Environmental Science And Sustainable Development

This volume provides a comprehensive account of the linkages between environment and sustainable development in society from an interdisciplinary perspective. With its case studies from across the world, including countries such as India, Australia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, the United States, Croatia, Italy, Brazil, Japan, and Kenya, it explores critical environmental issues concerning energy justice, queer ecology, mountain cultures, incarceration, energy strategies, mining tourism, pollution control mechanisms, social impacts of oil and gas production, contract farming, gender mainstreaming, climate change, and droughts and adaptation strategies along with literacy, leisure, well-being, development, sexuality, sustainability and environmental education. The book examines several dimensions within global environment of the adverse impact of developmental activities, discusses sustainable development activities undertaken in contemporary times, and underscores the importance of a just, people-centric policy framework in promoting sustainable development. Lucid and topical, this book will be useful to scholars and researchers of environmental studies, development studies, sustainable development, political studies, sociology, and political economy. It will also interest policymakers, development practitioners, NGOs and think tanks working on environment and sustainable development, climate issues and SDGs.

This book addresses the improvement and dissemination of knowledge on methods, policies and technologies for increasing the sustainability of development by de-coupling growth from natural resources and replacing them with knowledge-based economy, taking into account its economic, environmental and social pillars, as well as methods for assessing and measuring sustainability of development, regarding water and environment. This book gathers scholar and experts in related fields. All attendees from a vast range of companies, universities and government institutions acquire advanced technical knowledge and are introduced to new fields through discussions that focus on their own specialties as well as a variety of interdisciplinary areas. The authors hope most of scholars can find what they really need in this book.

Although people are aware of importance of sustainable environment, they behave like ecologically illiterate citizen; so, mass awareness about the status of the eco-health right from the grass root level to the top ecoplanners is the crying need of the hour. A healthy environment forms the basis for the societies and their people if prospering and enjoying a descent level of development. Growing public awareness brought a halt to some of the destructive spiral environmental problems. It is a moral and ethical issue to try to avoid costly environmental mistakes in future. Only then our long cherished dream of establishing eco-socialism on this watery planet could come true. The health of environment is very important for our sustainable development. So, its management strategies are imperative, therefore, considering these two aspects, this book has been edited to decipher certain deep facts which are undeciphered hitherto. This book is a unique compilation of different recent research articles of eminent environmental biologists and ecoplanners from different parts of our country and the book will be a milestone in the field of environmental sciences because it will be helpful in opening a new vista in the field of environmental management strategy.

This book covers the full spectrum of water and environment conservation, offering management lessons, identifying the barriers to transformative change, and then presenting agendas and initiatives for sustainable global water and environment management. Water is a unique resource and is vital to human beings and ecosystems. At the same time, it is a driver of growth and development. However, in a changing world factors such as rapid population growth and urbanization are having an increasing impact on water and the environment, and managing critical water resources sustainably represents an unprecedented and urgent challenge. As such, the book describes innovative approaches that can be used to support the operationalization and delivery of sustainable water and environment management. ICSDWE 2019 is dedicated to sustainable water and environment, with a focus on the water resources management, wastewater treatment and environmental protection. Sharing current knowledge and recent developments, experiences and lessons learned, it stimulates discussion and reflection, to promote a paradigm shift toward sustainable water and environment management.

This book looks at using forestry and several other innovative measures to facilitate environmental sustainability, covering an important selection of research that focuses on scientific applications and trends. Chapters discuss such diverse topics as using agroforestry for resource management, employing legumes in agroforestry, livestock management for climate change mitigation, introducing higher plants for air pollution mitigation in urban industrial areas, the uses and benefits of sludge, technological assessment of sewage treatment plants, and much more. This book will be a helpful and informative reference for those in the disciplines of forestry, agriculture, ecology, and environmental science and will also be a pathway to addressing new concepts for a sustainable world.

