Pollution control Books

Green Productivity and Cleaner Production: A Guidebook for Sustainability focuses on green production processes that could help better achieve global sustainability. It aids readers in realizing the issues with current conventional productivity...

Water Environment Modeling covers the formulations and applications of mathematical models that simulate water flow and chemical transport in rivers, lakes, groundwater, estuaries, coastal, and ocean waters. These models are used to evaluate the response...

Sustainable Technologies for Water and Wastewater Treatment discusses relevant sustainable technologies for water and wastewater treatment pertaining to a nanoscale approach to water treatment and desalination, membrane-based technologies for water...

F Is for Fluoride is a charming but feasible fairytale about how one little fish and her friends changed the world by ending the biggest pollution scandal in American history. It also has some ferrets in fedoras.

Mössbauer Spectroscopy of Environmental Materials and their Industrial Utilization provides a description of the properties of materials formed on the earth's surface, their synthetic analogs where applicable, and the products...

In 1969, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) established the C- mittee on Challenges of Modern Society (CCMS). The subject of air pollution was from the start one of the priority problems under study within the...

This book identifies four key forms of air pollution: indoor, urban, regional and global. It discusses how these four types of pollution are manifest in today's society and examines the scientific and policy challenges that stand in the way of progress...

Understanding Environmental ProtectionIn today's rapidly evolving world, it is imperative that we all play a role in protecting our environment. As the global population continues to grow, so does the strain on our natural resources and ecosystems. It is...

"The Fragile Planet" will take you on an inspirational journey towards a sustainable future. In an era where our planet faces unprecedented challenges, this book is a beacon of hope, illuminating the path to a cleaner, greener, and more resilient world...

In 1969 the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) established the Committee on Challenges of Modern Society (CCMS). The subject of air pollution was from the start, one of the priority problems under study within the...

The process of photosynthesis is a potential source of energy and bioproducts. Renewable sources of polymeric materials offer an answer to maintaining sustainable development of economically and ecologically attractive technology. The innovations in the...

"Choked Earth: Global Pollution Crisis" is a compelling exposé that delves into the harrowing consequences of unchecked environmental degradation on a global scale. This riveting narrative navigates through the intricate web of challenges posed by...

Why write as a naturalist? Well because the idea will free you from the entrapment of the physical world. When you practice naturalism, you learn to embrace your body and celebrate what it can do. Awareness of the body leads to a healthier and more...

"Our world is dying"! You have heard it on the news, you have heard it from celebrities, politicians, and YouTubers; we have all been told we must make a change...But how many of us know how to change, what to change, and what we can do as individuals...

This volume entitled "Radionuclides and Heavy Metals in Environment" contains the Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop (ARW) "Monitoring of Natural and Man-Made Radionuclides and Heavy Metal Waste in Environment"...

Traditional reliance on chemical analysis to understand the direction and extent of treatment in a bioremediation process has been found to be inadequate. Whereas the goal of bioremediation is toxicity reduction, few direct,...

Wastewater Treatment by Reverse Osmosis Process provides a one-stop-shop for reverse osmosis (RO), outlining its scope and limitations for the removal of organic compounds from wastewater. This book covers the state-of-the-art on RO processes and...

The Open Access version of this book, available at https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/10.1201/9781003082613, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.This book explains the concept of...

Recycled Ceramics in Sustainable Concrete: Properties and Performance explores the use of novel waste materials in the construction industry as sustainable and environmentally friendly alternatives to traditional cement production technologies. It...

The rise in population and industries has led to many problems and most critical out of them is pollution. Due to the increase in the number of vehicles, growing infrastructure, rapid deforestation, emission of poisonous gases and excessive use of...

Waste is any material or byproduct that has either been discarded after use or is of no use. The management, collection, transportation and treatment of waste is known as waste management. The growing environmental concern in the field of waste...

The pollution of natural resources by either natural or human activities is known as environmental pollution. Some of the popularly known forms of environmental pollution include air pollution, noise pollution, water pollution, soil contamination, etc...

The main cause for the increase in pollution is human activities. It is generally produced from sources such as industries, deforestation, vehicle emission, etc. Technologies have been developed in recent times to remove greenhouse gas emissions from the...

The field of science that focuses on the harmful effects of diverse physical and biological agents on living organisms is called environmental toxicology. There are many sources that can lead to the presence of environmental toxicants. These include...

