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Provides information on renewable energy sources and the technologies used to create green buildings and sustainable designsOffers insight into the new green building technologies and materialsCovers energy demand and energy storageDiscusses federal, state, and local standards for green buildingExplains the environmental impact of green design

This new edition of this highly-respected textbook provides a full and authoritative introduction for scientists, both students and professionals, needing to know the scope, potential and limitations of remote sensing. Chapters on satellite systems and on applications are given greater coverage than before and this material has been considerably updated. Key features: Comprehensively surveys the basic principles of remote sensing physics, techniques and technology Outlines data acquisition,...

Flood based irrigation in particular spate irrigation relies on variable flood scenarios occurring every year. Management of spate flood for spate irrigation must cope with the variability and uncertainty of water supply. Coping with water supply risks is often the only way to harness the opportunities for a productive use of water in arid environment. Integrating and strengthening community responses into irrigation policies and improvement plans could ensure sustainable and productive spate ir...

In the past decade, practical applications of a variety of new wastewater-treatment technologies, such as membrane filtration systems and advanced oxidation, have led to new ways of managing urban water systems and water resources. These new treatment regimes, especially the integration of urban-water and waste-management systems, promise to dramatically improve the sustainability of our water resources. These new systems are creating new needs, which are driving further technology development....

Hydraulic, hydrologic and water resources engineers have been concerned for a long time about failure phenomena. One of the major concerns is the definition of a failure event E, of its probability of occurrence PtE), and of the complementary notion of reliability. However, as the stochastic aspects of hydraulics and water resources engineering were developed, words such as "failure," "reliability," and "risk" took on different meanings for different specialists. For example, "risk" is defined i...

This book examines the long-term fate of invasive species by detailing examples of invaders from different zoological and botanical taxa from various places around the world. Readers will discover what happened, after a century or so, to 'classical' invaders like rabbits in Australia, house sparrows in North America, minks in Europe and water hyacinths in Africa and Asia. Chapters presented in the book focus on eighteen species in the form of in-depth case studies including: earthworms, zebra m...

Offers practical strategies to construct, test, modify, and renovate industrial structures and processes to minimize and inhibit contaminant formation, distribution, and accumulation. Provides applications in Microsoft Excelr, Mathcadr, and Fluentr for analysis of contaminant concentration in various flow fields and air pollution control devices.

This brief critically reviews the structure and applications of polysaccharide based materials as a green and sustainable resource in water and water treatment operations. The authors present a fascinating insight into the application of this renewable resource in water and wastewater treatment operations approached from multiple perspectives: mechanistic insight into the coagulation efficiency of polysaccharides based coagulants; progress and prospects of polysaccharide composites as adsorbent...

Biotechnology for Treatment of Wastes Containing Metals addresses various aspects related to different wastes that have a metallic content and represent a serious risk for the environment and human health. These wastes, due to their physical and chemical characteristics, have been the object of studies which have led to the development of different technologies in recycling, reuse or adequate disposal, biotechnology being one of these alternatives. Biotechnology offers a range of options for the...

The abundance of sulfate-reducing bacteria and archaea (SRBA) is impressive and new isolates are being reported continuously.  A few decades ago, only two genera of sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) had been identified. As of 2018, 92 genera containing more than 420 species of SRB have been isolated and characterized and there are several species of archaea. This book addresses the development of the research with SRBA and includes historical background of this field. Biochemical characterization...

Selected Proceedings of the 19th Biennial Conference of the International Association on Water Quality, held in Vancouver, BC, Canada, 21-26 June 1998. Part 8 contains 43 selected papers from the sessions on Urban Storm Drainage; Diffuse Source Pollution; Sewer Processes; and Marine Wastewater Outfalls. These papers, by many of the world's leading experts, constitute an unrivalled wide-ranging and authoritative compilation of current work on drainage and sewerage in urban and rural contexts. Top...

This edited book has been designed to serve as a natural resources engineering reference book as well as a supplemental textbook. This volume is part of the Handbook of Environmental Engineering series, an incredible collection of methodologies that study the effects of resources and wastes in their three basic forms: gas, solid, and liquid. It complements two other books in the series including "Natural Resources and Control Processes" and "Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering". To...