Sample Chapters - Environmental and Ecological Sciences, Engineering and Technology Resource

Hazardous Waste Management - Eds. Domenico Grasso, Timothy M.Vogel, Barth Smets

Hazardous Waste

Hazardous Waste Management: A United States Perspective

International Issues In Hazardous Waste Management

Hazardous Wastes Issues in Developing Countries

Case Study 1: Hazardous Waste Management in Tanzania - Retrospection and Future Outlook

Case Study 2: The Management of Hazardous Waste in South Africa

Case Study 3: Hazardous Waste Issues in India

Case Study 4: Hazardous Waste Management In Malaysia

Nuclear Industry

Nuclear Waste Management

Human Health and Environmental Risk Assessment of Chemicals

Environmental Ionizing Radiation

Ecological Risk Assessment of Environmental Stress

Site Remediation and Groundwater Decontamination in USA

Industrial Ecology

Environmentally Sound Management of Hazardous Wastes
Coastal Zone and Estuaries - Ed. Federico Ignacio Isla, Oscar Iribarne

Coastal Zone and Estuaries

Coastal Erosion

Waves and Sediment Transport in the Nearshore Zone

Episodic Processes(Storm Surges and Tsunamis)

Sediment Transport in Estuaries

Rocky Coasts

Coastal Barriers

Coastal Sand Dunes and Barrier Islands

Morphology and Morphodynamics of Sandy Beaches

Morphology and Morphodynamics of Gravel Beaches

Beach Plains: Formation, Evolution and Ecological Significance

Rias and Tidal-Sea Estuaries

Coastal Lagoons

Primary Production in Coastal Lagoons

Deltas

Tidal Salt Marshes and Mangrove Swamps

Coastal Evolution

Anthropogenic Impacts on the Structure and Function of the Coastal Biota

Anthropogenic Impacts on Estuaries
Marine Ecology - Eds. Carlos M. Duarte, Antonio Lot Helgueras

Marine Ecology

Productivity of the Oceans

Ocean Currents and their Impact on Marine Life

Role of Marine Microbes in Carbon and Nutrient Cycles

Ocean Food Webs and Trophic Dynamics

Ecology, Behavior and Productivity of Marine Fish

Harvesting the Ocean

Adaptations to Life in the Oceans. Pelagic Macrofauna

Marine Benthic Flora

Life in Extreme Ocean Environments: Anchialine Caves

Population Dynamics of Phytoplankton

Nitrogen Metabolism in Phytoplankton

Virus and Heterotrophic Microplankton

Zooplankton Ecology

Swimming Dynamics of Zooplankton

Induction of Settlement in Merozooplankton

Ecology and Behavior of Seabirds

Marine Reptiles: Adaptations, Taxonomy, Distribution and Life Cycles

Roles of Viruses In Aquatic Ecosystems
Anthropogenic Causes of Global Environmental Change - Ed. Wei-Chyung Wang

Anthropogenic Causes of Global Environmental Change

The Environmental Impact of Transportation: Air, Rail, Road, and Water

Urbanization

Some Issues in the Sustainable Development of the Global Environment
Point Sources of Pollution: Local Effects and Control - Ed. Qian Yi

Point Sources of Pollution: Local Effects and Control

Vehicular Emissions

Types and Amounts of Vehicular Emissions

Environmental Impact of Motor Vehicles

Health Effects

Regional Distribution of Vehicular Emissions

Control Strategies to Reduce Emissions

Industrial Pollution

Air Pollution Caused by Industries

Industrial Wastewater-Types, Amounts and Effects

Types, Amounts and Effects of Industrial Solid Wastes

Industrial Pollution Prevention Strategy-Cleaner Production

Environmental Standards Concerning Industrial Pollution Discharge

Domestic Pollution

Amounts and Composition of Municipal Solid Wastes

Disposal of Solid Wastes

Municipal Effluent Disposal Standards

Municipal Wastewater Reuse

Environmental Pollutants and their Control

Industrial Chemicals

Agricultural Chemicals

Sampling, Measurement and Assessment

Contaminant Fate and Transport Process

Economics, Social, Legal and Health Implications

Control Strategy for Toxic Pollutants

Technologies for Air Pollution Control

Air Pollution Dynamics and Modeling

Clean Coal Technologies

Control Techniques for Particles

Technologies of Gaseous Pollutant Emission Control

Technologies for Water Pollution Control

Technologies that Move Pollutants from One Environmental Component to Another: Physical Methods

