1st Edition

Environmental Engineering Proceedings of the 2nd National Congress on Environmental Engineering, 4-8 September 2005

550 Pages
by CRC Press

Environmental engineering protects the conditions of a safe environment, its role being crucial in eliminating ecological threats. It has an interdisciplinary character, utilising principles from biology, chemistry, biochemistry and physics to neutralize pollutants in all facets of the environment. Environmental engineering deals with a wide range of technical and technological problems,... Read more
Preface; General problems; Environmental engineering in the protection and management of the human environment; The scientific, educational, economic and social meanings of sustainable development; Water management in Poland on the verge of the XXI century; The historical aspect to the shaping of the sustainable development concept; Alleviation of greenhouse effect by reduction of methane emission from anthropogenic sources; Heat and water transfer in building materials. Waste water treatment and disposal; Water treatment and supply; Solid waste and sludge treatment; Air pollution control; Miscellaneous

Biography

Lucjan Paw?owski, Marzenna Dudzinska & Artur Paw?owski Institute of Environmental Protection Engineering, Lublin University of Technology, Lublin, Poland.