| Main Title |
Current Environmental Issues and Challenges [electronic resource] / |
| Type |
EBOOK |
| Author |
Cao, Giacomo.
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| Other Authors |
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| Publisher |
Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, |
| Year Published |
2014 |
| Call Number |
TD172-193.5 |
| ISBN |
9789401787772 |
| Subjects |
Environmental sciences ;
Environmental management ;
Pollution ;
Environmental protection ;
Environmental pollution
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| Internet Access |
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| Collation |
VIII, 278 p. 152 illus., 97 illus. in color. online resource. |
| Notes |
Due to license restrictions, this resource is available to EPA employees and authorized contractors only |
| Contents Notes |
Air Pollution and Health Effects -- Air Pollution from Mobile Sources: Formation, Effects and Abatement Strategies -- Air Quality Modelling and its Applications -- Fuel Cell Technology and Materials -- Engineering Aspects related to the Use of Microalgae for Biofuels Production and CO2 Capture from Flue Gases -- Concentrating Solar Energy Technologies -- Probiotics for Environmental Sanitation: Goals and Example -- Dust Removal and Collection Techniques -- The Role of Catabolic Plasmids in Biodegradation of Petroleum Hydrocarbons -- On the Exploitation of Self-propagating High-temperature Reactions for Environmental Protection -- Glyphosate : Safety Risks, Biodegradation and Bioremediation -- Bioleaching of Metals as Eco-Friendly Technology -- Biodiversity -- Passive Sampling Technologies for the Monitoring of Organic and Inorganic Contaminants in Seawater -- A Review of Green Business -- Grid/Cloud Computing as new Paradigms for Collaborative Problem Solving and Shared Resources Management in Environmental Sciences. This book's aim is to bring together, in one volume, state-of-the-art information on a number of current environmental issues and challenges. - The chapters dealing with air pollution from mobile sources, air pollution and health effects, and air quality modelling fall into the air pollution category. - Chapters related to microalgae for carbon dioxide sequestration/biofuels production, fuel cells, and solar energy technology, respectively, can be ascribed to the energy topic. - Several technologies to handle a wide spectrum of environmental pollutants are taken into account in the corresponding chapters: self-propagating high-temperature reactions, catabolic plasmids biodegradation, dust removal, glyphosate biodegradation, bioleaching, and probiotic bacteria for water sanitation. - The chapter on biodiversity is clearly related to the conservation issue, while the water pollution subject is tackled by the chapter on water quality monitoring. - Environmental management is considered with a general analysis on green business, as well as a chapter on using grid/cloud computing technology for collaborative problem solving and shared resources management. Each chapter is stand-alone to allow the user rapid access to the subject of interest. Few books currently exist that cover such a wide spectrum of topics. For this reason it is intended as a text for graduate courses in environmental science and engineering, as well as for reference by researchers and practitioners interested in the latest developments in the environmental field. |
| Place Published |
Dordrecht |
| Corporate Au Added Ent |
SpringerLink (Online service) |
| Host Item Entry |
Springer eBooks |
| PUB Date Free Form |
2014 |
| BIB Level |
m |
| Medium |
computer |
| Content |
text |
| Carrier |
online resource |
| Cataloging Source |
OCLC/T |
| OCLC Time Stamp |
20140429102502 |
| Language |
eng |
| Origin |
SPRINGER |
| Type |
EBOOK |
| OCLC Rec Leader |
04487nam a22005055i 45 |
