Global society in the 21st century is facing challenges of
improving the quality of air, water, soil and the environment and
maintaining the ecological balance. Environmental pollution, thus,
has become a major global concern. The modern growth of
industrialization, urbanization, modern agricultural development
and energy generation has resulted in the indiscriminate
exploitation of natural resources for fulfilling human desires and
needs, which has contributed in disturbing the ecological balance
on which the quality of our environment depends.
Human beings, in the truest sense, are the product of their
environment. The man-environment relationship indicates that
pollution and deterioration of the environment have a social
origin. The modern technological advancements in chemical
processes/operations have generated new products, resulting in new
pollutants in such abundant levels that they are above the
self-cleaning capacity of the environment. One of the major issues
in recent times is the threat tohuman lives due to the progressive
deterioration of the environment from various sources. The impact
of the pollutants on the environment will be significant when the
accumulated pollutants load will exceed the carrying capacity of
the receiving environment.
Sustainable development envisages the use of natural resources,
such as forests, land, water and fisheries, in a sustainable manner
without causing changes in our natural world. The Rio de
Janeiro-Earth Summit, held in Brazil in 1992, focused on
sustainable development to encourage respect and concern for the
use of natural resources in a sustainable manner for the protection
of the environment.
This book will be beneficial as a source of educational material
to post-graduate research scholars, teachers and industrial
personnel for maintaining the balance in the use of natural sources
for sustainable development.
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