
Ecology and Applied Environmental Science
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Ecology and Applied Environmental Science
The author considers important issues related to environmental degradation of forests, aquatic habitats, coastal zones, other natural landscapes, and urban areas, includes a survey of problems related to waste and toxic and radioactive substances, and presents the greenhouse effect and impacts from climate change. He discusses environmental management prospects and the potential for technological control of pollution from liquid, solid, and gaseous waste. He also highlights existing tools for environmental management, ecological and social aspects of biodiversity and landscape protection, and the contrast between development and environment in combination with ideas about sustainability.
Table of Contents
Ecological Systems. Systems and Ecosystems. Organisms And Environmental Factors. Organization at Population Level. Organization at Ecosystem Level. Fundamentals of Environmental Problems. Values, Alterations and Degradation of The Natural Landscape. The Environment in the City. Toxic Pollution. Water Pollution. Air Pollution and Global Change. Management of Environmental Problems. Pollution Control Technology. Tools for Environmental Analysis, Evaluation and Management. Biodiversity and Landscape Protection. Environment and Development. Appendix. Bibliography.
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Biography
Kimon Hadjibiros is a physicist specialising in ecology and a Professor in the Department of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering at the National Technical University of Athens. He has more than twenty five years' experience of teaching ecology for engineers, environmental management and policy.
Reviews
"A comprehensive book, useful for students, engineers and citizens; it explains basic environmental functions, problems and mitigation tools."
––Roger Frank, Professor, Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, Paris"An interesting and for the most part, very readable book. Recommended."
—Noise Control Engineering Journal, January-February 2014
"This comprehensive title will be useful for students and engineers but also for the wider public interested in environmental issues, because special emphasis is given to the examination of fundamental concepts that will contribute to the understanding and interpretation of ecological phenomena."
—International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry
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