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Artificial or Constructed Wetlands
A Suitable Technology for Sustainable Water Management
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2018
Artificial or constructed wetlands are an emerging technology particularly for tropical areas with water scarcity. For big cities, the sustainable management of water resources taking into account proper use is always challenging. The book presents case studies illustrating the above. As plants and...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2013
Environmental sustainability issues in a fragile, semi-arid region and its coastal area, which experience climate changes from extreme drought conditions to the effects of hurricanes over a period of weeks to years, provide specific challenges for the ecosystems and the populations existing within...
Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
Continuation of Residue Reviews
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology contains timely review articles concerned with all aspects of chemical contaminants (including pesticides) in the total environment, including toxicological considerations and consequences. It provides concise, critical reviews of advances, philosophy,...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
The huge expansion of the chemical and petroleum industries in the twentieth century has resulted in the production of a vast array of chem ical compounds and materials that have transformed our lives. The associated large-scale manufacturing, processing and handling activi ties have caused a...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
The determination of the hazards resulting from the accidental or deli berate contamination of terrestrial and aquatic environments is in most countries still lirnited to the detection and quantification of the suspected pollutants by chemical analyses. Such an approach is unfortunately hampered by...
Introduction to Phytoremediation of Contaminated Groundwater
Historical Foundation, Hydrologic Control, and Contaminant Remediation
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2011
This book provides the reader with the comprehensive view necessary to understand and critically evaluate the design, implementation, and monitoring of phytoremediation at sites characterized by contaminated groundwater. Part I presents the historical foundation of the interaction between plants and...
by Katheem Kiyasudeen S, Mahamad Hakimi Ibrahim, Shlrene Quaik
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2015
The main aim of this book is to bridge the gap between aerobic and anaerobic waste treatments by concentrating on studies of earthworms. In particular, vermicomposting is being discussed as well as its properties and applications. Other subjects touch on the treatment of palm oil mill effluents, the...
by Jayanta K. Saha, Rajendiran Selladurai, M. Vassanda Coumar
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2017
The book provides reader with a comprehensive up-to-date overview of various aspects of soil pollutants manifestation of toxicity. The book highlights their interactions with soil constituents, their toxicity to agro-ecosystem & human health, methodologies of toxicity assessment along with remediation...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2013
Agro-industrial wastes are end-products emerging after industrial processing operations and also from their treatment and disposal e.g. solid fruit wastes and sludge. The agro-industrial wastes are often present in multiphase and comprise multicomponent. Nevertheless, these wastes are a goldmine as...
Field Screening Europe
Proceedings of the First International Conference on Strategies and Techniques for the Investigation and Monitoring of Contaminated Sites
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
These Proceedings contain both oral and poster contributions to the first interna tional conference" Field Screening Europe - Strategies and Techniques for On-Site Investigation and Monitoring of Contaminated Soil, Water and Air", held in Karls ruhe September 29 - October 1, 1997. Environmental...
Climate Time Series Analysis
Classical Statistical and Bootstrap Methods
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2010
Climate is a paradigm of a complex system. Analysing climate data is an exciting challenge, which is increased by non-normal distributional shape, serial dependence, uneven spacing and timescale uncertainties. This book presents bootstrap resampling as a computing-intensive method able to meet the...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2014
This volume brings together extended reviews and papers of new scientific research on atmospheric nitrogen deposition impacts globally. While there is a wealth of evidence on the magnitude, components and effects of nitrogen disposition on floral biodiversity in Europe and North America, there is...
A Plague of Rats and Rubbervines
The Growing Threat Of Species Invasions
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
The human love of novelty and desire to make one place look like another, coupled with massive increases in global trade and transport, are creating a growing economic and ecological threat. The same forces that are rapidly "McDonaldizing" the world's diverse cultures are also driving us toward an...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2010
In recent years, a greater level of integration of the world economy and an opening of national markets to trade has impacted virtually all areas of society. The process of globalization has the potential to generate long-term benefits for developing countries, including enhanced technology and knowledge...