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1 online resource |
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Intro -- Preface -- Introduction -- Contents -- About the Authors -- Chapter 1: The Importance of Technogenesis and Sustainable Environmental Protection Technologies -- 1.1 Technogenesis and the Extent of the Chemical Elements Entering the Noosphere -- 1.2 Technogenic Flows of Pollutants: An Example of Potentially Toxic Elements -- 1.2.1 Sources of Potentially Toxic Elements -- 1.2.2 PTE Transportation and Removal from the Atmosphere -- 1.2.3 PTEs in the Soil -- 1.2.4 Soil-Plant Transfer of PTEs -- 1.2.5 PTEs Uptake and Accumulation in Trees -- 1.2.6 Hazards and Exposure of PTEs Pollution |
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1.2.7 Transport of PTEs Within Environmental Compartments -- 1.2.8 Dispersion of Pollutants -- 1.2.9 Deposition of Pollutants -- 1.3 Evaluating Pollution Level -- 1.3.1 Pollution Assessment Parameters Describing Soil Contamination by PTEs -- 1.3.2 Dynamic Factor Method for Transferring Metallic Elements in the Soil-Plant System -- 1.4 Footprints -- 1.4.1 Ecological Footprint -- 1.4.2 Nutrient Footprint -- 1.4.3 Chemical Footprint -- 1.4.4 Urban Contamination Footprint -- 1.5 Geochemical Barriers Preventing from the Spread of Pollutants -- 1.6 Sustainable Environmental Protection Technologies |
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Chapter 2: Natural and Semi-Natural Biogeochemical Barriers as Natural Technologies -- 2.1 Natural and Semi-Natural Barriers -- 2.1.1 Snow Cap -- 2.1.2 Soil -- 2.1.3 Mosses -- 2.1.4 Bark and Annual Tree Rings -- 2.1.5 Lichens -- 2.1.6 Precipitation (Rain and Snow) -- 2.2 Natural Barriers as an Example of Retention for Aerogenic Contamination from the Oil Refinery -- 2.2.1 Oil Refineries and Typical Pollutants -- 2.2.2 Deposit Media in the Vicinity of the Oil Refinery -- 2.3 Natural Biogeochemical Barriers as a Retention Example of Aerogenic Pollution Caused by Waste Incineration Plant |
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2.4 Artificial Biogeochemical Barriers as Phytoremediation Potential of Herbaceous Plants -- 2.4.1 Tolerance to PTEs in the Plants of the Brassicaceae Family -- 2.4.2 The Accumulation of Cu, Pb, Cd and Zn in the Above- and Under-Ground Parts of Plants -- 2.4.3 Extractability or Bioavailability Changes in Time -- 2.4.4 Seedling Preparation -- 2.4.5 Acropetal and Basipetal Metal Translocation -- 2.4.6 The Accumulation of PTEs in Treated Plants -- 2.4.7 PTEs in the Soil and Sewage Sludge -- 2.4.8 Modelling the Removal of PTEs from Plants |
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Chapter 3: Sustainable Natural Materials and Their Importance for Waste Management and Stabilization of Soil Pollution -- 3.1 The Second Sustainability Level of Environmental Protection Technologies. A Carbon Footprint of Wood as a Feedstock for Bi ... -- 3.1.1 Carbon Footprint Assessment of Woody Products -- 3.1.2 Life Cycle Assessment -- 3.1.3 The Potential for Production of Biochar from Wood Wastes -- 3.2 Is Biochar a Sustainable Natural Material? -- 3.2.1 The Properties and Use of Biochar for Soil Improvement -- 3.2.2 Pollutants That May Be Contained in Biochar |
| Summary |
This book discusses the need for the development of sustainable environmental protection technologies to reduce the impact of environmental contaminants. Three levels of sustainable technologies are addressed. The first level involves the concept of sustainable technologies as natural technologies, or ecotechnologies, whereby contamination level is assessed based on the contamination footprint through the use of biogeochemical barriers (e.g. methods utilizing the bioaccumulation properties of plants). The second level concerns the use of sustainable natural materials, such as biochar, in environmental engineering systems, an approach that is used for analyzing the processes of adsorption and biofiltration, as well as immobilization of contaminants in soil. The third level discusses the optimal components necessary to achieve sustainability in environmental engineering systems, including system operation principles, structural solutions, and the synergies between various system components such as microorganisms. The book will be of interest to specialists of industrial enterprises engaged in environmental protection, as well as environmental system designers, stakeholders from environmental protection ministries and institutions, researchers, doctoral students and masters and bachelors of science in the field of environmental engineering |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Environmental protection -- Technological innovations
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Bioremediation.
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Environmental engineering.
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environmental engineering.
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Environmental science, engineering & technology.
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Central government policies.
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Sociology.
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Physical geography & topography.
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Pollution & threats to the environment.
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Microbiology (non-medical)
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Technology & Engineering -- Environmental -- General.
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Political Science -- Public Policy -- Environmental Policy.
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Social Science -- Sociology -- General.
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Science -- Earth Sciences -- Geography.
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Science -- Environmental Science.
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Science -- Life Sciences -- Biology -- Microbiology.
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Bioremediation
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Environmental engineering
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Environmental protection -- Technological innovations
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Baltrėnaitė, Edita
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| ISBN |
9783030477257 |
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3030477258 |
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