- Chapter 13. Bio remediation of Textile Azo Dyes by Marine Streptomyces -- Chapter 14. Use of Sewage to Restore Manmade Waterbodies – Nutrient and Energy Flow Regulation Approaches to Enabling Sustainability -- Chapter 15. Two Stage Passive High Throughput Sustainable Sewage Treatment Process: Lab Study and Future Scope.

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Integrated Water Resources Management: Theoretical concepts, basis, responsibilities, and challenges of IWRM -- 2.Integrated Water Resources Management in Brazil -- 3.The necessity of IWRM: the case of San Francisco River water conflicts -- 4. Water Resources Management in California -- 5. International Comparative Analysis of Regulations for Water Markets and Water Banks -- 6. Managing water differently: Integrated Water Resources Management as a framework for adaptation to climate change in Mexico -- 7. The Transboundary Paso del Norte Region Stakeholders’ preferences allowing water resource adaptation -- 8. Water governance and adaptation to drought in Guanacaste, Costa Rica -- 9. Integrated Water Resources Management in Iran -- 10. Water Resources Management in South Korea -- 11. Transboundary Groundwater Management and Regulation: Treaty Practices in Africa.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter1. The ocean begins -- Chapter2. Oceans created - oceans destroyed -- Chapter3. Where did continents come from? -- Chapter4. How deep is the ocean? -- Chapter5. The ocean in motion ! -- Chapter6. The lungs of the ocean -- Chapter7. Frozen ocean - ice ages and climate change -- Chapter8. The continental shelf -- Chapter9. The face of the deep -- Chapter10. An ocean of mysteries.

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Water Sources and Water Uses — Now and In The Future -- 3. The Existing Oslo Arrangements -- 4. Designing a New Water Future for Israelis and Palestinians.

Description / Table of Contents: Entrance -- Limits of symmetric variance -- Association with asymmetry and steepness (kurtosis) -- Presentation of the logarithmic equal distribution, Eqbl -- Properties of Eqb -- Use of the Eqbl for the analysis of earthquakedata -- Approximation to the location parameters modal, mean, median; Introduction of the sine derivative -- Final Statement -- Summary.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1 Inorganic Nanomaterials for Enhanced Therapeutic Safety -- Chapter 2 Nanoparticles application for cancer diagnosis -- Chapter 3 Insights into nanotools for dental interventions -- Chapter 4 Nanopharmaceuticals: Synthesis, Characterization and Challenges -- Chapter 5 Electrospun Nanofibers as Carriers in Dermal Drug Delivery -- Chapter 6. Enzyme responsive and enzyme immobilized nanoplatforms for therapeutic delivery: an overview of research innovations and biomedical applications -- Chapter 7 Systemic Nanotoxicity and its Assessment in Animal Models -- Chapter 8 Dendrimers as drug carriers for cancer therapy -- Chapter 9 Nanoparticle design to improve transport across the intestinal barrier -- Chapter 10 Recent Progress in Nano-theranostic medicine.

Description / Table of Contents: - Iriomote Island, Japan -- Observational method -- Numerical simulation method -- Dynamical properties of coastal currents in the northwestern part of Iriomote Island Part 1 - Sakiyama and Amitori bays -- Dynamical properties of coastal currents in the northwestern part of Iriomote Island Part 2 - Funauki and Shirahama bays -- Sediment monitoring in Sakiyama and Amitori bays -- Transport properties of soil particles in Sakiyama and Amitori bays -- Underwater three dimensional measurements -- Coral distributions and physical environments in Amitori Bay -- Coral distributions and physical environments in Sakiyama Bay -- Estimation technique for horizontal distribution of coral -- Distribution of Enhalus acoroides according to waves and currents -- Numerical analysis of initial dynamic state of bundle of Acroporidae spawning in Amitori Bay -- Numerical analysis of dispersals of Enhalus acoroides seeds and fruits in the northwest sea area of Iriomote Island -- Coral recruitment on a local scale in Amitori Bay, Iriomote Island, estimated by filed surveys and numerical analyses -- Numerical analysis of dynamic state of Coenobita brevimanus‘s larvae in Amitori Bay.

