Current concerns in environmental engineering / S.A. Abbasi, PhD, DSc, FNASc, PE and Tasneem Abbasi, UGC Emeritus Professor, Centre for Pollution Control and Energy Technology, Pondicherry University, Kalapet, Puducherry, India, and others.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Abbasi, S. A. (Shahid A.), author.

Abbai, Tasneem, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pollution prevention.

Environmental engineering.

Renewable energy sources.

Green technology.

Place of Publication:

Nova Science Publishers, Incorporated

Summary:

"A treatment of 15 topics of great contemporary relevance by bestselling author S. A. Abbasi. Each topic is covered from its basics to its global application in a highly concise and compact yet exceedingly clear and lucid style. The coverage has a wide sweep, reflective of the great diversity and complexity of challenges presently faced by the Earth's environment. Some of the biggest existence-threatening questions are also addressed in this book - for example: Is renewable energy as safe for the world as is believed? Can technology make the present paradigm of development sustainable? Will a shift to renewables halt global warming? Is fossil fuel decarburization really workable? Current Concerns in Environmental Engineering would enhance the comprehension of undergraduate and graduate students while giving them a worldview that formal textbooks generally fail to do. The book will be exceedingly useful to teachers and researchers due to the fresh insights it can give and the innovative thinking it can stimulate. The book is profusely illustrated with dramatic as well as aesthetically pleasing visuals. Besides capturing the interest of the reader the visuals also enhance the reader's comprehension and appreciation of the text"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Global warming and its mitigation

Pollution and global warming due to the use of fossil fuels : the extent of the problem

Global warming control by decarbonization and its environmental impacts

Urbanization and its impact

Contribution of paddy fields to methane emissions and the strategies to control it : the Indian scenario

Cellular automata and its application in urban systems simulation

The digital deluge, has it made learning easier or better?

Sustainable food production for the world's multitudes and the challenge of food taboos

Issues in environmental pollution control

Water conflicts - can small hydro be a solution?

The art of sampling and analysis

Water quality modelling : a primer

A novel low-cost and clean-green technology shefrol for sewage treatment, especially suited to villages and peri-urban dwellings

Greenbelts for effective control of air pollution : concept and design is renewable energy as safe for the world as is believed?

The real origin of the e-waste problem and its truly sustainable solution

Bioremediation and phytoremediation

The visible and the invisible pollution

Pollution and its control

Will a total shift to renewable energy sources ensure global sustainability?

ISBN:

1-5361-3921-1