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Anmerkung: Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources , Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- About the Contributors -- Chapter 1: Environmental Management: Issues and Concerns -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Definitions and Concepts -- 3 Sustainable Development -- 3.1 Definition -- 3.2 Approaches of Sustainable Development -- 3.3 Key Indicators of Sustainable Development -- 4 Global Degradation of the Environment -- 4.1 Inorganic Chemicals -- 4.2 Organic Chemicals -- 4.3 Pathogenic Microorganisms -- 4.4 Radioactive Nuclides -- 5 Causes of Environmental Destruction -- 5.1 Contamination/Pollution -- 5.2 Eco-simplification -- 5.3 Natural Resource Consumption -- 6 Environmental Issues of Major Habitats -- 6.1 Oceans, Seas, Small Islands, Coral Reefs and Beaches -- 6.1.1 Issues and Problems -- 6.1.2 Environmental Services -- 6.2 Wetlands -- 6.2.1 Issues and Problems -- 6.2.2 Environmental Services -- 6.3 Watersheds -- 6.3.1 Issues and Problems -- 6.3.2 Environmental Services -- 6.4 Forests -- 6.4.1 Issues and Problems -- 6.4.2 Environmental Services -- 6.5 Drylands -- 6.5.1 Issues and Problems -- 6.5.2 Environmental Services -- 6.6 Irrigated Farming Areas -- 6.6.1 Issues and Problems -- 6.7 Industrial and Urban Concentrations -- 6.7.1 Issues and Problems -- 6.7.2 Environmental Services -- 7 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 2: Earth Science in Environmental Management -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Freshwater -- 3 Toxic Chemicals in the Environment -- 4 Fluoride -- 5 Fossil Fuel and Mining -- 6 Landslide -- 7 Volcanoes -- 8 Earthquakes -- 9 Radon Exposure -- 10 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 3: Ecological Footprint: Indicator of Environmental Sustainability -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Humanity's Environmental Footprint -- 1.2 Ensuring a Sustainable Environment -- 2 Significance of Footprints in Environmental Management -- 3 Role of Ecological Footprint in Ensuring Environmental Sustainability , 4 Critical Objectives Addressed by the Ecological Footprint -- 5 Footprint Family -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4: Air, Noise and Odour Pollution and Control Technologies -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Air Pollution -- 2.1 Particulate Matter -- 2.2 Gaseous Pollutants -- 2.2.1 Sulphur Dioxide -- 2.2.2 Oxides of Nitrogen -- 2.2.3 Non-methane Volatile Organic Compounds -- 2.2.4 Ozone -- 2.3 Air-Pollution Control -- 2.3.1 Policy Intervention -- 2.3.2 Technological Solutions -- 2.4 Methods and Equipment Used for Controlling Particulate Emissions -- 2.5 Methods and Equipment Used to Control Gaseous Pollutants -- 3 Noise Pollution -- 4 Odour Pollution -- 4.1 Threshold Concentration -- 4.2 Odour Pollution Control -- References -- Chapter 5: Water Pollution and Treatment Technologies -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Water and Sustainable Development Goals -- 1.2 Water Pollution -- 1.3 Water Treatment Technologies -- 2 Surface Water Treatment Technologies -- 2.1 Removal of Solid Impurities -- 2.1.1 Floatation -- 2.1.2 Sedimentation -- 2.1.3 Filtration -- 2.1.3.1 Pressure Driven Membrane Filtration Systems -- 2.1.3.2 Horizontal-flow Roughing Filtration -- 2.1.4 Adsorption -- 2.2 Removal of Pathogenic Microorganisms: Disinfection -- 2.2.1 Disinfection Through Chlorination -- 2.2.2 Disinfection Through Ozonation -- 2.2.3 Disinfection Through Ultraviolet (UV) Radiation -- 3 Groundwater Contamination Treatment Technologies -- 3.1 Aeration -- 3.2 Coagulation -- 3.3 Flocculation -- 3.4 Sedimentation -- 3.5 Filtration -- 3.6 Disinfection -- 3.7 Specific Contaminant Removal from Groundwater -- 3.7.1 Iron and Manganese Removal -- 3.7.2 Arsenic Removal -- 3.7.2.1 Oxidation -- 3.7.2.1.1 Oxidation by Air Oxygen and Pure Oxygen -- 3.7.2.1.2 Oxidation by Different Chemical Agents -- 3.7.2.1.3 Microbial Oxidation -- 3.7.2.2 Coagulation-Flocculation/Co-precipitation , 3.7.2.3 Adsorption -- 3.7.2.4 Bio-sorption -- 3.7.2.5 Ion Exchange -- 3.7.2.6 Membrane Process -- 3.7.2.7 Point-of-Use Technologies -- 3.7.2.8 Electrocoagulation -- 3.7.3 Fluoride Removal -- 3.7.3.1 Chemical Precipitation/Coagulation -- 3.7.3.2 Electrocoagulation (EC) -- 3.7.3.3 Adsorption -- 3.7.3.4 Ion Exchange -- 3.7.3.5 Membrane Technology -- 3.7.4 Uranium Removal -- 3.7.4.1 Reduction -- 3.7.4.2 Biological Reduction -- 3.7.4.3 Inhibition of Re-oxidation -- 3.7.4.4 Adsorption -- 3.7.4.5 Bio-sorption -- 3.7.4.6 Incorporation into Stable Mineral Phases -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 6: Sustainable Municipal Waste Management in Indian Cities -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Growth of Urban India and its Waste -- 2.1 Demographic Changes -- 2.2 Growth of Urban Real Estate -- 2.3 Waste Generation and Waste Characterisation Data -- 2.4 Waste Generation Per Capita in Indian Cities -- 2.5 Characterisation of Waste -- 2.6 Salient Features of SWM Rules, 2016 -- 3 Current Waste Management Status in India -- 3.1 Role of the Informal