Technologies that Transform Pollutants to Innocuous Components: Chemical and Physicochemical Methods

Technologies that Transform Pollutants into Innocuous Components: Biological Methods

Technologies that Transform Pollutants into Innocuous Components: Combined Biological/Chemical Methods

Remediation Techniques for Soil and Groundwater

Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Accident- Case Study
Environmental Toxicology and Human Health - Ed. Tetsuo Satoh

Environmental Toxicology and Human Health

Health Effects from Exposure to Acute Levels of Industrial Chemicals

Health Effects from Exposure to Chronic Levels of Industrial Chemicals

Control Strategies

Case Study of Air Pollution Episodes in Meuse Valley of Belgium, Donora of Pennsylvania, and London, U.K.

Case Study of the Bhopal Incident

Minamata Disease in Japan

Mercury-Contaminated Grain in Iraq

Pediatric Lead Poisoning of Residential Origin

Insecticides

Herbicides

Rodenticides

Virus-Induced Diseases

Case Study of Lyme Disease

Case History: Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever in Zaire, 1995

Case Studies of Anthrax Outbreaks

Case Study of Health Effects of Cryptosporidium in Drinking Water

Sportfish Consumption: Socio-Cultural and Economic Aspects, Ethnicity and Effectiveness of Health Advisories

Impact of Socioeconomic Factors on Residential Indoor Air Quality and Human Health

Social Concerns for Environmental Exposures to Toxic Substances

Environmental Justice as a Component of Environmental Decision-Making

Forensic Toxicology
Occupational Health and safety - Ed. David Snashall

Occupational Health And Safety - An Overview

Occupational Diseases And Injuries

Occupational Safety

Hazards Management, Monitoring Of The Work Environment And The Implementation Of Standards

Health, Work and Wellbeing
Waste Management and Minimisation - Eds. Stephen R. Smith, Chris Cheeseman, Nick Blakey

Classification of Industrial, Commercial, Residential, Agricultural and Construction Waste

Waste Composition and Analysis

Solid Waste Streams Regional and Cultural Variability

Choosing Options for Waste Management

Waste Disposal Costs and Financial Incentives to Improve Waste Management

Waste Management in Industry

Integrated Waste Management

Management, Use, and Disposal of Sewage Sludge

Waste Minimization in Industry

Waste Minimization and Recycling as Part of an Environmentally Sustainable Business Strategy

Solid Wastes for Power Generation

Anaerobic Digestion, Gasification, and Pyrolysis

Ecological and Public Health Risks:Analysis and Management

Hazardous Waste Treatment Technologies

The Management of HealthCare Waste

Industrial Site Remediation

Industrial Metabolism

Waste Management and Minimization

Elemental Keys to Sustainable Waste Prevention
Pollution Control Technologies - Eds. Bhaskar Nath, Georgi Stefanov Cholakov

Pollution Control Technologies

Control of Particulate Matter in Gaseous Emissions

Basic Concepts of the Gas Phase

Emission Sampling and Analysis

Effluent Gas Monitoring

Dust-Particle Formation and Characteristics

Dust Collection

Mechanical and Cyclonic Collectors

Gas Filtration

Electrostatic Precipitators

Wet Scrubbers

Control of Gaseous Emissions

Control of Carbon Monoxide and Volatile Organic Compounds, Including Condensation

