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Innovative Strategies and Frameworks in Climate Change Adaptation: Emerging Research and Opportunities
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 178

Innovative Strategies and Frameworks in Climate Change Adaptation: Emerging Research and Opportunities

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2017-11-17
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  • Publisher: IGI Global

The changes the earth is currently undertaking has been at the forefront of scientific discourse in recent years. Humans as a species have needed to react to these changes and shift their behavior accordingly. Innovative Strategies and Frameworks in Climate Change Adaptation: Emerging Research and Opportunities is a critical scholarly resource that examines the relationship between humans and the changing earth as well as the ways in which humans react to these shifts. Featuring coverage on a wide range of topics such as neo-behaviorism, adaptation narrative, and taxonomy, this book is geared toward researchers, students, and academicians seeking current research on the human response to shifting conditions on the earth.

The Dark Web: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 387

The Dark Web: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2017-07-12
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  • Publisher: IGI Global

In the digital era, the Internet has evolved into a ubiquitous aspect of modern society. With the prominence of the Dark Web, understanding the components of the Internet and its available content has become increasingly imperative. The Dark Web: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice is an innovative reference source for the latest scholarly material on the capabilities, trends, and developments surrounding the secrecy of the Dark Web. Highlighting a broad range of perspectives on topics such as cyber crime, online behavior, and hacking, this book is an ideal resource for researchers, academics, graduate students, and professionals interested in the Dark Web.

Infocommunication Skills as a Rehabilitation and Social Reintegration Tool for Inmates
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 352

Infocommunication Skills as a Rehabilitation and Social Reintegration Tool for Inmates

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2018-08-31
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  • Publisher: IGI Global

The prison population is a social group with a high level of digital divide. These individuals need to acquire digital skills for their future integration into society. As such, there is need for studies that can contribute with knowledge and intervention models to promote digital integration of prisoners in a system with very strict rules. Infocommunication Skills as a Rehabilitation and Social Reintegration Tool for Inmates provides innovative insights into the ways to promote digital literacy in a prison context to promote better social integration of inmates facing the end of their sentences. It also explores the work of intervention tools, social inclusion of female inmates, and policies of information literacy. It is designed for academicians, professionals, and graduate-level students seeking research centered on the promotion of digital literacy in prison systems.

Innovative Strategies and Frameworks in Climate Change Adaptation
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 303

Innovative Strategies and Frameworks in Climate Change Adaptation

"This book is about climate change adaptation within the most basic of sectors - food and agriculture. It discusses research strategies and frameworks on climate change adaptation. Although these strategies and frameworks were based on the Philippines' experience, it is applicable to most countries in the Global South, specifically the most vulnerable to conditions associated with changing climates"--

Effective Solutions to Pollution Mitigation for Public Welfare
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 294

Effective Solutions to Pollution Mitigation for Public Welfare

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2018-04-27
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  • Publisher: IGI Global

The use of certain deterrent measures and supporting mechanisms of macroeconomic environmental policies is greatly important. As the environment continues to falter, it is increasingly imperative to develop new technologies and methodologies that have the potential to improve sustainability and cleanliness. Effective Solutions to Pollution Mitigation for Public Welfare is a critical scholarly resource that examines alternative solution methods to mitigate the pollution generated by industrial sources. Featuring coverage on a broad range of topics such as renewable energy, climate change, and water security, this book is geared towards graduate students, managers, researchers, academics, engineers, and government officials seeking current research on solutions that are convenient and practicable for manufacturers to implement.

Environmental Awareness and the Role of Social Media
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 270

Environmental Awareness and the Role of Social Media

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2018-07-27
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  • Publisher: IGI Global

Social media has quickly become one of the most effective tools in reaching masses of people. As environmental issues are becoming more prevalent and frequently acknowledged, social media is playing an important role in sharing various environmental problems as well as suitable solutions. Environmental Awareness and the Role of Social Media is an essential reference source for individuals seeking to raise awareness of environmental issues through social media platforms. The book examines social media’s use in disaster awareness, sustainability promotion, and marketing environmentally friendly products from an international perspective. This book is an excellent resource for environmentalists, environmental activists, scientists, public figures, policy makers, academicians, and individuals interested in research focused on the impact of social media on issues that affect the entire planet.

