Environmental Science and Technology
2 total works
A comprehensive analysis derived from papers presented at the First International Conference on Ground Water Quality Research, sponsored by the National Center for Ground Water Research. Covers the sources, types, and quantities of contaminants in ground water, methods for ground water quality research, subsurface characterization in relation to ground water pollution, and transport and fate of subsurface contaminants. Focuses on the scientific and technological challenges and accomplishments in ground water quality research and assesses the state-of-the-art developments in this area on an international scale.
Energy and Resource Quality
by Charles Hall, etc., Cutler J. Cleveland, and Robert Kaufmann
Published 17 April 1986
This book integrates and synthesizes concepts pertaining to energy and resource quality, originally derived in the natural and physical sciences and applies them to human economic systems. It examines how energy is used to transform natural resources into economic goods and analyzes the economic implications of fluctuating energy costs. The book applies the concept of Energy Return on Investment to measure economic effects of rising energy costs and to evaluate alternatives. In addition, it treats characteristics of alternative energy sources, environmental effects of energy extraction and use and management of energy resources.