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Health problems related to the environment continue to be a major source of concern all over the world. Society needs to develop measures that will eliminate or considerably reduce hazardous factors from the environment that can result in health risk to humans. This interaction between environmental risk and health is usually complex and involves a substantial number of factors. This resulted in an interdisciplinary meeting in which diverse aspects of the impact of environmental factors in health were discussed.This book contains most of the papers presented at the Fourth International Conference on The Impact of Environmental Factors on Health (Environmental Health Risk 07). The Conference aimed to foster the development of better experimental and modelling tools to achieve the objective of decreasing environmental health risks to humans

Water Pollution XII contains the proceedings of the 12th International Conference in the series of Modelling, Monitoring and Management of Water Pollution. The book will be of interest to scientists, managers and academics from different areas of water contamination.

Comprised of the papers presented at the eighth, and latest, International Conference Simulation in Risk Analysis and Hazard Mitigation, this book covers a topic of increasing importance. Scientific knowledge is essential to our better understanding of risk. Natural hazards such as floods, earthquakes, landslides, fires and others, have always affected human societies. Man-made hazards, however, played a comparatively small role until the industrial revolution when the risk of catastrophic events started to increase due to the rapid growth of new technologies and the urbanisation of populations. The interaction of natural and anthropogenic risks adds to the complexity of the problem

Water Pollution XI contains papers presented at the latest (Eleventh) Conference and includes the following topics: Water quality; Groundwater and aquifer issues; Environmental monitoring and control; Remediation; Pollution prevention; Lakes and rivers; Agricultural contamination; Wastewater treatment and management; Offshore pollution and oil spills; Emerging technologies; Biosensors; Health risk studies; Nano-particles; Socio-economic costs; Biosystems; Education and training.

Section 1. Water management and planning -- section 2. River basin management -- section 3. Urban water management -- section 4. Hydrological modelling -- section 6. Water quality -- section 7. Pollution control -- section 8. Irrigation issues -- section 9. Sharing our water resources : incentives, policies and perceptions (special session by H. Bjornlund) -- section 10. Flood risk -- section 11 Water waste treatment and management -- section 12. Wast water treatment and re-use -- section 13. Water resources and economics -- section 14. The right to water -- section 15. Special paper

Health problems related to the environment have become a major source of concern all over the world. The health of the population depends upon good quality environmental factors including air, water, soil, food and many others. The aim of society is to establish measures that can eliminate or considerably reduce hazardous factors from the human environment to minimize the associated health risks. The ability to achieve these objectives is in great part dependent on the development of suitable experimental modelling and interpretive techniques that allow a balanced assessment of the risk involved, as well as suggest ways in which the situation can be improved. Environmental Health Risk 2009 is the Fifth International Conference in this successful series and the topics covered include Air pollution; Water and soil quality issues; Risk prevention and monitoring; Ecology and health; Food safety; Toxicology analysis; Occupational health

"The book provides a comprehensive overview of the most recent and advanced research findings on energy production and management in the important Ural industrial region of Russia. The authors consider economic problems of energy development, management systems for sustainable energy, and investment mechanisms for energy. Comprised of chapters on energy efficient technologies, environmental aspects of using energy, and personnel for the power industry, the volume is ideal for a range of scientists and engineers interested in innovative approaches to generation and distribution of energy."--

This book contains papers presented at the 2nd International Conference on Environmental and Economic Impacts on Sustainable Development incorporating Environmental Economics, Toxicology and Brownfields. Following the success of the first meeting held in 2012, it considers the issues related to environmental impacts to provide complete solutions

Environmental Health Risk VII contains contributions presented at the Seventh International Conference on the Impact of Environmental Factors on Health. Topics covered include Risk prevention and monitoring; Mitigation problems; Disaster management and preparedness; Epidemiological studies and pandemics; Control of pollution risk; Air pollution; Water quality issues; Food safety; Radiation fields; Toxicology analysis; Ecology and health; Waste disposal; Occupational health; Social and economic issues; Accidents and man-made risks; The built environment and health; Designing for health; Contamination in rural areas; Environmental education and risk abatement

Contains most of the papers presented at the Fifth International Conference on Sustainable Development and Planning, held on the Wessex Institute of Technology's New Forest campus, July 12-14, 2011.The papers address the subjects of planning and regional development in an integrated way and in accordance with the principles of sustainability. They address a need that has become increasingly apparent-for planners, environmentalists, architects, engineers, policy makers and economists to work together in order to ensure that planning and development can meet our present needs without compromising the ability of future generations.Topics covered include City Planning, Regional Planning, Sustainability in the Built Environment, Rural Deveopments, Ecosystems analysis, protection and remediation, Environmental Management, Sustainable Solutions in Developing Countries, Waste Management, Flood Risk Management, Resources Management and Industrial Developments; thereby providing a forum for all scientists specialising in the range of subjects included within sustainable development and planning

Scientific knowledge is essential to our better understanding of risk. Natural hazards such as floods, earthquakes, landslides, fires and others, have always affected human societies. Man-made hazards, however, played a comparatively small role until the industrial revolution when the risk of catastrophic events started to increase due to the rapid growth of new technologies. The interaction of natural and anthropogenic risks adds to the complexity of the problem. Advances in computational methods and the ability to model systems more precisely now enable hazards to be quantified, their effects to be simulated and risk analysis to be pursued with greater accuracy, providing for more effective risk management. These developments not only are important for all areas of human endeavour but have particular relevance to environmental issues where the risks involved are substantial. Effective risk management and the mitigation of possible hazards have become a high priority of government and a public concern