Of all the books written about the problems of sustainable development and environmental protection, Sustainable Development: Science, Ethics, and Public Policy is one of the first to examine the role of science, economics and law, and ethics as generally applied to decision making on sustainable development, particularly in respect to the recommendations contained in Agenda 21. Specifically, the book examines the role, capabilities, and certain strengths and weaknesses of these disciplines and their ethical implications in the context of sustainable development problems. Such an analysis is necessary to determine whether sustainable development problems create important new challenges and problems for government so that, where appropriate, new tools or approaches may be designed to overcome limitations or take advantage of the strengths of current scientific, economic and legal capabilities. Audience: Environmental professionals, whether academic, governmental or industrial, or in the private consultancy sector. Also suitable as an upper level text or reference.

Environmental sustainability efforts require a great deal of engagement and political will, ranging from local communities to state departments. Science diplomats—from experts and scientists to spokespersons and ambassadors—can help facilitate at all levels and yield valued resources from technology sharing, capacity building, and knowledge exchanges. This book explores the importance of sustained international scientific cooperation, building community resilience, and the role of political will in sustainability and diplomacy. It shows how even small diplomatic efforts can influence myriad issues, from overfishing to human rights negotiations to global carbon emission reduction. Features: • Examines various topics such as global climate change, arid environments, water security and governance, trans-boundary conflict and cooperation, urban and rural resilience, and public health. • Presents case studies from various geographic regions through the lens of diplomacy, including the US–Mexico border, the Gulf of California, South America, Europe, the Middle East, Central and South Asia, and China. • Discusses how building networks of people, organizations, and countries engaged in science diplomacy is crucial for mutual growth and for overcoming conflicting political stances. Sustainable Development for the Americas: Science, Health and Engineering Policy and Diplomacy provides a useful resource for diplomats, policymakers, students, and decision-makers. It provides numerous examples of how using science and technology for policy and diplomacy is essential to finding common ground among nations for a collective global benefit.