Nanotechnology Applications in Environmental Engineering
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 491

Nanotechnology Applications in Environmental Engineering

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2018-08-03
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  • Publisher: IGI Global

Nanotechnology is the twenty-first century revolution that has impacted each and every aspect of life despite its small size. As nanoscale research continues to advance, scientists and engineers are developing new applications for many different disciplines, including environmental applications. Nanotechnology Applications in Environmental Engineering contains innovative research on nanomaterials and their impact on the environment. It also explores the current and potential future applications of nanodevices in environmental science and engineering, showcasing how nanomaterials can be tailored to address some of the environmental remediation and sensing/detection problems faced today. While highlighting topics such as environmental science, nanomaterials, and membrane technology, this book is ideally designed for environmental scientists, nanotechnologists, chemists, engineers, and individuals seeking current research on nanotechnology and its applications in environmental engineering.

Biostimulation Remediation Technologies for Groundwater Contaminants
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 381

Biostimulation Remediation Technologies for Groundwater Contaminants

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2018-05-19
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  • Publisher: IGI Global

The rapid progression of technology has significantly impacted population growth, urbanization, and industrialization in modern society. These developments, while positive on the surface, have created critical environmental problems in recent years. Biostimulation Remediation Technologies for Groundwater Contaminants is a critical scholarly publication that examines the release of heavy metals into the environment as a result of human activities and the use of nanoparticles and other technologies to manage and treat the effects of the pollution. Featuring coverage on a broad range of topics such as toxicity of heavy metals, bioremediation, and acclimated bacterial strains, this book is geared toward environmentalists, engineers, academics, researchers, and graduate-level students seeking current research on bioremediation as an alternate way to manage or degrade heavy metal waste.

Advanced Oxidation Processes (AOPs) in Water and Wastewater Treatment
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 519

Advanced Oxidation Processes (AOPs) in Water and Wastewater Treatment

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2018-08-03
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  • Publisher: IGI Global

Population growth and industrial development have increased the amount of wastewater generated by urban areas, and one of the major problems facing industrialized nations is the contamination of the environment by hazardous chemicals. Therefore, to meet the standards, suitable treatment alternatives should be established. Advanced Oxidation Processes (AOPs) in Water and Wastewater Treatment is a pivotal reference source that provides vital research on the current, green, and advanced technologies for wastewater treatment. While highlighting topics such as groundwater treatment, environmental legislation, and oxidation processes, this publication explores the contamination of environments by hazardous chemicals as well as the methods of decontamination and the reduction of negative effects on the environment. This book is a vital reference source for environmental engineers, waste authorities, solid waste management companies, landfill operators, legislators, environmentalists, and academicians seeking current research on achieving sustainable management for wastewater treatment.

Advanced Treatment Techniques for Industrial Wastewater
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 322

Advanced Treatment Techniques for Industrial Wastewater

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2018-07-20
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  • Publisher: IGI Global

A heavy backlog of gaseous, liquid, and solid pollution has resulted from a lack of development in pollution control. Because of this, a need for a collection of original research in water and wastewater treatment, industrial waste management, and soil and ground water pollution exists. Advanced Treatment Techniques for Industrial Wastewater is an innovative collection of research that covers the different aspects of environmental engineering in water and wastewater treatment processes as well as the different techniques and systems for pollution management. Highlighting a range of topics such as agriculture pollution, hazardous waste management, and sewage farming, this book is an important reference for environmental engineers, waste authorities, solid waste management companies, landfill operators, legislators, environmentalists, and academicians seeking research on waste management.