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Environmental studies : a practioner's approach /
"Environmental Studies - A Practitioner's Approach is a dual purpose book. Firstly, it introduces the reader to the problems related to an urban environment which a young engineer would have to face in building up and maintaining its infrastructure for operating various services. Secondly,...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, N.Y. :
McGraw-Hill Education,
[2012]
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| Edición: | First edition. |
| Colección: | McGraw-Hill's AccessEngineering.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- A. Dedication
- B. Preface
- C. Introduction
- Recommended supplementary activities
- D. Authors' profiles
- 1. Some essentials we must know first
- Global ecosystems and fate of pollutants
- Policies and strategies for protecting the ecosystem
- Environmental quality assessment?use of criteria and standards
- Natural resources and need for conservation
- The philosophy of waste disposal?some indian standards and environmental laws
- The role of statistics
- References
- Exercise questions
- Project/assignment topics
- 2. Environmental aspects of energy production
- Emissions in traditional power generation with fossil fuels
- Emissions from industry, commerce and services
- Emissions from livestock
- Emissions from the transport sector
- Important alternative sources of energy
- Alternative sources already in use
- Alternative sources of energy ready to use
- Alternative sources of energy needing development
- References
- Exercise questions
- Project/assignment topics
- 3. Rainwater harvesting in urban and rural areas
- Rainwater harvesting in urban areas, and its hazards
- Rainwater harvesting in rural areas, and its advantages
- Some common aspects to urban and rural supplies
- Summary of recommendations
- References
- Exercise questions
- Project/assignment topics
- 4. Preventive environmental management
- The new management challenges
- Modern trends in environmental management
- Some issues in town-planning and infrastructure development
- Environmental impact assessment
- Case study: the eia of a water resources development project
- Life cycle assessment
- Case studies of lca applications
- References
- Exercise questions
- Project/assignment topics
- 5. Air quality?ambient and indoor
- Earth's atmosphere, some air pollutants and their health effects
- Some concepts from meteorology affecting air movements
- Industrial stack emissions and control strategies
- Traffic pollution and its control
- Indoor air pollution and ventilation
- Ozone depletion and acid rain
- Noise pollution
- Exercise questions
- Project/assignment topics
- 6. Water resources and supply systems
- Principles of water treatment and supply
- Drinking water quality for general consumption
- Water quality for industries and boilers
- Development of water resources?the indian scenario
- Conclusion
- References
- Exercise questions
- Project/assignment topics.
- 7. Wastewater treatment for pollution control
- Some concepts in wastewater management
- Objectives of treatment
- Wastewater treatment technologies, factors in choice
- Resource recovery, waste-to-energy
- Some treatment methods for domestic wastewater
- Will total sanitation ever come in our lifetime?
- Industrial waste treatment and "zero" discharge from industries
- Thermal pollution
- Marine pollution, coastal waters (crz), mangroves and wetlands
- Coastal waters and coastal regulation zone (crz)
- Common effluent treatment plants (cetps)
- References
- Illustrative example
- Project/assignment topics
- 8. Wastewater reuse for irrigation, industry and community uses
- Reuse of wastewater in india
- Reuse in irrigation, soil-crop-water balance, health hazards
- Reuse in industry
- Reuse for augmenting public water supplies
- References
- Project/assignment topics
- 9. Municipal solid wastes collection and disposal
- Overview of municipal solid wastes from urban areas in india
- Recommended disposal methods: emissions, leachates
- The old system of dumping all solid wastes in low-lying land
- The modern sanitary landfill method
- Solid wastes disposal by other methods
- Bio-methanation, compost, vermi-compost for small set-ups
- Exercises questions
- Project/assignment topics
- 10. Collection, treatment and disposal of toxic and hazardous wastes
- Overview of collection, treatment and disposal of hazardous wastes
- Treatment, storage and disposal facilities (tsdf)
- Process changes incorporating 4-r's useful in handling hw
- Remediation technologies for contaminated sites
- Collection and disposal of hospital wastes
- E-wastes and electrical equipment wastes
- References
- Exercise questions
- Project/assignment topics
- 11. Some useful initiatives
- Some corporate and community initiatives
- Low carbon and "greening" efforts at personal and community level
- "Green" buildings
- "Green" transport
- "Green" infrastructure for municipal services
- "Green" industries
- Ensuring sustainability in whatever we do
- Case studies
- Conclusion
- References
- Exercise questions
- Project/assignment topics
- 12. Work opportunities, treatment costs and funding
- Introduction
- Opportunities in the environmental field
- The new build-operate-transfer (bot) system
- Manufacturing business opportunities
- Employment opportunities
- Cost of water and waste treatment
- Funding of projects.