This proceedings is a collection of selected papers presented at the 2015 International Conference on Environmental Science and Sustainable Development (ICESSD 2015), which was held on October 25–26, 2015, Bangkok, Thailand. Issues covered include environment protection and sustainable development. Researchers working in these two areas should find results in the proceedings enlightening and topics discussed challenging. Contents:Environmental Pollution and Protection Engineering:Source Identification of Heavy Metals on Surface Soil in Guiyang City, China (L J Dai, X F Cai, J Wang, Y X Zhang and F Q Hu)Hazard Analysis and Protective Countermeasures of Dust Explosion in Dedusting System (J F Zhang, X Liu, Q Li, Y L Li and Y Hu)Digital Manufacturing: Way to the Environment Safe Factory (A A Kutin and N N Zakshevskaya)Disposal of Plastic Waste and Stone Dust: A Sustainable Development Approach (Thangjam Somchand Singh)Ambient Air Quality in Thailand: The Impact of Particulate and Gaseous pollutants on IAQ (Christopher O Muller, Henri Seng and Tavatchai Satienrattanakul)Investigation on Heavy Metal Enrichment Characteristics of Eight Weeds in Coalmine Wasteland, Eastern Guangdong (Y M Zhong, Q H Yang, X L Zeng, D L Liu and H N Liu)New Approach to Development of Flow Neutralization System for Exhaust Gases Purification (A A Vedyagin, I V Desyatykh, T A Maksimova and I V Mishakov)Statistical Relationship between Dissolved and Suspended Components in an Electrically-Enhanced Membrane Bioreactor for Municipal Wastewater Treatment (A Giwa and S W Hasan)Enhancement of Anaerobic Biodegradability and Solubilization by Thermal Pre-Treatment of Waste Activated Sludge (S Y Jeong, J H Jeung, D H Moon and S W Chang)Liquid Recirculation System for Anaerobic Digestion Using Source Sorted Food Waste (C H Cho and B H Lee)Characteristics of Carbonization Residue with Mixture of Woody Waste and Sewage Sludge (H J Choi and S W Rhee)Research on Palladium Silver Alloy Resistance Hydrogen Sensor (Z T Geng and Q He)Power Analysis of Small Wind Turbine (K Y Huang, G C Tsai, G J Guo and C K Feng)Integrated Waste Management — Technology Transfer between Australia and Nepal (K Douglas, D Ionescu, B Mainali and J Petrolito)Northern Tibet Grassland Vegetation Index Factor Screening and Suitability Partition (G Q Zheng, H C Zheng and Y X Li)Remote Sensing of Suspended Particulate Matter Variability of the Global Coastal Waters Over the Last Decade (H Loisel, V Vantrepotte, D Dessailly, F Steinmetz and B Han)Risk Assessment on Storm Flood Disasters of Different Return Periods in Huai River Basin (Z T Zhang, N Li and C Gao)Effects of N and P Additions on Soil Nutrient and Biochemical Characteristics in an Acacia Mangium Stand (J Li, W L Huang, L Xue and Z Y Lie)Soil Characteristics of Tephrosia Candida Stands with Different Densities (Z Y Lie, J Li, L Xue and W L Huang)Diagnostics of the Influence of Suspended Solids and Phosphorus on Groundwater Quality (Lucie Teslikova Hurdalkova, Dagmar Kuta and Nada Zdrazilova)Analytical Research on Pollution Sources of PAHs in the Soil Based on Principal Component Analysis (PCA) (F Chen, Z W Cao and Y F Zhang)Strategic Approach to Develop Biological Washing in Global Scale (H K Zhang, J M H Chiang, M Plaisent and P Bernard)From the Perspective of Green Laws to Discuss the Green Environmental Performance of Manufacturers (S B Tsai)Determination of the Maximum Explosion Pressure of Coal Dust Clouds (R Kuracina, Z Szabova, M Mencik and P Cekan)Research of Multi-Functional Coastal Zoning and Evaluation Based on Principle Component Analysis (L Zhao, M M Song and Z D Xu)Residence Time Distribution and Disinfectant Mixing in Private Water Tanks (V G Tzatchkov, A Martin-Dominguez and R D Hernandez-Lopez)Analysis of Inconsistent Hydrological Frequency Based on TFPW-MK-Pettitt and EEMD (J Wu, Y F Chen and Q Hang)Energy Science and Sustainable Development:Energy Consumption of Ozone Generation and Dye Degradation by Using ZnO Photocatalytic Ozonation (Suntree Sangjan, Sirichai Puasawat and Channarong Uamthong)Nannochloropsis Oculata Algae as Biofuels: A Review on Two-Stage Culture (N A Zakariah, N Abd Rahman, F Hamzah, T Md Jahi and A Ismail)Life Cycle Assessment of Power Generation from Solar Energy in Thailand (W Khaenson, S Maneewan, C Punlek, S Chindaraksa and N Rachapradit)Wind Load Analysis and Temperature Measuring Experiment for Design and