Sector in Waste Materials Reuse and Recycling -- 3.2 Waste Collection and Transport -- 4 Waste Disposal: Landfills -- 5 Challenges for Improved Waste Management in India -- 5.1 Implementation Strategy of Plastic Waste Management -- 5.2 Current Scenario of e-Waste Management in India: Issues and Strategies -- 6 Suggested Steps For Improved Waste Management In India -- 7 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 7: Environmentally Sustainable Practices -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Ancient Ways of Rainwater Harvesting -- 2.1 Indian Perspective -- 2.2 Global Perspective -- 3 Architectural Structure -- 3.1 Indian Perspective -- 3.2 Global Perspectives -- 4 Regulation of Temperature and Humidity in Buildings -- 4.1 Indian Perspective -- 4.2 Global Perspective -- 5 Traditional Water-Cooling Systems -- 5.1 Indian Perspective -- 5.2 Global Perspective , 6 Daily Livelihood Practices -- 6.1 Indian Perspective -- 6.2 Global Perspectives -- 7 Environmentally Sustainable Practices -- 7.1 Indian Perspective -- 7.2 Global Perspective -- 8 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 8: Energy Conservation and Its Impact on Climate Change -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Environmental Issues -- 2.1 Acid Rain -- 2.2 Stratospheric Ozone Depletion -- 2.3 Climate Change -- 3 Energy-Key Factor of Climate Change -- 4 Current Perspective of Climate Change -- 5 Illustrative Case Studies -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 9: Issues, Dimensions and Approaches of Assessing Urban Water Security in Developing and Emerging Countries: An Inclusive Perspective -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Issues Of Urban Water Security -- 3 Dimensions For Quantitative Assessment Of Urban Water Security -- 4 Conceptualization of an Inclusive Framework to Quantify Urban Water Security -- 4.1 Issues of Concern for Conceptualization of the Inclusive Framework -- 4.2 Considering Culture as a Dimension -- 4.3 Water Justice and Gender -- 4.4 Including Governance Measurements -- 4.5 Achieving Sustainable UWS -- 4.6 The Need for New Data at City Levels -- 4.7 Conceptualizing the Inclusive Framework for Urban Water Security Assessment -- 5 Conclusions -- Appendix 1: Definitions of Water Security -- Appendix 2: A Summary of Key Approaches for Quantitative Assessment of Sustainability of Urban Water Systems -- References -- Chapter 10: Remote Sensing and GIS in Environmental Management -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Applications of Modern Satellites in Environmental Management Study -- 2.1 Evolution and Advances in Remote Sensing Satellites and Sensors for the Study of Environment -- 2.1.1 Optical Sensors -- 2.1.2 Active Sensors -- 3 Geographic Information System -- 4 Satellites and Sensors for Environmental Applications -- 5 Indian Earth Observation System (EOS) , 6 Applications -- 6.1 Climate Change -- 6.1.1 Earth Observation Systems for Monitoring Climate Variables -- 6.1.2 Space-based Climate Change Studies -- 6.1.3 Glacial Retreat in Himalaya -- 6.1.4 Change in Polar Ice Cover -- 6.2 Mining Environment -- 6.3 Wetland and Watershed Mapping -- 6.4 Urban Mapping and Landuse Change Analysis -- 6.4.1 Urban Growth and Sprawl Analysis -- 6.4.2 Urban Land Surface Temperature Mapping -- 6.4.3 Urban Hydrology -- 6.5 Groundwater Investigation -- 6.6 Coastal and Marine Environment -- 6.6.1 Shoreline Mapping -- 6.6.2 Ocean Colour -- 6.7 Mapping and Spatial Modelling of Invasive Species -- 6.8 Disaster Management -- 7 Future Directions of Remote Sensing for Environmental Studies -- 8 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 11: Environmental Disaster Management and Risk Reduction -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Disaster Vulnerability -- 3 Types and Effects of Environmental Disasters -- 3.1 Natural Disasters -- 3.2 Anthropogenic Disasters -- 3.3 Hybrid Disasters -- 4 Environmental Disasters in Social Context -- 5 Disaster Mitigation And Risk Reduction -- 5.1 Pre-Disaster Prediction and Risk Assessment -- 5.2 Disaster Response: Monitoring and Assessment -- 5.3 Post-Disaster Mitigation and Recovery -- 6 Environmental Disaster Management -- 6.1 The Role of Geospatial Sciences in Environmental Disaster Management -- 6.2 Planning and Operational Decision-Making -- 6.3 Building Capacities through Environmental Training and Awareness Building and Communication -- 7 Examples -- 7.1 Example 1: Brownfield Regeneration and Impact on Human Health: Developed World -- 7.2 Example 2: Contaminated Site Management -- 7.3 Example 3: Recent COVID Pandemic -- 8 Concluding Remarks -- References -- Chapter 12: Environmental Impact Assessment -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Important Principles in Managing an EIA -- 2.1 Principle 1: Focus on the Main Issue , 2.2 Principle 2: Involve the Appropriate Persons and Group

Weitere Ausg.: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Sikdar, Pradip K. Environmental Management: Issues and Concerns in Developing Countries Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2021 ISBN 9783030625283

Sprache: Englisch