Air pollution is defined as the addition of unwanted contaminants in the air which have adverse impact on human health. These contaminants are also referred to as pollutants. These pollutants are released by human activities as well as natural sources...

Field Service is a book written by James Alfred Moss and first published in 1912. It is a detailed account of Moss's experiences as a member of the British Army during the Boer War in South Africa between 1899 and 1902. The book provides an insight into...

Focusing on Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, and Mainland China, the contributors to this book analyze various cases of air pollution within East Asia.Air pollution in East Asia is a major health risk, which also has damaging impacts on the environment...

Traffic-related pollutions, apart from the emissions from other anthropogenic sources, significantly decrease the air quality in cities. This is especially true in the case of the areas located in the vicinity of communication routes with high traffic...

"Adsorption Applications for Environmental Sustainability" anticipates presenting the developments, utilization, and applications of adsorption of contaminants (such as heavy metals and dyes) using biosorbents for environmental sustainability and safety.

This book provides state of the art description of various approaches, techniques and some basic fundamentals of bioremediation to manage a variety of organic and inorganic wastes and pollutants present in our environment. A comprehensive overview of...

Microalgae in Waste Water Remediation aims to point out trends and current topics concerning the use of microalgae in wastewater treatment and to identify potential paths for future research regarding microalgaebased bioremediation. To achieve this goal,...

This book is for practising professionals and academics working in urban planning and international development: international project staff, trainers, urban development researchers and teaching staff in universities and...

An understanding of long-range transport of air pollutants in the atmosphere requires a knowledge of the relevant atmospheric dynamic and chemical processes active at the regional scale as well as the temporal and spatial...

Cost Engineering for Pollution Prevention and Control examines how monetary and non-monetary factors are evaluated to select the best alternative from competitive engineering proposals- judged with respect to some measure of system performance.

Você quer saber a verdadeira história por trás da indústria petrolífera?As empresas multinacionais de petróleo vêm destruindo nosso planeta e a sociedade há anos, e é hora de todos nós sabermos a verdade. Este livro expõe os danos que elas têm causado e...

Voulez-vous connaître la véritable histoire de l'industrie pétrolière ?Les multinationales du pétrole détruisent notre planète et notre société depuis des années, et il est temps que nous sachions tous la vérité. Ce livre expose les dommages qu'elles ont...

Volete conoscere la vera storia dell'industria petrolifera?Le multinazionali del petrolio hanno distrutto il nostro pianeta e la nostra società per anni, ed è ora che tutti noi sappiamo la verità. Questo libro espone i danni che hanno fatto e come...

¿Quiere conocer la verdadera historia de la industria petrolera?Las multinacionales petroleras llevan años destrozando nuestro planeta y nuestra sociedad, y ya es hora de que todos sepamos la verdad. Este libro expone el daño que han hecho y cómo siguen...

This text presents recent research and advances in various solid-liquid separation technologies and their applications to treating produced water. It covers fundamental principles and the importance of produced water in major industrial sectors and...

Fundamentals of Public Utilities Management provides practical information for constructing a roadmap for successful compliance with new and ever-changing regulatory frameworks, upgrading and maintenance, and general management of utilities operations.

" Les sinistres effrayants qui surviennent dans les mines de houille émeuvent de temps à autre la commisération publique ; aucun gouvernement ne peut s'en désintéresser. Aussi la chambre des députés, sur la proposition de M. Paul Bert, vient-elle...

Water is a prerequisite for any form of life. The level of surface water quality protection is uneven around the world due to the relative efficiency of ecological instruction and the scale to which science influences the regulatory procedure. In the US,...

This book is a significant contribution as it investigates the impact of organic pollutants on human health and environment. Organic pollutants can lead to a number of environmental complications if discharged in air or water bodies. The existence of...

The crucial problem of air pollution possesses a universal nature. It has been a major environmental problem and an issue of global interest for many years. High concentrations of air pollutants due to several anthropogenic actions influence the quality...

Even a decade after the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) was signed, a large variety of organic chemicals still pose ecological hazards of top most priority. The expansion of information base on organic pollutants (OPs),...

Environmental contamination is a topic of great concern. Environment reduces hazards, while man amplifies them. This is not a supposition, but a gist of the conclusions made from studies of experts from all over the world. The last two centuries have...

The crucial problem of air pollution has always been of great concern. It has been a major environmental problem and an issue of global interest for many years. High concentrations of air pollutants due to several anthropogenic actions influence the...