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Front Cover -- Urban Ecology -- URBAN ECOLOGY: EMERGING PATTERNS AND SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Foreword -- References -- List of reviewers -- I - Emerging facets of urban ecology eurban and urbanization, theory and concepts -- 1 - Urban ecology - current state of research and concepts -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1 What is urban ecology? -- 1.2 Social-ecological systems and urban metabolism -- 2. State of research in urban ecology -- 2.1 Global trends in the past twodecades (1999-2019) -- 2.2 Country-wise division of urban ecology research (from 2009 to 2019) -- 3. Urban ecology: concepts and definitions -- 3.1 The urban boundary -- 3.2 Urban metabolism -- 3.3 Land use land cover change -- 3.4 Modelling and remote sensing -- 3.5 Disaster risk reduction -- 3.6 Economies of scale -- 3.7 Urban ecological footprint -- 3.8 Urban sustainability indicators -- 3.9 Smart city -- 3.10 Sustainable city -- 3.11 Human health -- 3.12 Integrated approach -- 3.13 Governance and planning -- 4. Conclusions -- References -- Further reading -- 2 - Urban metabolism: old challenges, new frontiers, and the research agenda ahead -- 1. Urban metabolism: from concept to methods -- 1.1 One concept, a variety of methods -- 1.2 A variety of practical applications and end-users -- 2. Challenges and new frontiers for urban metabolism research -- 2.1 Understanding distinct conceptual underpinnings and common methods across ecological sciences -- 2.2 Expressing interdependency between biogeochemical cycles and socioeconomic flows of the urban metabolism -- 2.3 Linking urban metabolism research with design: systematizing the growing evidence-base on nature-based solutions -- 3. Conclusions: a tentative research agenda -- References -- II - Urban land use land cover -- 3 - Urban growth pattern detection and analysis -- 1. Introduction.

"Plants in tropical region are coping with enormous challenge of physiological stresses owing to the changing environmental and climatic conditions. Rapid growth of human population and rampant exploitation of fossil fuels and other developmental activities are actively contributing to such perturbations. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has projected a sustained increase in CO2 and thereby rise in global temperature in the coming decades. The resultant changes in precipitation pattern are now evident across the globe due to intensification of hydrological cycle. Moreover, gaseous, and particulate pollutants are also an immense challenge for tropical plants. Such vagaries in environmental conditions have significant impact on the eco-physiological traits of plants, resulting from altered interactions of tropical plants with each other as well as other biotic and abiotic components within the ecosystem. Books available in the market that particularly focuses on eco-physiological responses of tropical plants to abiotic and biotic environmental factors under climate change are limited. This book intends to fill this knowledge gap and provides a detailed analysis on eco-physiological responses of tropical plants to these environmental challenges as well as suggest some approachable measures for plant adaptations to these challenges. The book is equally applicable to undergraduate and postgraduate students, researchers, teachers and forest managers, and policy makers"--

Part 1: Organic micropollutants: Origin and occurrence in the environment -- Organic micropollutants in environment: Origin and occurrence -- Contamination of aquatic ecosystem with pharmaceutical and personal care micropollutants -- Organic micropollutants in the urban soils: technological advances and management concerns -- Part 2: Effects of organic micropollutants on the environment and human health -- Assessment of environmental pollutants for their toxicological effects of human and animal health -- Organic micropollutants and their effects on the environment and human health -- Occurrence and toxicity of organic microcontaminants in agricultural perspective: an overview -- Part 3: Assessment and detection methodologies for organic micropollutants -- Comprehensive methods for the analysis of organic micropollutants -- Methodologies for the detection and remediation of organic micropollutants in terrestrial ecosystems -- Assessment, obstacles, and risk communication for organic micro-pollutants in the urban water -- Part 4: Treatment and remediation approaches for organic micropollutants -- Organic micropollutants in the freshwater ecosystem: environmental effects, potential treatments and limitations -- Organic micropollutants in wastewaters: advances in sustainable management and treatment methods -- Organic micropollutants in the environment: Ecotoxicity potential and bioremediation approaches -- Organic micropollutants in agricultural system: Eco-toxicity, risk-assessment and detection methods -- Process of removing organic micropollutants using advanced oxidation techniques -- Biodegradation pathways of hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH): A case study -- Part 5: Organic micropollutants in the environment: Concluding remarks -- Fate of organic micropollutants in aquatic environment: Policies and regulatory measures.

This book provides a basic understanding and state-of-the-art of urban metabolism. Urban centres are increasingly challenged by population increase and the resultant environmental concerns including the urban sprawl and climate change. Different patterns of urbanization contribute to the changing climate via. differences in their urban metabolism represented by energy and matter. Urban metabolic studies in terms of energy and material inflows, outflows, and stocks can be associated with traditional evaluation techniques to help assess the magnitude and potential effects of variety of environmental challenges the world is facing today. Urban centres are critical real time observatories that indicate the impact anthropogenic activities have on global biogeochemical cycles. Urban processes have significant and lasting impacts on the global carbon budget. The technological and infrastructural advancements have fuelled an increase in urban inputs and outputs of material and energy. Therefore, more sustainable approaches need to be adopted in changing scenarios for urban planning, particularly for sustainable resource utilization and better waste management practices. The book emphasises on the sustainability in urban metabolism, sustainable urban planning, ecosystem services, and disaster resilience to provide an interdisciplinary understanding of urban metabolism. The book also identifies an urgent need to develop new methodological approaches for real time and reliable evaluation of urban metabolism.