Fabrication of Solar Collecting System Combined Small Flat Mirrors (K H Song, C W Son, H S Ahn, K T Kim, T I Seo, B H Jo and J E Kim)Investigating Competitive Strategies of Renewable Energy Enterprises from the Perspective of Renewable Energy Law (S B Tsai)Air Steam Gasification of Coconut Shell in a Fluidized Bed (S Baskara Sethupathy and E Natarajan)Effect of Electrolyte Composition and Anodic Voltage on the Morphology of TiO2 Nanotube (Yongho Lee and Daewon Pak)Electrochemical Characteristics of IrO2 + TaO5 / Ti DSA Electrode (Jaemin Yoo and Daewon Pak)Effect of Temperature on Torrefaction of Food Waste Using Heat Carrier (Hyunsook Kim and Daewon Pak)Simulation on Improved Genetic Algorithm of The Ship's Superheated Steam Pressure (P Wang, S Zeng, R H Dai and G L Zhang)Methane Potential of Various Organic Wastes: Study of Biochemical Methane Potential (BMP) Test Before Co-Digestion (J H Jeung, D H Moon and S W Chang)The External Benefits of Expanding Organic Waste-To-Energy Facilities in Korea: A Contingent Valuation Study (S H Min, S Y Park and S H Yoo)The External Benefits of Expanding Organic Waste-To-Energy Facilities in Korea: A Choice Experiment Study (Hyo-Jin Kim, So-Yeon Park and Seung-Hoon Yoo)The Economic Effects of Expanding Organic Waste-To-Energy Facilities in Korea: An Input-Output Analysis (Yong-Cheol Cho, Min-Ji Baek and Seung-Hoon Yoo)A New Porous Catalytic Filter for CO2 Methanation (D H Moon, J H Jeung, S S Kim, and S W Chang)Cross-Country Analysis of the Sustainable Human Development Based on Slack-Based DEA (X Y Zhu, Y X Liu and S Q Ye)Road Asset Management for Sustainable Development (S Cafiso, A Di Graziano, C D'Agostino, G Pappalardo and B Capac)Assessment of Identified Risks in the Process of Preparing and Creating a Municipal Land Plan (J Betáková and J. Dvorský)Research on Re-Employment Condition of Flexible Employment (J Wu and X Wang)Factors Affecting Consumer's Choice for Electric Motorcycles: A Case in Macau (X Zhou, N Sheng and K P Liang)The Performance of a Batch Rotating Fixed Bed of Scrap Bearing Iron Spheres in Hexavalent Chromium Reduction (S Nabil, T M Zewail and N K Amin)Implementation and Design of Voltage-Mode CMOSPWM Boost Power Converter with Feed Forward and Feedback Control Circuit (Min-Chin Lee and Wen-Shiang Jung)Foundation Stability Research of Mat Jack-Up Oil-Storage-Offloading Platform (Y Gao, Z C Deng, S Wu and L P Sun)Biological and Medical Engineering:Study on the Pyrolysis of Seven Monosaccharides (C J Ru, Q D Zhang, S L Zhang, Y B Song, J X Zhang, Y L Zong, R P Han, J H Liu and Y Q Li)Study on Physical and Chemical Properties of 10 Species Phorophyte Canopy Humus of Epiphyte Ferns in Ailaoshan Mts., Yunnan, China (X L Li, J M Feng, X M Li, G S Li and C D Xu)Desulfurization of Oil by Recombinant Rhodococcus Gordoniae Strain R3 (Theeta Sricoth, Prayad Pokethitiyook, Toemthip Poolpak and Maleeya Kruatrachue)Bioinspired Neural Model of the Semantic Content (M Crisan)Noble Metal (Co-) Functionalized TiO2 Containing Photoreactive Hybrid Surfaces Against Antibiotic Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus and Escherichia Coli (I. Dékány, Sz P Tallósy and L Janovák)Trajectory Tracking Error between Plant, Reference and Adaptive Neural Networks Using Two Control Law for Two-Link Robot Manipulator (Joel Perez Padron and Jose Paz Perez Padron)Insecticidal Activity of Crude Extract from Seeds of Millettia Pachyarpa on Cabbage Aphid (T X Lin, M F Gong, Q L Guan and J N Mao)Screening of Endophytic Bacteria Isolated from Rice Plant Antagonistic Rice Sheath Blight (J N Mao, C H Xu and M F Gong)Disease Resistance Induction in Rice by Inoculation with Endophytic Bacteria Strain REB01 (J N Mao, X Y Zhang and M F Gong)Density Effect on the Nutrient Distribution of Elaeocarpus Sylvestris Seedlings (W L Huang, J Li, L Xue and Z Y Lie)Effects of Low Temperature Stress and Release on Fluorescence Indexes of Greening Seedlings of Three Tree Species (Z M Wang, T T Zhou and L Xue)The Bounded Rational Analysis and Treatment of Accounting Professional Judgment Behavior (S H Liu)Static Rigidness Test Analysis of Some Body-in-White Car (A L Sun, X L Tan, J Zhang, X L Zuo and W Peng)A Bilevel Programming Reformulation for a Single-Leg Flight Capacity Control Problem (R X Gao and H P Jiang)Author Index Readership: Researchers, academics, professionals and graduate students in environmental science.