Current Environmental Issues and Challenges

This book’s aim is to bring together, in one volume, state-of-the-art information on a number of current environmental issues and challenges.   ·         The chapters dealing with air pollution from mobile sources, air pollution and health effects, and air quality modelling fall into the air polluti...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Cao, Giacomo (Editor), Orrù, Roberto (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 2014, 2014
Edition:1st ed. 2014
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Air Pollution and Health Effects
  • Air Pollution from Mobile Sources: Formation, Effects and Abatement Strategies
  • Air Quality Modelling and its Applications
  • Fuel Cell Technology and Materials
  • Engineering Aspects related to the Use of Microalgae for Biofuels Production and CO2 Capture from Flue Gases
  • Concentrating Solar Energy Technologies
  • Probiotics for Environmental Sanitation: Goals and Example
  • Dust Removal and Collection Techniques
  • The Role of Catabolic Plasmids in Biodegradation of Petroleum Hydrocarbons
  • On the Exploitation of Self-propagating High-temperature Reactions for Environmental Protection
  • Glyphosate : Safety Risks, Biodegradation and Bioremediation
  • Bioleaching of Metals as Eco-Friendly Technology
  • Biodiversity
  • Passive Sampling Technologies for the Monitoring of Organic and Inorganic Contaminants in Seawater
  • A Review of Green Business
  • Grid/Cloud Computing as new Paradigms for Collaborative Problem Solving and Shared Resources Management in Environmental Sciences