Environmental biotechnology / edited by Lawrence K. Wang ... [et. al.].
"The past 30 years have seen the emergence of a growing desire worldwide that positive actions be taken to restore and protect the environment from the degrading effects of all forms of pollution – air, water, soil, and noise. Since pollution is a direct or indirect consequence of waste product...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Humana Press,
c2010.
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| Series: | Handbook of environmental engineering ;
v. 10. |
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| Online Access: | Springer eBooks |
| Summary: | "The past 30 years have seen the emergence of a growing desire worldwide that positive actions be taken to restore and protect the environment from the degrading effects of all forms of pollution – air, water, soil, and noise. Since pollution is a direct or indirect consequence of waste production, the seemingly idealistic demand for “zero discharge” can be construed as an unrealistic demand for zero waste. However, as long as waste continues to exist, we can only attempt to abate the subsequent pollution by converting it to a less noxious form. Three major questions usually arise when a particular type of pollution has been identi ed: (1) How serious is the pollution? (2) Is the technology to abate it available? and (3) Do the costs of abatement justify the degree of abatement achieved? This book is one of the volumes of the Handbook of Environmental Engineering series. The principal intention of this series is to help readers formulate answers to the last two questions above. The traditional approach of applying tried-and-true solutions to speci c pollution problems has been a major contributing factor to the success of environmental engineering, and has accounted in large measure for the establishment of a “methodology of pollution control. ” However, the realization of the ever-increasing complexity and interrelated nature of current environmental problems renders it imperative that intelligent planning of pollution abatement systems be undertaken."--Publisher's website. |
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| Item Description: | Description based on print version record. Title from title screen (SpringerLink, viewed Jan. 13, 2011). |
| Physical Description: | 1 electronic document (xxiv, 975 p.) : ill. |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1282833294 1603271406 (Internet) 1603271406 9781282833296 9781603271400 (Internet) 9781603271400 |