1-Xenobiotics in the urban ecosystems: Current status and trend analysis -- 2-Urban water cycle: A potential source and sink of xenobiotics -- 3-Xenobiotics in the urban soils: Sources and environmental concerns -- 4-Major strategies for the assessment of xenobiotics in the urban soils -- 5-Advancements in the analytical techniques for precise xenobiotic assessment -- 6-Xenobiotics in urban soils: Bioavailability and threat levels -- 7-Transport and metabolism of xenobiotics in the urban ecosystem -- 8-Xenobiotics and soil microbial community in the urban ecosystem -- 9-Impact of xenobiotics on urban agriculture/crops -- 10-Xenobiotics and urban plants: impact and threat levels -- 11-Food chain contamination and impact of xenobiotics on human health -- 12-Biotransformation of xenobiotics in the urban ecosystem -- 13-Phytoremediation and xenobiotics: exploring the potential of selected plants -- 14-Remediation strategies for xenobiotics in urban soils -- 15-Socioeconomic impacts and policy measures for xenobiotics in urban ecosystems -- 16-Management and regulatory aspects of xenobiotics: Government initiatives.

1. From Biopolitics to Ecopolitics: A Philosophical Framework for Geopolitics (Jessica Ludescher Imanaka) -- 2. Global Biogovernance: Between Intergovernmental and Supranational Cooperation (Janusz Ruszkowski) -- 3. Ecopolitics to International Environmental Law: A Literature Review on how Countries are Performing under the International Convention on Climate Change (Nima Norouzi) -- 4. Ocean Governance in the Anthropocene: A new Approach in the Era of Climate Emergency (Ana Flávia Barros-Platiau, Guilherme Lopes da Cunha, Carlos Henrique Tomé, Fábio Albergaria de Queiroz, Paulo Eduardo Câmara, Carina Costa de Oliveira, Fábio Henrique Granja e Barros) -- 5. International Water Law where World Needs Ecopolitics Most: A Study of the Framework of States' Right to Exploit Transboundary Water Resources via Dam Construction (Nima Norouzi) -- 6. China's Growing Footprint in Antarctica: Soft Power, Science, and Global Ecopolitics (Jonathan Harrington) -- 7. Environmental Management through Ecopolitics: an Alternative and Strategic Approach for Rebuilding the Global Carbon Sink (Bill Butterworth) -- 8. Urban Governance Transformation under the Background of Ecological Civilization Construction (Lin Dan, & Luo Yan) -- 9. The Missing Link: Environmental Humanities and the Climate Crisis (Jyotishman Kalita) -- 10. Ecopolitics and International Security: the Challenges and the Politics (Cláudia Toriz Ramos) -- 11. Global Ecopolitics: Media Discourse and Conflicting Climate Change Frameworks (Amarendra Kumar Aarya) -- 12. Media's Role in Global Ecopolitics: Unraveling Climate Change Narratives and Fostering Informed Dialogue (Neha Jingala, & Nidhi Chaudhry) -- 13. Leave Fossil Fuels in the Soil, Halt Deforestation': Stop Threatening the Planet (M. Satish Kumar).

Urban Metabolism and Global Climate Change: An overview -- Interlinkages between Urban Metabolism and Sustainability: An overview -- Urban Metabolism - An Analytical approach for enhancing resilience -- Urban metabolism to understand changes in urban ecology: a case of Bengaluru -- City core and Urban sprawl -- Adaptive reuse of historic buildings: an ecological indicator -- Integrating ecological and social concepts for urban metabolism studies -- Sustainable urban metabolism and urban planning -- Urban metabolism in the circular bio-economy of tomorrow -- Closing the Urban Waste Loop: Delivering Environmental and Financial Sustainability -- Transitioning Urban Agriculture to a Circular Metabolism at a Neighbourhood Level -- Eight years to go, to meet the SDG targets: Waste management as enabler and enabled -- Emerging approaches for sustainable urban metabolism -- Species Selection in Urban Forestry - towards Urban Metabolism -- Geospatial analyses for urban metabolism and climate change work -- Smart Urban Metabolism: A Big-data and Machine Learning Perspective -- Policy initiatives on urban metabolism in Ghana (2002-2021). .

Engieered Nanoparticles (ENPs) in Agricultural Revolution: An Enticing Domain to Move Carefully -- Nanotechnology: Advancement for Agricultural Sustainability -- Nanotechnology for sustainable crop production: recent development and strategies -- Interaction of Titanium dioxide nanoparticles with Plants in Agroecosystems -- Interaction of nano-TiO2 with plants: Preparation and translocation -- Plant physiological responses to engineered nanoparticles -- Engineered nanoparticles in agro-ecosystems: implications on the soil health -- Effect of engineered nanoparticles on soil attributes and potential in reclamation of degraded lands -- Advances of Engineered Nanofertilizers for Modern Agriculture -- Nano-fertilizers and Nano-pesticides as Promoters of Plant Growth in Agriculture -- Bio-nanosensors: Synthesis and their substantial role in agriculture.