
Environment and Sustainability
G. Lee(Editor)
WIT Press
Published on 29. September 2014
Book
Hardback
736 pages
978-1-84564-994-4 (ISBN)
Description
These proceedings contain papers presented at the 2014 International Conference on Environment and Sustainability (ICES 2014) held in Hong Kong. ICES 2014 was one of the most comprehensive conferences focused on the various aspects of advances in Environment and Sustainability. It provided a chance for academic and industry professionals to discuss recent progress in this critical area of research. The included papers bring together the work of researchers from academia and industry as well as practitioners to share ideas, problems and solutions relating to the multifaceted aspects of Environment and Sustainability. Topics covered relate to the areas of: Energy and materials; Environment; Civil and Environment; Sustainability and Economics.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Southampton
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-84564-994-4 (9781845649944)
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Content
Section 1: Energy and materials Comparison of two oxidation methods for aluminized die steel surface; Energy efficiency in urban planning stage on the way of China's urbanization; The geologic origin of physical property difference in middle-shallow reservoir, north-western Qaidam Basin; Manufacture and application of test equipment of sand retention accuracy for the entire sand control screen; Cooling performance of a new secure and energy-saving cooling system of stator collector ring of hydro-generator; Research on heat energy utilization parameters of city reclaimed water; Study on large-scale application of reclaimed water heat energy in urban building; Experiment on flow resistance for low-permeability sandstone reservoirs; Study of alkali tetrahydroborate-lithium tetrafluoroborate mixtures at heating; Hydrogeochemistry and subsurface temperature evaluation of selected hot springs in Jiangxi Province, SE-China; Study on pore structure of fiberboard added with activated carbon based on fractal image; Study on the relationship between fractal characteristics and porosity about microstructure of fiberboard added with activated carbon; Dyeing levelness of plasma-treated cotton fabric; Effect of harvest time on the composition, structural characteristics and enzymatic hydrolysis performance of Eichhornia crassipes biomass; Stability of cellulose xanthogenates of various metals; Synthesis, characterization, and application of Co/SAPO-11 for N-heptane isomerization Section 2: Environment science and engineering Fungal biosorption of heavy metal pollution in aqueous solutions; Study on removal rate of antimony by constructed wetland with four aquatic plants; Experimental study on effects of high efficiency and low pollution spray pesticide-target deposition; Animal model establishment of Candida dubliniensis infection in immunosuppressed mice; Antibacterial activity research on Litsea cubeba oil produced in Gannan, Jiangxi Province; The research of waste battery recycling and recycling system construction - sampled by 55 colleges in Wuhan; Visible Photocatalytic Degradation of Methylene Blue Using PW11Co Photocatalyst; Studies on the establishment of standard system of total amount control of marine pollutant; Detection of denitrification on six soils in Jilin City of Northeast China; Water level evaluation of low-temperature geothermal system in the Hofstaoir Field, W-Iceland; Influence of calcium lignosulfonate on bioleaching of arsenic-containing gold concentrate; Study on the adsorption of U(VI) by modified bagasse from wastewater; Toxicity formation and reduction by changing parameters in the process of activated sludge treating bisphenol A (BPA) wastewater; Studies on the ecological design strategies of micro-architecture; Analysis on sedimentary environment of BZ profile in Dongwen river basin; Study of concentration of uranium and physicochemical parameters in ground water and the ingested radiation dose to the population of Bangalore, South India; Characterization of changes on heteroatom compounds of heavy crude oil in the process of indigenous microbial enhanced oil recovery; Study on the ecological response of Cunninghamia Lanceolata plantation to selective cutting intensity in Mountain South; Impact of increasing CO2 concentration on the leaf stomata of rice; Fuzzy comprehensive evaluation based on entropy weight for urban living garbage disposal method; Effect of water and nitrogen application rates on form change and effectiveness of heavy metal Cd; Structure and antibacterial property of silver-doped zirconium phosphate; Effect of nitrobenzene on Euchresta japonica root tip cells apoptosis Section 3: Civil and environment Environmental protection and landscape visual resource management of highway; Cultural landscape environment protection for highway service area; Effect of TCE solvent and fines on recovered binder by Abson method; Influence of suspended particles concentration and injection rate on the porous medium permeability; Spatial pattern of soil microbial biomass in a typical arid ecosystem; Economical analysis on the large-scale building of ground-source heat pump combined with ice storage; Theoretical analysis model of sulfate attack on concrete; Permeability test of compacted and consolidated clay in Yunnan province China at different vertical pressures; A study of highway ecosystem health assessment; Optimized on anchor parameters for reconstruction and expansion slope of expressways based on FLAC3D; The influence factors of solidification/ stabilization in the remediation of chromium-contaminated soil; Study on application of cusp catastrophe model to predict water inrush of floor in coal mine; The research and practice of blasting on demand design of quarry; Research on effluent quality by using air floatation thickening lowly concentrated active sludge Section 4: Sustainability and economics Browning characteristic of polyphenol oxidase in Chinese chestnut kernel (Castanea Mollissima Blume); Family-related goals of rural tourism practitioners in China; A study on university discipline construction based on management by objectives; Comprehensive assessment of refurbishment of existing buildings in China; Philosophical reflection of the impacts of genetically modified crops on ecological environment; How to promote China wind energy industry? From the perspective of co-evolution of technology, market and institution; The study of used battery recycling program: research based on 30 communities in Wuhan; On risks of industrial design in the view of management; The classification reform of enterprises directly under ministry of water resources; The develop strategies of world's three largest iron ore companies and enlightenment for China under the financial crisis; The study on the appropriate width of the riparian zone based on remote sensing and GIS; Model construction and modification of the profit distribution of sustainable supply chain based on Shapley value; Research of regional sustainable development system-based on the city of Qinhuangdao; Automated extraction cultivated land terrain factors technical process based on landscape pattern; Reclaimed water pricing model based on cooperative game under the established cost; Sustainable development strategy of mineral resources in China; Study on groundwater resources prediction based on multivariate time series CAR model in Dongting Lake area; Prediction of COD emission in Hubei province based on the grey metabolizing model; Impact of urban form on the urban traffic: a case study toward sustainable urban planning in China; Sustainable urban expansion? Spatial clustering trends of the major cities in China; Urban traffic modes analysis: toward low-carbon development in China; China's environmental emergency management policy evaluation and framework design; Analysis of expanding China's domestic demand in the perspective of Marx's consumption thought; Research on Shenyang 918 Soundscape based on semiotics theory; Comparative study on profit distribution mechanism of grain cultivation cooperatives; The application of ecological philosophy during the course of slope ecological restoration on Longcha highway; Study on landscape design of Longcha highway; Comparative analysis on strength of the final anti-dumping measures against China; Host employers' liability for agency employees; Tourism and sustainable development: exploring the theoretical divide; How does globalization affect tourism?; The strategic selection of strategic emerging industry by Beijing energy investment holding based on SWOT analysis; Early warning system of mineral resources exhaustion based on optimal exhaustion theory; What is the role of China's river basin institution?; Effect of water environment of offshore artificial island; On the origin, significance and practice approach of the construction of "two-oriented society"