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1 online resource (xiii, 322 pages) : illustrations.
"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, the book gives insights to the young engineers on how the environment is to be protected against pollution and degradation.".
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.
Soli J Arceivala, Dr. Shyam R. Asolekar.
Electronic reproduction. New York, N.Y. : McGraw Hill, 2012. Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Web browser. Access may be restricted to users at subscribing institutions.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Environmental studies : a practioner's approach
New York, N.Y. : McGraw-Hill Education, 2012