Description / Table of Contents: Part 1: Hydrological Data Assimilation -- Chapter 1 - Introduction -- Chapter 2 - Data assimilation and remote sensing data -- Part 2: Model-Data -- Chapter 3 - Hydrologic model -- Chapter 4 - Remote sensing for assimilation -- Part 3 : Data Assimilation Filters -- Chapter 5 - Sequential Data Assimilation Techniques for Data Assimilation -- Part 4 : GRACE Data Assimilation -- Chapter 6 - Efficient Assimilation of GRACE TWS into Hydrological Models -- Part 5 : Water Budget Constraint -- Chapter 7 - Constrained Data Assimilation Filtering -- Chapter 8 - Unsupervised Constraint for Hydrologic Data Assimilation -- Part 6 : Data-driven Approach -- Chapter 9 - Non-parametric Hydrologic Data Assimilation -- Chapter 10 - Parametric and Non-parametric Data Assimilation Frameworks -- Part 7 Hydrologic Applications -- Chapter 11- Groundwater Depletion over Iran -- Chapter 12 - Water Storage Variations over Bangladesh -- Chapter 13 - Multi-mission Satellite Data Assimilation over South America. .

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. The compelling nature of water pollution as a Common-Pool-Resource problem -- Chapter 2. Theories and theoretical contribution -- Chapter 3. Methods & Cases -- Chapter 4. Empirical analysis I: On cooperation -- Chapter 5. Empirical analysis II: On the emergence of cooperation -- Chapter 6. Empirical analysis III: On the consolidation of cooperation -- Chapter 7. Conclusion I: Theoretical insights on cooperation in CPR settings -- Chapter 8. Conclusion II.

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Oxygen in the past -- 3. Oxygen at present -- 4. Oxygen in future -- 5. Solutions? -- 6. Questions.

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Fundamental of seismic inversion -- 2. Seismic data handling -- 3. Post-stack seismic inversion -- 4. Pre-stack inversion -- 5. Amplitude variation with offset (AVO) inversion -- 6. Optimization Methods for Nonlinear Problems -- 7. Geostatistical inversion.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter-1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Temperature Changes in India -- Chapter-3: Precipitation Changes in India -- Chapter-4: Observations and modeling of GHG concentrations and fluxes over India -- Chapter-5: Aerosols & Atmospheric Trace Gases -- Chapter-6: Droughts and Floods -- Chapter-7: Synoptic Scale Systems -- Chapter-8. Extreme Storms -- Chapter-9: Sea Level Rise -- Chapter-10: Indian Ocean Warming -- Chapter-11: Climate Change over the Himalayas.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1 - Introduction: a miscellanea -- Chapter 2 - Surface-wave analysis beyond the dispersion curves: FVS -- Chapter 3 – HVSR, amplifications and ESAC: some clarifications -- Chapter 4 - New trends: HS, MAAM and beyond -- Chapter 5 – Introduction to vibration monitoring and building characterization via GHM -- Chapter 6 - Some final remarks and recommendations.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Study Area -- Past Research -- Methods -- Results And Discussion -- Conclusions.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Geological-geographical overview of the Black Sea region -- Chapter 2. History and methods of mud volcano investigation -- Chapter 3. Modern conceptions of mud volcano development and activities -- Chapter 4. Geologic structures related to mud volcanoes: compensated or compressed geosynclinals -- Chapter 5. Regional overview of mud volcanoes -- Chapter 6. Other manifestations of Black Sea degassing (e.g., gas seeps and bogs of CH4, H2S, CO2, etc.) -- Chapter 7. Mineral resources formed by mud volcanoes -- Chapter 8. Influence of mud volcanoes on the environment, industrial constructions, fishing, and navigation.

Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- Scientific Committee -- History of ITM -- List of Participants -- Part I: Regional and Intercontinental Modelling -- Part II: Local and Urban Scale Modeling -- Part III: Emission Modeling and Processing -- Part IV: Data Assimilation and Air Quality Forecasting -- Part V: Model Assessment and Verification -- Part VI: Aerosols in the Atmosphere -- Part VII: Modeling Air Pollution in a Changing Climate -- Part VIII: Air Quality Effects on Human Health and Ecology -- Part IX: Special Sessions.

Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- About the Editors -- 1. Nanotechnology for water and wastewater treatment using graphene semiconductor composite materials (Penny P. Govender) -- 2. Dyes depollution of water using porous TiO2-based photocatalysts (Jean-Luc Blin) -- 3. Application of nanobiosensors in food safety monitoring (Ragh HV) -- 4. Translational approach of modification of functional properties of nano porous membranes for the desalination of water (Velayudhaperumal Chellam Padmanaban) -- 5.Nanotechnology in wheat production and protection (Prem Lal Kashyap) -- 6. New drugs for bad bugs: bioprospection of new nanoparticles and specialized metabolites from Actinobacteria (Analía Álvarez) -- 7. Titanium oxide-based nanomaterials with photocatalytic applications in environmental chemistry (Santiago Gómez-Ruiz) -- 8. Polymer nanocomposites: synthesis and characterization (A L Sharma). 9. Application of nanotechnology in agriculture (Pragati Pramanik) -- 10. Nanomaterial-based sensor for air pollution control (Pradip Kar).

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. By-products from Forest Activities as Low-cost Sorbents for Bio-remediation of Effluents and Other Polluted Media -- Chapter 2. Exopolysaccharides: Production and its Application in Industrial Waste Water Treatment -- Chapter 3. Treatment Technologies for Addressing the Removal of Industrial Effluents Affecting the Quality of River Ganges in Eastern part of Uttar Pradesh, India -- Chapter 4. Microbial Treatment for Removing Synthetic Dyes from Industrial Effluents -- Chapter 5. Role of Interspecies Electron Transfer for Boosting Methane Production by Anaerobic Digestion in Syntrophic Methanogenesis -- Chapter 6. Recent Advances in Physico-chemical and Biological Treatment Approached for Distillery Wastewater -- Chapter 7. Integrated Approach for the Treatment of Industrial Effluent by Physio-Chemical and Microbiological Process for Sustainable Environment -- Chapter 8. Treatment Options for Acid Mine Drainage: Remedial Achievements through Microbial Mediated Processes -- Chapter 9. Elaboration and Characterization of Porous Materials from Moroccan Natural Resources: Application to Industrial Wastewater Treatment -- Chapter 10. Organic Contaminants in Industrial Wastewater: Prospects of Waste Management by Integrated Approaches -- Chapter 11. Realistic Approach for Bioremediation of Heterogeneous Recalcitrant Compounds -- Chapter 12. Bioremediation of Lignin Rich Pulp and Paper Industry Effluent -- Chapter 13. Bioremediation of Chromium using a Laboratory Scale Sand Bed Reactor -- Chapter 14. Electrobioremediation of Contaminants: Concepts, Mechanisms, Applications, and Challenges -- Chapter 15. Electrochemical Methods for the Detection of toxic As(III) and As(V) from Natural Water -- Chapter 16. Bio Nano Approaches: Green and Sustainable Treatment Technology for Textile Effluent Challenges -- Chapter 17. Removal of Dyes from Industrial Effluents by Application of Combined Biological and Physio-Chemical Treatment Approaches.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- 1. Absorptive removal and recovery of heavy metal ions from aqueous solution/effluents using conventional and non-conventional materials -- 2. Bioremediation of Oil-Spills from Shore Line Environment -- 3. Fabrication of polyaniline supported nanocomposites sensing applications for the detection of environmental pollutants -- 4. Graphene and its composites: Applications in Environmental Remediation -- 5. Nano-composite materials for wastewater decontamination Photocatalytic decontamination of organic pollutants using advanced materials (Recent advancement in waste water decontamination Removal and Recovery of Heavy Metal Ions Using Natural Adsorbents -- 6. Water purification by nanotechnological approach: Challenges and future prospects -- 7. Green nanotechnology involvement in water and wastewater treatment -- 8. Advanced nanomaterial for metal ions removal from aqueous solutions -- 9. Graphene and carbon nanobased nanomaterials application wastewater treatment -- 10. Application of cellulose nanomaterials in water treatment technologies -- 11. Amorphous nanomaterial application in removal and recovery of heavy metals from water -- 12. Nanofiltration for water purification -- 13. Sewage treatment using nanotechnology and disposal of waste nanomaterials -- 14. The recent nano- and biotechnological advances to the removal of toxic contaminants from wastewater streams -- 15. Conclusions.

