Handbook of Environmental Research de Aurel Edelstein

Handbook of Environmental Research

Aurel Edelstein

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It is the environment and what humans do to it or with it which will form the basis for the future of mankind. This new handbook examines a wide range of issues of an urgent nature related to the environment including engineering, assessment and management.

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Preface; Characteristics of Urban Highway Runoff: General Water Quality, Toxicity and Particle Size Distribution; Analysis of Research Studies on Exhaust Emission from the Heavy Duty Diesel Engine Fueled by Biodiesel; Do the U.S. Capital Markets Value Environmental Management Systems? New Evidence; Runoff under Sprinkler Irrigation: Affecting Factors and Control Practices; Methane Utilization in the Scope of Sustainable Development - A Catalytic Point of View; Preserving the Biodiversity of Freshwater Ecosystems in a Scenario of Increasing Desertification: Lessons from Genetics; Mycorrhizal Fungi Associations with Four Salt Marsh Species; The Design of a Biobarrier System for the Remediation of Groundwater by Petroleum-Derived Compounds; Phytocaps Reduce Methane Emission from Landfills; The Impact of Land Use on Surface Runoff Generating Processes in a Mediterranean Mountainous Basin; Effect of Biomats on Runoff and Water Erosion under Selected Agro-Environmental Conditions; Internalising Externalities of Energy Systems in a Comprehensive Modelling Approach: A Way to Re-Orientate the Choices of Energy-Economics Markets; Redefining the Clean Development Mechanism to Encourage the Transfer of Sustainable Energy Technologies; Ecological Engineering for Controlling Surface Runoff Pollution; Application of Artificial Neural Networks and Neuro-Fuzzy Techniques for Streamflows Forecasting: Accuracy and Uncertainty; Urban Crowns and Forest Crowns: Assessment and Monitoring Tools for Urban and Forest Trees; Wind Erosion: Meaning, Causes, Processes, Features and Control; Testing for the Internal Consistency of Choice Experiments Using Explicit Rankings of Quality Attributes; The Role of Salt Marsh Plants and Microorganisms in Sediment Metal Biogeochemistry; Excess Nitrates in Groundwater Sources of Gulbarga City and Some Selected Villages; Structured Catalysts for the Reforming of Methane from a Biomass Generated Gas; Application of Ground Penetrating Radar in Songshuling Landfill Site: Huzhou to Investigate Pollutant Leakage; Index.