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Books > Professional & Technical > Environmental engineering & technology
Determination of Metals in Natural Waters, Sediments and Soils
provides analytic labs with a comprehensive overview of the various
methods available for analysis of metals and serves as a manual to
determine metal concentrations in different media such as natural
waters, waste waters, sediments and soils. The book begins with a
discussion of sampling techniques and preservation and then covers
metals in rivers, surface ground and mineral waters and metals in
aqueous precipitation. It concludes with detailed information on
analysis of metals in sediments. Determination of Metals in Natural
Waters, Sediments and Soils provides a foundation for informed
action by environmental interest groups and regulators and a
starting point for further study by graduate students,
professionals, and researchers.
Wildlife Toxicity Assessments for Chemicals of Military Concern is
a compendium of chemical-specific toxicity information with
discussions on the rationale and development of Wildlife Toxicity
Reference Values (TRVs) intended for use on terrestrial wildlife
for risk assessment applications. Substances covered include
military-related chemicals including explosives, propellants,
pesticides and metals. Wildlife Toxicity Assessments for Chemicals
of Military Concern is a much-needed resource designed to meet the
needs of those seeking toxicological information for ecological
risk assessment purposes. Each chapter targets a specific chemical
and considers the current knowledge of the toxicological impacts of
chemicals to terrestrial wildlife including mammalian, avian,
amphibian and reptilian species.
Handbook of Material Biodegradation, Biodeterioration, and
Biostabilization, Second Edition gives extensive information on the
microorganisms involved in the biodegradation of materials, along
with the biocides which are permitted for use according to the most
up-to-date worldwide legislation. Mechanisms of biodegradation and
biodeterioration, results of biodeterioration, and methods of
biostabilization are covered for a large number of products, making
the title relevant for a range of industries and applications,
including construction, coatings/paints, medical and pharmaceutical
applications, and electronics. In addition, the health and safety
aspects of biocide application are covered in detail, as well as
the personal protection of practitioners who are required to use
them. The contents and the most-up-to-date information make this
book essential for almost all the fields of applied chemistry.
Water is at the core of all life on Earth and exists as one of the
main components of the human body. Because water is essential to
life, addressing water pollution and sustainability issues is of
great concern to environmentalists and public health specialists
alike. Impact of Water Pollution on Human Health and Environmental
Sustainability highlights several important water-related issues
and explores a number of potential solutions to the problem of
water sustainability. Focusing on research-based perspectives on
water availability, industrial and agricultural pollution, water
contamination, and their impacts on the human population as well as
the environment, this crucial publication is a necessary addition
to academic and government libraries serving graduate-level
students, environmental scientists, public health workers, policy
makers, and legislators seeking the latest information on
sustainable and contaminant-free water resources.
In these short illustrated guides, Dr Mark Everard, avid
nature-watcher, angler and scientist, takes a dedicated look at
three British freshwater fishes, the Silver Bream, Gudgeon and
Ruffe. Though an integral part of aquatic ecosystems and well-known
to anglers, these fish are often overlooked by the wider public as
well as scientists. Each book is in three sections, first exploring
the biology of the fish itself, including science written in
accessible style, second discussing angling history and tips, and
thirdly exploring the fish's cultural connections, including
etymology of the fish. A bibliography at the end of each guide
directs the reader to additional resources.
Concise and readable, "Drinking Water Security for Engineers,
Planners and Managers" provides an overview of issues including
infrastructure planning, planning to evaluate vulnerabilities and
potential threats, capital improvement planning, and maintenance
and risk management. This book also covers topics regarding
potential contaminants, available water security technologies,
analytical methods, and sensor technologies and networks. Other
topics include transport and containment of contaminated water,
treatment technologies and the treatability of contaminants.
Threat and vulnerability risk assessments and capital
improvementIdentification and characterization of potential
contaminants and clean upApplication of information assurance
techniques to computerized systems
In its 27th edition the conference on Air Pollution continues to
produce valuable research on issues related to the modelling,
monitoring and management of air pollution. The papers included in
this book continue a wide ranging collection of high quality
research works that develop the fundamental science of air
pollution. Air pollution issues remain one of the most challenging
problems facing society. The scientific knowledge derived from
well-designed studies needs to be allied with further technical and
economic studies in order to ensure cost effective and efficient
mitigation. Increasingly, it is being recognised that the outcome
of such research needs to be contextualised within well formulated
communication strategies that help policy makers and citizens to
understand and appreciate the risks and rewards arising from air
pollution management. Details of the wide spread nature of the air
pollution phenomena and in depth explorations of their impacts on
human health and the environment are covered in this book. Topics
covered include: Air pollution modelling; Aerosols and particles;
Air pollutant emission studies; Air quality health effects; Indoor
air pollution; Air data quality; Air pollution control
technologies; Industrial air pollution; Climate change effects;
Emerging pollutants; Air pollution management, policy and
legislation.