Description / Table of Contents: Contributions of computer-based chemical modeling technologies on the risk assessment and the environmental fate study of (nano)pesticides.-Moss bag biomonitoring of airborne pollutants as an ecosustainable tool for air protection management: urban and agricultural scenario.-Use of Lichens in Biological Monitoring of Air Quality -- Organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) in atmospheric particulate matter: Sources and Effects -- Vehicular emission generated heavy metal pollution in urban ambient air and its spatial distribution in various environmental components -- Antioxidative Response of Water Macrophytes to changes in the Living Environment During Vegetation Season -- Application of grace satellite data for assessment of groundwater resources in central ganga alluvial plain, northern india -- Restoring Environmental Flows For Managing River Ecosystems: Global Scenario With Special Reference To India -- Water Security Issues In Punjab State, Northwest India -- Industrial wastewater foot printing: a need for water security in Indian context -- Fluoride Contamination and Health Effects : An Indian Scenario -- Role of industries in water scarcity and its adverse effects on environment and human health -- Interbasin Water Transfer and Policies of Water Resourge Management -- Policy Interventions in Achieving Water Security in India -- Energy Resources and Sustainable Development: An Insight Energy Resources -- Alternative fuels for sustainable development -- Microbial remediation of crude oil contaminated sites.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction to Industrial Wastes Containing Organic and Inorganic Pollutants and Bioremediation Approaches for Environmental Management -- Bioremediation: An Eco-Friendly Sustainable Technology for Environmental Management -- Application of Microbial Enzymes in Degradation and Detoxification of Organic and Inorganic Pollutants -- Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs): Environmental Risks, Toxicological Effects, and Bioremediation for Environmental Safety and Challenges for Future Research -- Industrial Acid Mine Tailing Wastes: Eco-Toxicological and Health Effects and Bioremediation for Sustainable Development -- Bioremediation of Distillery Effluent: Present Status and Future Prospects -- Plastic Waste: Environmental Hazards, Its Biodegradation, and Challenges -- Textile Industry Wastewater: A Major Source of Environment Contamination and Bioremediation Approaches for Its Degradation and Detoxification -- Management of Petroleum Industry Waste through Biosurfactant Producing Bacteria: A Step towards Sustainable Environment -- Environmental Contamination, Toxicity Profile, and Bioremediation Approaches for Detoxification of Pulp Paper Mill Wastewater -- Recent Advances in Phytoremediation of Soil Contaminated by Industrial Waste: A Roadmap to a Safer Environment -- Toxicity of Hexavalent Chromium in Environment, Health Threats and Its Bioremediation and Detoxification from Tannery Wastewater for Environmental Safety -- Arsenic Contamination in Environment, Eco-Toxicological and Health Effects and Bioremediation Strategies for Its Detoxification -- Organophosphate Pesticides: Impact on Environment, Toxicity and their Degradation -- Constructed Wetlands: An Eco-Sustainable Phytotechnology for Degradation and Detoxification of Industrial Wastewaters -- Nano-Bioremediation: A New Age Technology for the Treatment of Dyes in Textile Effluents -- Green Synthesis of Nanoparticles and their Applications in Water and Wastewater Treatment -- Environmental Hazards and Toxicity Profile of Organic and Inorganic Pollutants of Tannery Wastewater and Bioremediation Approaches -- Bioremediation: An Ecofriendly Clean-Up Strategy for Polyaromatic Hydrocarbons from Petroleum Industry Waste.

Description / Table of Contents: Introducing Urban Health and Wellbeing -- Urban environment of Delhi and Mumbai -- Changing Urban Environment in Megacities: Delhi and Mumbai -- Urban micro climates: Delhi and Mumbai -- Urban Health Risk Analysis: Delhi and Mumbai -- Policy initiatives and other mechanisms.

