An international team of leading scholars and young researchers in environmental psychology offers a relatively new perspective on the origin and s...

Radiation is all around us and naturally present in our environment and has been since before the birth of the planet. Radiation occurs in nature, ...

This book focuses on the analysis of water samples that may have been contaminated as a result of a radiological or nuclear event, such as a radiol...

Excess reactive nitrogen (Nr) compounds in the environment are associated with many large-scale environmental concerns, including eutrophication of...

This book shows papers from researchers of different countries in the world, that point out the study of seismoinduced phenomena associated with re...

Fatigue is progressive and localised structural damage that occurs when materials are subjected to cyclic loading. Therefore, in order to produce d...

This book examines control techniques and measures to mitigate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from specific industrial sectors such as coal-fired e...

This book presents in graphic detail what is arguably the first-ever regional environmental impact assessment and risk assessment done in India, pe...

Relative humidity is a term used to describe the amount of water vapour that exists in a gaseous mixture of air and water vapour. The relative humi...

The cost of cleaning up water and soil leads to the same undeniable conclusion: Existing models of industrial development are simply not sustainabl...

Water vapour is a key in the hydrological cycle and the main driver of atmospheric events. Remote sensing of water vapor using the Global Positioni...

The presence of heavy metals such as Cr(VI) in the aquatic environment and their harmful effects on living organisms has emerged as one of the most...

This book examines the history of health, diet, and nutrition with a particular focus on the issue of decreasing food security in places where once...

Floodplains are flood-dependent ecosystems that are an integral part of the river. As a consequence, they have to be considered when restoring stre...

Sediments are loose earth materials with variable grain size such as sand, silt and clay that accumulate on the land surface, in river and lake bed...

Widespread concern about global climate change has led to agreements to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) and, under certain circumstances, ...

In the last few years, the concern about pollutants present in indoor environments has greatly increased since in developed countries people spend ...

Sprinkler irrigation systems are among the most popular and used irrigation systems in the world, and the trend is to an increase in their use. The...

Rural development is still an important policy goal in most developing countries where a high proportion of the population lives and works in rural...

According to the Census Bureau, approximately 27 percent of the U.S. population lives in a rural area. The smallest water systems account for 77 pe...

According to a 2012 report released by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), roughly 780 million peo...

The events of 11 September 2001 focused heightened attention on the security status of the nation's drinking water supplies and the vulnerability o...

The bottled water industry is the second largest commercial beverage category by volume in the U.S. Nearly all bottled water sold in the US is sour...

This book provides an in-depth examination of sawdust and its potential uses and hazards. In chapter one, Yaning Zhang, Bingxi Li, Haochun Zhang, H...

During the next 10 years, many countries important to the United States will experience water problems (shortages, poor water quality, or floods) t...

Sequencing Batch Reactors: An Overview opens with the results of an investigation with the goal of determining the most suitable treatment for tann...

Sewage sludge is the product resulting from wastewater treatment plants and aquaculture systems. It is an abundant waste biomass, as its production...

Sewage is mainly a liquid waste containing some solids, produced by humans. It typically consists of washing water, faeces, urine, laundry waste an...

Water resources in the Middle East are barely enough to cope with human demand, and their scarcity is a matter of discussion in many conclaves. How...

Wastewater treatment plants usually generate millions of tons of sewage sludge every year. Sewage sludge results from the accumulation of solids fr...

River management faces many challenges world-wide including climate change, flood risks and the demand for more adaptive and 'ecosystem-based' syst...

This book summarises the up-to-date knowledge on different fractions of amino acids in soil, input of amino acids to soil from both dead and living...

This book summarises the up-to-date knowledge on different fractions of amino acids in soil, input of amino acids to soil from both dead and living...

Soil erosion is perceived as a major and widespread form of soil degradation and it has large environmental and economic impacts at different scale...

Soil fertility refers to the amount of nutrients in the soil, which is sufficient to support plant life. Soil fertility is critical in sustainable ...

Soil organic matter (SOM) is a key constituent of soil as it is a "revolving nutrient find" and improves soil structure, maintains crop production ...

Soil organic matter is the most important component of the ecosystem. As a product of transforming the organic residues under specific conditions i...

Soil pollution receives less attention when compared to air pollution and water pollution. However, soil pollution is grabbing more attention nowad...

Solid waste is any garbage or refuse from industrial, commercial, agricultural or community activities. This book provides leading edge research on...

Despite significant improvements in pollution abatement and environmental remediation over the past several decades, billions of people around the ...

During combustion of fossil fuels soot particles form as a by-product when a sufficient amount of oxygen is not present to yield a complete convers...

Human activities around the world are producing increasingly large quantities of greenhouse gases, particularly carbon dioxide (CO2), resulting fro...

The Ghana's rocky shore is unique along the Gulf of Guinea from Cote d'Ivoire to western Cameroon (West Africa). This suggests the existence of spe...

Species diversity is an index that incorporates the number of species in an area and also their relative abundance. Since species diversity is cent...

In this book, the authors present current research in the study of the ecology, management and conservation of spruce. Topics discussed include Nor...

Stormwater Sources, Monitoring and Management is a unique book that identifies sources of stormwater, evaluates stormwater control and monitoring t...

In recent years there has been increasing interest in the use of water resources generated within the urban boundary for potable supply substitutio...

Sulphur dioxide is widely used in many industrial areas, for example in the production of sulphuric acid, and also as a reducing, bleaching, refrig...