Natural disasters, tornadoes, hurricanes, and floods are
occurring with increasing frequency. In emergencies, pure drinking
water is quickly the most important item. "Low Cost Emergency Water
Purification Technologies" provides the tips and techniques for
supplying potable drinking water at low cost in the direst
circumstances.
Succinct and readable, this manual describes the various options
for correcting unsanitary or unsatisfactory drinking water. Several
treatment methods for contaminated water are reviewed and the pros
and cons of each are discussed.
Covers long-term technologies including sand filtration, packaged
filtration units, pressurized filtration systems and natural
filtrationAddresses short-term strategies such as reverse
osmosis-based filtration, cartridge filtration systems, and solar
pasteurizations systemsDescribes disinfection systems,
energy-saving applications, cost considerations and HA/DR
applications
"Handbook of Recycling" is an authoritative review of the
current state-of-the-art of recycling, reuse and reclamation
processes commonly implemented today and how they interact with one
another. The book addresses several material flows, including iron,
steel, aluminum and other metals, pulp and paper, plastics, glass,
construction materials, industrial by-products, and more. It also
details various recycling technologies as well as recovery and
collection techniques. To completely round out the picture of
recycling, the book considers policy and economic implications,
including the impact of recycling on energy use, sustainable
development, and the environment.
With contemporary recycling literature scattered across
disparate, unconnected articles, this book is a crucial aid to
students and researchers in a range of disciplines, from materials
and environmental science to public policy studies.
Portrays recent and emerging technologies in metal recycling,
by-product utilization and management of post-consumer wasteUses
life cycle analysis to show how to reclaim valuable resources from
mineral and metallurgical wastesUses examples from current
professional and industrial practice, with policy and economic
implications
Renewable energy (RE) is a subject of great interest today. It is
one of the two main means for implementing climate change
mitigation programmes, and presently the only perceived means for
replacing the declining global fossil fuel reserves. It also helps
fight poverty and assists in the global quest for gender equity by
taking clean energy where it is needed most for development. It is
perhaps not surprising therefore that there is so much coverage of
RE in both the conventional media and the internet by media and
tech writers, economists and bloggers, many of who only have a
partial understanding of the technology itself. The end result is
mostly promotional rhetoric that says little about the true value
of the technology, and leads to a confused picture for the serious
individual or decision-maker who wants to know what the technology
is really capable of doing. This book provides a clear and factual
picture of the status of RE and its capabilities today. The need
for such a book was first realized by the author when he was
engaged in a renewable energy capacity-building project
encompassing countries from Europe, the Caribbean, Africa, and the
Pacific. The book is largely non-technical in nature; it does
however contain enough mention of the science and technology to
enable readers to go further with their own investigations should
they wish to. The book covers all areas of renewable energy (RE),
starting from biomass energy and hydropower and proceeding to wind,
solar and geothermal energy before ending with an overview of ocean
energy. It begins with a simple introduction to the physical
principles of the RE technologies, followed by an enumeration of
the requirements for their successful implementation. The last two
chapters consider how the technologies are actually being
implemented today and their roles in climate change mitigation and
poverty alleviation.
This book covers the emerging applications of different
computational and optimization techniques in order to achieve a
sustainable agriculture. A sustainable agricultural management
requires tools in providing integrated, area-specifi c, and
interpreted prediction or forecasting and guidance in every aspect
in agriculture.
The field of environmental history emerged just decades ago but has
established itself as one of the most innovative and important new
approaches to history, one that bridges the human and natural
world, the humanities and the sciences. With the current trend
towards internationalizing history, environmental history is
perhaps the quintessential approach to studying subjects outside
the nation-state model, with pollution, global warming, and other
issues affecting the earth not stopping at national borders. With
25 essays, this Handbook is global in scope and innovative in
organization, looking at the field thematically through such
categories as climate, disease, oceans, the body, energy,
consumerism, and international relations.
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