Technology : Environmental Engineering & Technology

This book opens new approach to the study of global environmental changes having unfourable character for peoples and other living systems. Main advantage of this book consists in the accumulation of knowledge from different sciences to parameterize global biogeochemical cycles in the context of globalization and sustainable development. Basic global problems of the nature-society system dynamics have been considered and the key problems of ensuring its sustainable development have been discussed. An analysis has been made of the present trend in changing ecological systems and characteristics of the present global ecodynamics have been estimated. The emphasis has been placed on the accomplishment of global geoinformation monitoring, which could provide a reliable control of the environmental processes development with further obtaining prognostic estimates of consequences of realization of anthropogenic projects. A new approach to the nature-society system numerical modelling has been proposed and demonstrative results have been given of modelling the dynamics of this systema (TM)s characteristics in cases of realization of some scenarios of anthropogenic impact on the biogeochemical cycles. The importance and the need has been emphasized of development of adaptive algorithms of monitoring data processing which make it possible to reduce the economic expenses on its accomplishment and raise the reliability of the obtained estimates of the global ecodynamics characteristics. Perspective approaches have been suggested for the development of technology to estimate the risk of realization of decisions on ecosystemsa (TM) management. The realization of this approach allows integrationwithin a complex structure of all international and national means of environmental monitoring and provides a tool for objective evaluation of the environmental quality. The main purpose of this book is to develop an universal information technology to estimate the state of environmental su more...

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1. The Relevance of Biogeochemistry to Amazon Development and Conservation, Michael McClain. 2. General Characteristic and Variability of Climate in the Amazon Basin and its Links to the Global Climate System, Jose A. Marengo and Carlos A. Nobre. 3. The Atmospheric Component of Biogeochemical Cycles in the Amazon Basin, Paulo Artaxo. 4. Soil Versus Biological Controls on Nutrient Cycling in Terra Firme Forests, Elvira Cuevas. 5. Nutrient Cycling as a Function of Landscape and Biotic Characteristics in the Cerrados of Central Brazil, M. Haridasan. 6. Linking Biogeochemical Cycles to Cattle Pasture Management and Sustainability in the Amazon Basin, Moacyr B. Dias-Filho, Eric A. Davidson and Claudio J. Reis de Carvalho. 7. Nutrient Considerations in the Use of Silviculture for Land Development and Rehabilitation in the Amazon, Florencia Montagnini. 8. Extractive Reserves and Participatory Research as Factors in the Biogeochemistry of the Amazon Basin, Foster Brown, Karen Kainer and Eufran do Amaral. 9. The Recovery of Biomass, Nutrient Stocks, and Deep-Soil Functions in Secondary Forests, Daniel Nepstad, Paulo R.S. Moutinho and Daniel Markewitz. 10. The Interface Between Economics and Nutrient Cycling in Amazon Land Development, Carl F. Jordan. 11. Carbon Storage in Biomass and Soils, Martial Bernoux, et al. 12. Terrestrial Inputs to Amazon Streams and Internal Biogeochemical Processing, Michael E. McClain and Helmut Elsenbeer. 13. Geo-ecological controls on elemental fluxes in communities of higher plants in Amazonian floodplains, Maria Tereza F. Piedade, Martin Worbes and Wolfgang J. Junk. 14. Biogeochemistry of Amazon Floodplain Lakes and Associated Wetlands, John M. Melack and Bruce R. Forsberg. 15. Organic Matter and Nutrients in the Mainstem Amazon River, Allan H. Devol and John I. Hedges. 16. Trace Elements in the Mainstem Amazon River, Patrick T. Seyler and Gerald R. Boaventura. 17. Biogeochemical Processes on the Amazon Shelf: Changes in Dissolved Particulate more...

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BNR is a fast-growing method of removing biological pollutants (bacteria, etc.) from wastewater. Experts from both the Water Environment Federation and the American Society of Civil Engineers have collaborated on this definitive work which is intended to be a practical manual for plant managers and operators who needed current information on BNR. more...

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This is a practical guide to remediation of petroleum spills in cold regions. more...

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"Recovery and Recycle of Resources to Protect the Global Environment", Organized Under the Special Research Group on Bioseparation Engineering in the Society of Chemical Engineers, Japan, Nikko, Jappan, July 4-7, 1999. The bioseparation engineering of today includes downstream process engineering such as waste water, material and gas treatment. Taking this tendency into account, bioseparation engineers gathered in Japan as a special research group under the main theme of "Recovery and Recycle of Resources to Protect the Global Environment". The scope of this book is based on the conference, and deals not only with recent advances in bioseparation engineering in a narrow sence, but also the environmental engineering which includes waste water treatment and bioremediation. The contributors of this book cover many disciplines such as chemical engineering, analytical chemistry, biochemistry, and microbiology. Bioseparation Engineering will stimulate young engineers and scientists who will develop bioseparation engineering further in the 21st century, and contribute to a world-wide attention to the global environment more...

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