Adsorption Of Gaseous Pollutants

Adsorbents and Adsorption Processes for Pollution Control

Control of Sulfur Oxides

Control of Nitrogen Oxides

Odor Emission Control

Indoor Air Quality Monitoring and Control

Pollution Control through Efficient Combustion Technology

Combustion Fundamentals

Fundamentals of Transport Phenomena in Combustion

Combustion Research and Computer Fluid Dynamics

Thermal and Catalytic Combustion

Management of Combustible Waste

Waste Incineration Technology

Pollution Control in Industrial Processes

Control of Pollution in Power Generation

Control of Pollution in the Chemical Industry

Control of Pollution in the Petroleum Industry

Control of Pollution in the Iron and Steel Industry

Control of Pollution in the Non-ferrous Metals Industry

Control of Pollution in the Pulp and Paper Industry

Pollution Control in Transportation

Control of Exhaust Emissions from Internal Combustion Engined Vehicles

Catalytic Converters and Other Emission Control Devices

Zero Emission Vehicles

Electric Vehicles

Hybrid Vehicles

Biological Waste Gas Cleaning in a Pilot-Scale Biofilter with Different Filter Material and Modeling a Hybrid Process of Adsorption and Biofiltration

Energy Systems and Comparison of Pollutants
Environmental Systems - Ed. Achim Sydow

Environmental Systems

Measurement Tools for Pollution Sources and Ambient Concentrations

Measurement Tools: Soil Systems

Measurement Tools for Atmospheric Systems

Measurement Tools: Water Systems (Inland Waters)

Measurement Tools: Water Systems (Oceans)

Field Techniques: Soil Systems

Field Techniques for Atmospheric Systems

Field Techniques: Inland Waters

Field Techniques: Water Systems (Oceans)

Bioindicators

Bioindication of Ecosystems Regeneration Ability Thresholds

Environmental Data and Statistics

Spatial Environmental Data

Non-Spatial Environmental Data

Statistical Analyses' Design

Biostatistics

Data Accuracy and Validation

Environmental Models and Simulations

Types of Environmental Models

Case Studies of Local, Regional and Global Applications of Environmental Models

Data Integration into Environmental Models and Sensitivity to Input Data

Identifications and Applications of Coupled Climate Models

Model Application for Decision Makers and Policy Evaluators

Assessing the Role of Climate in Environmental Systems Analysis and Modeling

Decision Support for Environmental Management

Multi-Objective Decision Support Including Sensitivity Analysis

Decision Support Systems for Environmental Problems at Different Scales

Validation and Uncertainty in Analysis Decision Support

System to Support Decisions on Sustainable Development: Integrated Assessment

Knowledge Based Systems and Neural Nets

System to Support Decisions on Clean-Up of Polluted Lands

Systems to Support Decisions on Electric Power Generation

Decision Support Systems For Energy, Traffic, And Environmental Management

Decision Support Systems for Urban and Regional Planning

Systems to Support Decisions for Urban Areas

Diverse Perspectives of Sustainability

Environmental Information Services And Computational Intelligence

Numerical Flood Simulation By Depth Averaged Free Surface Flow Models

An Assessment of the Vulnerability to Erosion of the Coastal Zone Due To a Potential Rise of Sea Level: The Case of the Hellenic Aegean Coast
Environmental Regulations and Standard Setting - Ed. Bhaskar Nath

Environmental Regulations and Standard Setting

Environmental Pollution Regulations

Local Regulations

National (Federal) Regulations

International Regulations

Regulation of Air Pollutants

Regulation of Water Pollutants

Regulation of Land Pollutants and Solid Waste Disposal

Regulations on Fuel Extraction and Combustion

Environmental Quality Standards

Objectives of and Procedures for Setting Standards

Science of Environmental Quality Standard Setting

Advantages and Disadvantages of Air Quality Standards

Adoption of Standards

Implementation and Enforcement

Source-Oriented Control of Pollution

Licensing and Permitting of Discharges

Effluent Limits for Discharges

Performance Standards: Establishing Discharge Zones

Facility Design Requirements

Trading of Pollution Discharge Rights

Best Management Practices

Types of Standards

Ecologically Based Standards

Health Based Standards: Epidemiology

Health Based Standards: Toxicology

Health Based Standards: Oncology

Participants in Standard Setting
Interactions: Energy/Environment - Ed. Jose Goldemberg

