1st Edition

Environmental Science Society, Nature, and Technology

By Takashiro Akitsu Copyright 2019
190 Pages
by Jenny Stanford Publishing

190 Pages
by Jenny Stanford Publishing

This book presents the current aspects of environmental issues in view of chemical processes particularly with respect to two facets: social sciences along with chemistry and natural sciences. The former facet explores the environmental economics and policies along with chemical engineering or green chemistry and the latter the various fields of environmental studies. The book was... Read more

Part 1: Technology and Society 

1. Pollution and Environmental Problems 

2. The Current Situation of the Natural Environment  

3. Resources and Energy 

4. Environmental Problems and Chemistry or Chemical Engineering  

5. Life Cycle Assessment 

6. Risk Assessment of Chemical Substances 

7. Chemistry and Environment 

8. Energy Resource by Chemistry and Technology  

9. Green Chemistry 

10. Processing and Recycling by Chemical Engineering  

11. Sustainable Society  

Part 2: Nature and Substances 

12. Composition of Global Environment 

13. Foundations of Energy Science  

14. Fossil Fuel 

15. Nuclear Power Generation  

16. Nuclear Energy and Environment  

17. Renewable Energy 

18. Basics of Earth Science 

19. Air Pollution 

20. Acid Rain  

21. Global Warming and Greenhouse Gases  

22. Fundamentals of Ecology 

23. Water 

24. Biosphere and Biodiversity5. Chemical Substances and Wastes

Biography

Takashiro Akitsu is professor in the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science (TUS), Japan. He joined the university as junior associate professor in 2008 and became associate professor in 2012 and professor in 2016. Prior to this, he was associated with Keio University, Japan; Stanford University, USA; and Osaka University, Japan. He is a recipient of the Dr. Radhakanta Kajal Sen Merit Scholarship Award. His research is focused on inorganic chemistry, coordination chemistry (chiral metal complexes and their hybrid materials), and chemical crystallography.