Sustainable development and pollution control are the key factors in the development of strategies for the solution of environmental problems. This book offers an integrated treatment of all aspects of environmental protection and remediation. The presentation encompasses physical and chemical fundamentals, technological approaches as well as ecological, economic, and ethical aspects. The discussion of regulatory issues includes a comparison of environmental legislation in the US, Japan and Europe.
The book addresses students as a comprehensive text and serves as a handy reference for environmental professionals in industry, consulting services, administration, and environmental agencies and associations.
Auflage
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1998
Sprache
Verlagsort
Verlagsgruppe
Zielgruppe
Für Beruf und Forschung
Professional/practitioner
Illustrationen
Maße
Höhe: 235 mm
Breite: 155 mm
Dicke: 29 mm
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-3-642-80313-0 (9783642803130)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-80311-6
Schweitzer Klassifikation
1 Fundamentals.- 1.1 Description of Modem Environmental Problems.- 1.2 Views of Technology and Environmental Protection.- 1.3 Ecological Fundamentals.- 1.4 Technological Fundamentals.- 1.5 Pollution Control Technology as an Interdisciplinary Approach.- 2 Pollution Control Technology in the Private Sector.- 2.1 Economic Aspects of Pollution Control.- 2.2 Ecological Corporate Strategy.- 2.3 Technology in Corporate Pollution Control.- 3 Contaminants.- 3.1 Chemistry and the Environment - A Controversy.- 3.2 Contaminant Impacts.- 3.3 Heavy Metals.- 3.4 Organic Contaminants.- 3.5 Radioactivity.- 4 Energy and Climate.- 4.1 Emission of Carbon Dioxide and Methane.- 4.2 Energy Conservation Potential and Climate-Relevant Emissions.- 4.3 Renewable Energy.- 4.4 Future Technologies in the Energy Sector.- 5 Air Pollution Control.- 5.1 Origin of and Effects of Air Pollution.- 5.2 Industrial Air Pollution Control Methods.- 5.3 Emission Reduction in Power Plants.- 5.4 Reduction of Automobile Emissions.- 6 Water Pollution: Wastewater.- 6.1 Classification of Water Pollution.- 6.2 Wastewater and its Components.- 6.3 Biological Wastewater Treatment.- 6.4 Chemical-Physical Wastewater Treatment.- 6.4 3 Liquid/Solid Separation.- 6.5 Sludge Treatment.- 7 Potable Water.- 7.1 Potable Water Supply.- 7.2 Raw and Potable Water Quality.- 7.3 Potable Water Treatment Methods.- 7.4 Future Safety and Availability of Water Supplies.- 8 Soil.- 8.1 Type and Extent of Substance Uptake in Soils.- 8.2 Behavior and Effects of Soil Contamination.- 8.3 Problems Caused by Abandoned Contamination Sites.- 8.4 Securing Abandoned Contamination Sites.- 8.5 Remediation of Abandoned Contamination Sites.- 8.6 Outlook.- 9 Waste.- 9.1 Fundamentals of Waste Management.- 9.2 Waste Treatment.- 9.3 Waste Incineration.- 9.4Landfilling.- 9.5 Summary and a Look Ahead.- 10 Recycling.- 10.1 Theory and Practice of Recycling.- 10.2 Recycling of Organic Waste Fractions.- 10.3 Recycling Mineral Detrital Matter.- 10.4 Recycling of Plastics.- 10.5 Limits and Prespectives of Recycling.- Appendix A.- Appendix B.- Appendix C.- Appendix D.- References and Further Reading.