Interactions: Energy/Environment

Land Disturbance and the Environmental Pollution from Oil - and Gas - Well Drilling and Extraction, with Special Reference to Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials

Land Disturbance and Reclamation of Peat Extraction

Environmental Effects of Fossil Fuel Combustion

Environmental Effects of Suspended and Toxic Materials from Coal and Peat Combustion

Environmental Effects of Toxic Materials from Oil and Gas Combustion

Environmental Significance of Toxic Trace Elements from Fossil Fuel Combustion

Environmental Significance of Fuel-Derived Organic Compounds

Greenhouse Gases from Fossil Fuels and Their Impact on Global Change

Environmental Effects of Nuclear Power Production

Environmental Effects of Nuclear Fuel Processing. Refining: From the Yellow Cake to the Fuel Element.

Environmental Effects of Nuclear Power Generation

Environmental Effects of Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing

Environmental Effects of Hydropower Plants Including Those Using Thermal, Tidal, and Wave Power

Environmental Impacts of Wind Power

Environmental Effects of Geothermal Power

Environmental Effects of Energy from Biomass and Municipal Wastes

Fossil Fuel Energy Impacts on Health

Nuclear Energy Impacts on Health
Interactions: Food and Agriculture/Environment - Eds. G. Lysenko, Victor Squires, Willy H. Verheye

Interactions: Food and Agriculture/Environment

Environment Impact on Aquaculture Production

Water Pollution and Its Impact on Fish and Aquatic Invertebrates

Parasite Infestation of Fishes and Sea Products

Artificial Breeding in Pisciculture, and Breeding of Rare and Endangered Species of Freshwater Fish

Food Safety with Special Reference to Public Health

Mothers Milk Substitutes and Infant Human Health

Food Sources
Biodiversity: Structure and Function - Eds. Wilhelm Barthlott, K. Eduard Linsenmair, Stefan Porembski

Biodiversity: Structure and Function

Characterization of Biodiversity

Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning: Basic Principles

Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning: Experimental Systems

The Role of Above- and Belowground Linkages in Ecosystem Functioning

Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning of Selected Terrestrial Ecosystems: Grasslands

Biodiversity and Functioning of Selected Terrestrial Ecosystems: Alpine and Arctic Ecosystems

Biodiversity and Functionality of Aquatic Ecosystems

Biodiversity and the Functioning of Selected Terrestrial Ecosystems: Agricultural Systems

Spatial and Temporal Dimensions of Biodiversity Dynamics

Evolutionary and Genetic Aspects of Biodiversity

Monitoring of Biodiversity

Search for Indicators for Biodiversity Assessments

Data and Information Management and Communication

The Value of Biodiversity

Economic Relevance of Biodiversity

Ethical Relevance of Biodiversity

Halting Biodiversity Loss: Fundamentals and Trends of Conservation Science and Action

Application of Ecological Knowledge to Habitat Restoration

Disturbance Management - Application of Ecological Knowledge to Habitat Restoration

Landscape Dynamics

Alternative Restoration Strategies in Former Lignite Mining Areas of Eastern Germany

Afforestation and Reforestation

Tropical Forest Restoration Experiences

Combating Degradation in Arid Systems
Animal Resources and Diversity in Africa - Ed. Samir Ghabbour

Collembola Class (“Springtails”)

Termites: General Features and Ecosystem Services

Spiders in Africa

Freshwater Fishes in Africa
Ethnobiology - Ed. John Richard Stepp

Zooarchaeology

Aquatic Ethnobiology
Economic Botany - Ed. Brad Bennett

Ethnobotany And Economic Botany: Subjects In Search Of Definitions

Plant Systematics: The Sine Qua Non Of Economic Botany

Twenty-Five Economically Important Plant Families

Chemistry Of Natural Products

Plant Domestication And The Origins Of Agriculture

Management And Economics Of Plant Resources

Plants As Food
World Environmental History - Eds. Mauro Agnoletti, Elizabeth Johann, Simone Neri Serneri

