Environmental Science, Engineering & Technology

Fly ash is one of the residues generated in the combustion of coal. Fly ash is generally captured from the chimneys of coal-fired power plants, and...

Over the last three decades environmental issues have had a direct impact on technology assessment and policy decisions. One of the difficulties wi...

This outstanding monograph is an introduction to general ecology, life safety and environment protection. It reviews the current problems resulting...

Traumatic brain injury (TBI), defined in the medical literature as a disruption in brain function that is caused by a head injury, has become known...

Four million tons of uranium ore were extracted from mines on the Navajo reservation primarily for developing the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile. F...

Sediments are loose earth materials with variable grain size such as sand, silt and clay that accumulate on the land surface, in river and lake bed...

As the lack of fossil fuel is increasing, sludge management is not only to satisfy the disposal criteria but also to obtain energy and resources. F...

Syngas is the name given to a gas mixture that contains varying amounts of carbon monoxide and hydrogen. Examples of production methods include ste...

Check dams are a potentially effective instrument for planning of hydrological risks and soil conservation. Cross structure sequences have been use...

This book attempts to undertake critical, social scientific scrutiny of contradictions between the evolving forms of agricultural production and ec...

Fatigue is progressive and localised structural damage that occurs when materials are subjected to cyclic loading. Therefore, in order to produce d...

Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into an environment that causes instability, disorder, harm or discomfort to the ecosystem i.e. physi...

This series covers leading-edge research focusing on the environment, including current research data on coal fly ash as a recycling treasure and e...

In this book a brief description of monitoring systems of the most developed countries of the world (the USA, Canada, European states) and Global E...

A floodplain is a flat or nearly flat land adjacent to a stream or river that experiences occasional or periodic flooding. It includes the floodway...

During combustion of fossil fuels soot particles form as a by-product when a sufficient amount of oxygen is not present to yield a complete convers...

This book identifies issues relevant to the debate over the role of the environmental review process in transportation project delivery. It identif...

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) collaborated to examine the interdependencies between two cr...

The arid mangrove forest from the Baja California Peninsula represents a series of chapters devoted to the understanding of the biodiversity and fi...

This series covers leading-edge research focusing on the environment, including current research data on renewable energy technologies, sustainable...

Contamination of groundwater sources is a global phenomenon and it is becoming evident that unregulated human activity will lead to further deterio...

This series covers leading-edge research focusing on the environment, including current research data on water and nutrient use efficiency and root...

One of the most exciting new trends in water quality management today is the movement by many cities, counties, states, and private-sector develope...

The notion of a lifestyle system leading to zero waste is obviously appealing, and a strategy of total reuse and recycling of: waste material is of...

Petroleum perhaps is one of the most important substances in the modern society due to its wide use in the most diverse productive sectors. Besides...