Description / Table of Contents: Approaching bioelectrochemical systems to real facilities within the framework of CO2 valorization and biogas upgrading -- Water Energy Nexus in the Gulf: A Complex Network of Multi-Level Interdependencies -- A risk assessment approach for water-energy systems -- Estimating the declining discount rate for the economic evaluation of projects in the energy and water sectors -- Towards resilience-informed decision making in critical infrastructure networks -- Short-term forecasting of tank water levels serving urban water distribution networks with ARIMA models -- Energy balance in the water cycle in Italy: state of the art and perspectives -- Water Energy Nexus: evalutation of the enviromental impact in the national and international scenarios -- Water scarcity and shale gas prospects in Tunisia – potential impacts of hydraulic fracturing on regional water stress -- "Energy performance of Italian urban water systems" -- Analysis of the Economic Net Benefit of Green Infrastructure by Comparing the Water-retentive Block and the Normal Block -- Levering industry and professional qualifications over water efficiency and water-energy nexus in buildings -- WEFSiM: A Model for Water-Energy-Food Nexus Simulation and Optimization -- Assessment of rain harvesting and RES desalination for meeting water needs in an Island in Greece -- Grounding Nexus Governance: de-nexused developments in Nepal -- Maximizing water-food-energy nexus synergies at Basin Scale -- Visualizing CO2 to Account for Emission Obligation in Power Systems -- Selection of key characteristics for crops to deal with climate change through quality function deployment -- Combined electrodialysis and photo-electro-chlorination for energy efficient control of brine water -- Hydrogen production in electro membrane bioreactors -- Use of high-valent metal species produced by the Fenton (-like) reactions in water treatment -- Photocatalytic oxidation of organic compounds by visible light-illuminated g-C3N4-AQ in combination with Fe(III) -- Microalgae-based processes as an energy efficient platform for water reclamation and resource recovery -- "Ozonation in the Framework of Sustainable Future Water Management" -- Pilot study for Spiral wound -pvdf supported UF membranes for brackish water desalination system -- Energy monitoring of a Wastewater Treatment Plant in Salerno, Campania region (Southern Italy) -- Sulfate radicals-based technology as a promising strategy for wastewater management -- Fluoxetine and pirimicarb abatement by ecofriendly electro-Fenton process -- Diversity and performance of sulphate reducing bacteria in acid mine drainage remediation systems -- Sustainable materials for affordable point-of-use water purification -- Self-forming dynamic membrane: a review -- Influence of membrane flux, ultrasonic frequency and recycle ratio in the hybrid process USAMe -- Using Water-Energy nexus as greenhouse gas emissions mitigation tool in wastewater treatment plants -- Corrosion behavior of carbon steel in the presence of Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas fluorescens biofilm in reclaimed water -- Development of Pilot-Scale Photocatalytic Reactor Employing Novel TiO2 Epoxy Grains for Wastewater Treatment -- Evaluation of fungal white-rot strains for assisting in algal harvest in wastewater -- Event scale modelling of experimental green roofs runoff in a Mediterranean environment -- Advanced technologies for satellite monitoring of water resources -- Tannery wastewater treatment after biological pretreatment by using electrochemical oxidation -- Numerical modelling of integrated OMBR-NF hybrid system for simultaneous wastewater reclamation and brine management -- Climate, soil moisture and drainage layer properties impact on green roofs in a Mediterranean environment -- Orthophosphate vs bicarbonate for buffering the acidification in a bromide enhanced ozonation of ammonia nitrogen -- New approach with fluidized bed reactor using low-cost pyrophillite/alumina composite membrane for industrial wastewater treatment -- Impact of seasonality on quorum quenching efficacy and stability for biofouling control in membrane bioreactors -- Surface modification of RO desalination membrane using ZnO nanoparticles of different morphologies to mitigate fouling -- Nutrient removal and biomass production by immobilized Chlorella vulgaris -- Treatment of printed circuit board wastewater containing copper and nickel ions by fluidized-bed homogeneous granulation process -- Investigation of the synthesis and adsorption kinetics of biochar-supported Fe3-xMnxO4 for imidacloprid pesticide removal -- A kinetic study of calcium carbonate granulation through fluidized-bed homogeneous process for removal of calcium-hardness from raw and tap waters -- Destruction of selected pharmaceuticals with peroxydisulfate (Pds): An influence of Pds activation methods -- Non-destructive in-situ fouling monitoring in membrane processes -- Preparation of TiO2/SiO2 ceramic