The Historiography of Environmental History

World History and Environmental History

International Law, Regulations and Environmental History

Health, Disease, and Environmental History

Climate and World Environmental History

Origins, Development and Differentiation of World Agricultures

The Development and History Of Horticulture

History of Forestry: Institutions And Culture

History of Conservation and Biodiversity

Marine Environmental History

History of Technological Hazards, Disasters and Accidents

Environmental History of Water Resources

Environmental History of Soils

Environmental History of Air Pollution and Protection

History of Waste Management and the Social and Cultural Representations of Waste

Energy in History

History of Environmental Clean Up and Restoration

Colonialism, Imperialism And Environmental History

Asian Woodland and Fauna History

European Woodland And Fauna History

An Ecological History of Australia’s Forests and Fauna (1770-2010)

Economic History And The Environment: New Questions, Approaches And Methodologies

Environmental History of Africa
Air, Water, Sediment and Soil Pollution Modelling - Ed. Bhaskar Nath

Air, Water And Soil Pollution And Modelling: The Problem In Context

Transport Of Man-Made Pollutants In The Environment And Their Fate

Soil Pollution: Causes, Effects, Remediation and Mathematical Modelling
Phytotechnologies solutions for sustainable land management - Ed. Tomas Vanek

Plant Growth Control: Biological, Chemical, Physical And Post-Harvest Parameters

Inorganic Contaminants : Occurrence and Significance of Chemical Elements with Special Reference to Plants

Land Revitalization

Constructed Wetlands For Wastewater Treatment

Phytotechnology For Forestry

Potential Of Plant Genetic Engineering For Phytoremediation Of Toxic Trace Elements
Environmental Monitoring - Eds. Hilary I. Inyang, John L. Daniels

Environmental Analytical Chemistry

Monitoring of the Environment as a Whole

Priority Parameters: Abiotic and Biotic Components

Background State of the Biosphere

Bioindicator Species and Their Use in Biomonitoring

Remote Sensing (Satellite) System Technologies

Geophysical Monitoring Technologies

Laboratory-Based Analytical Technologies

Priority Parameters and Their Measurements

Transboundary Air Pollution

Noise Level Monitoring

Priority Parameters for Monitoring of FreshWater and Marine Systems, and Their Measurement

Freshwater Observation Systems, Networks, and Existing Databases

Marine and Brackish Water Observation Systems, Networks and Existing Databases

Deposition of Pollutants and Their Impacts on Fisheries

Pollution of Littoral Zone and Bottom Sediment

Lake and River Sediment Monitoring

Soil Contamination Monitoring

Groundwater Monitoring

Desertification and Vegetation Monitoring

Contaminated Site Characterization and Monitoring

Evolution of Geographic Information and Visualization Systems

Statistical Analysis and Quality Assurance of Monitoring data

Geostatistical Analysis of Monitoring data

Applications of Geographic Information Systems

Use of Monitoring data in Human/Ecological Exposure Assessment

Monitoring of Fresh and Brackish Water Resources

Introduction to Environmental Forensics
Engineering Geology, Environmental Geology, and Mineral Economics - Eds. Syed E. Hasan & Syed M. Hasan

Engineering Geology, Environmental Geology, and Mineral Economics

Modern Trends in Engineering Geology

Sanitary Landfill

Characterization of Geologic Materials

Utilization of Geologic Materials

Forensic Geology

Global Mineral Resources, Occurrence And Distribution

International Treaties Governing Mineral Exploration
Ecology - Eds. Antonio Bodini, Stefan Klotz

The Science of Ecology for a Sustainable World

Concepts of Ecosystem, Level and Scale

Global Ecology

Applied Ecology

Restoration Ecology

Ecology, Biological Conservation and Policy

Biological Control and Ecosystem Services

Ecosystem Health:Definitions,Assessment, and Case Studies

Ecology of Populations and Communities

Political Ecology in Latin America: The Social Re-Appropriation of Nature, The Re-Invention of Territories and the Construction of an Environmental Rationality

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