TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cao,Giacomo
AU  - Orrù,Roberto
ED  - SpringerLink (Online service)
TI  - Current Environmental Issues and Challenges
SN  - 9789401787772
AV  - TD172-193.5 
U1  - 363.73 23
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Dordrecht
PB  - Springer Netherlands, Imprint: Springer
KW  - Environmental sciences
KW  - Environmental management
KW  - pollution
KW  - environmental protection
KW  - Environmental pollution
KW  - environment
KW  - Pollution, general
KW  - Environmental Science and Engineering
KW  - Energy, general
KW  - Environmental Management
KW  - Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution
KW  - Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-8777-2
ER  -