membranes via sol-gel dip coating for the treatment of produced wastewater -- Multicriteria evaluation of novel technologies for organic micropollutants removal in advanced water reclamation schemes for indirect potable reuse -- Environmental or economic considerations in photo-Fenton processes: what choice has the most notable benefits for large scale applications? -- Optimization of energy consumption in activated sludge process using deep learning selective modeling -- Electrochemical sensors for emerging contaminants: diclofenac preconcentration and detection on paper-based electrodes -- Optimization of the wastewater treatment plant: from energy saving to environmental impact mitigation -- Influence of microalgae-bacteria consortium on the pathogens removal (Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Escherichia coli) in domestic wastewater -- Fuzzy-assisted ultrafiltration of wastewater from milk industries -- Performance of Electro-Fenton water treatment technology in decreasing zebrafish embryotoxicity elicited by a mixture of organic contaminants -- "An overview of photocatalytic drinking water treatment" -- Solar Light Initiated Photoinactivation of E.coli: Influence of Natural Organic Matter -- Molecular size distribution profiles of organic matrix in reverse osmosis concentrate under oxidative and non-oxidative conditions -- Solar Photocatalytic Degradation of Humic Acids using Copper Doped TiO2 -- Hyperspectral Monitoring of a Constructed Wetland as a Tertiary Treatment in a Wastewater Treatment Plant for Domestic Sewage -- Applicability of WQI and scientific communication for conservation of River Ganga System in India -- Techno-economic feasibility of membrane bioreactor (MBR) -- Electrochemical wastewater treatment with SnO2-based electrodes: a review -- Statistical analysis of the quality indicators of the Danube River water (in Romania) -- Statistical analysis of the water quality of the major rivers in India -- Methane and hydrogen production from cotton wastes in dark fermentation process under anaerobic and microaerobic conditions -- Microalgae production coupled with simulated black water treatment -- Waterborne diseases in Sebou watershed -- Chances and barriers of wastewater heat recovery from a multidisciplinary perspective -- Mine water in the closure of a coal basin: From waste to potential resources -- Water Pollution by Polyclorinated Biphenyls from the Energy Sector of Armenia -- Semi-continuous anaerobic digestion of orange peel waste: preliminary results -- Nonwoven wet wipes can be hazardous substances in wastewater systems – evidences from a field measurement campaign in Berlin, Germany -- Wastewater to energy: Relating granule size and biogas production of UASB reactors treating municipal wastewater -- CO2 bio-fixation by Chlamydomonas reinhardtii using different periodic CO2 dosing strategies -- A suggestion on nutrient removal/recovery from source separated human urine using clinoptilolite combined with anaerobic processing -- Niches for Bioelectrochemical systems in wastewater treatment plants -- Degradation of Gaseous VOCs by Ultrasonication: Effect of Water Recirculation and Ozone Addition -- Optimal Chlorination Station Scheduling in an Operating Water Distribution Network Using GANetXL -- Utilization of microalgae cultivated in municipal wastewater for CO2 fixation from power plant flue gas and lipid production -- Techno-economic Assessment of Combined Heat and Power Units Fueled by Waste Vegetable Oil for Wastewater Treatment Plants: a Real Case Study -- Eco-LCA of Biological Wastewater Treatments Focused on Energy Recovery -- Optimization of nutrient recovery from synthetic swine wastewater using Response Surface Methodology -- Enzymatic pre-treatment of chicken manure for improved biogas yield -- Integration of liquid-liquid membrane contactors and electrodialysis for ammonia recovery from urban wastewaters -- Remediation of water contaminated by Pb(II) using virgin coniferous wood biochar as adsorbent -- A simplified model to simulate a bioaugmented anaerobic digestion of lignocellulosic biomass -- Dissolved oxygen perturbations: a new strategy to enhance the removal of organic micropollutants in activated sludge process -- PFOA and PFOS removal processes in activated sludge reactor at laboratory scale -- Selectrodialysis and ion-exchange resins as integration processes for copper and zinc recovery from metallurgical streams containing arsenic -- Microalgae cultivation for pretreatemnt of pharmaceutical wastewater associated with microbial fuel cell and Biomass feed stock production -- Embryotoxicity and molecular alterations of fluoxetine and norfluoxetine in early zebrafish larvae -- Biological Treatment of Municipal Wastewater Using Green Microalgae and Activated Sludge as Combined Culture -- Fouling morphologies on the ion-exchange membranes in reverse electridialysis with effluent from sewage treatment plant -- Co-composting Biosolids and Organic Fraction of Municipal Solid Waste or C.