Environmental Pollution

This book comprises select proceedings of the International Conference on Water, Environment, Energy and Society. The book is divided into five parts. The first part deals with some aspects of environmental pollution such as socio-economic environment assessment for sustainable development, environmental issues due to fire in coal Mines and its impact and suggestions for implementing precautionary and control measures, redevelopment of urban slum dwellings: issues & challenges, air and noise pollution in mega cities, importance of indoor environmental quality in green buildings. Part II discusses pollution indicators such as assessment and prediction of environmental noise, fuzzy logic based performance evaluation, fish biodiversity and its periodic reduction, effects of anthropogenic activities on fresh water ecosystems, and monitoring of air pollution. Part III focuses on generation of pollution namely biomedical waste generation and management, heavy metal leaching, etc. Water quality assessment is described in Part IV. The Part V presents water quality modeling. The book will be of interest to researchers and practitioners in the field of water resources, hydrology, environmental resources, agricultural engineering, watershed management, earth sciences, as well as those engaged in natural resources planning and management. Graduate students and those wishing to conduct further research in water and environment and their development and management will also find the book to be of value.

Auteur

Vijay P. Singh is a University Distinguished Professor, a Regents Professor, and the inaugural holder of the Caroline and William N. Lehrer Distinguished Chair in Water Engineering at Texas A&M University, USA. He received his B.S., M.S., Ph.D., and D.Sc. degrees in Engineering. He is a P.E., P.H., and an Hon. D. WRE. He has published more than 910 journal articles; 25 textbooks; 60 edited reference books, including the massive Encyclopedia of Snow, Ice and Glaciers and Handbook of Applied Hydrology; He has received more than 90 national and international awards including Arid Lands Hydraulic Engineering Award, Chow Award, Torrens Award, Norman Medal, and EWRI Lifetime Achievement Award, given by ASCE, Ray K. Linsley Award and Founder's Award, given by AIH; Crystal Drop Award, given by IWRA; and Outstanding Distinguished Scientist Award given by Sigma Xi, and three honorary doctorates. He is a Distinguished Member of the ASCE, a fellow of EWRI, AWRA, IWRS, ISAE, IASWC, and IE. He has served as the President and Senior Vice President of the AIH. Currently, he is the editor-in-chief of two book series and three journals.

Shalini Yadav is a Professor and Head of the Department of Civil Engineering, AISECT University, Bhopal, India. Her research interests include Solid and Hazardous Waste Management, Construction Management, Environmental Quality, and Water Resources. She has executed a variety of research projects/consultancy in Environmental and Water Science and Technology and has got rich experience in planning, formulating, organizing, executing, and management of R&D Programs, Seminars, and Conferences at National and International level. She has got to her credit guiding an appreciable number of M.Tech and Ph.D. students. She has published more than 10 journal articles and 30 technical reports. Professor Shalini Yadav got her M.E. and Ph.D. Degree in Civil Engineering with specialization in Environmental Engineering. She is a recipient of national fellowships/awards and she is a reviewer in many International journals. She has been recognized for one and half decades of leadership in research, teaching, and service to the Environmental Engineering Profession.

Ram Narayan Yadava holds the position of Vice Chancellor of the AISECT University, Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. His research interests include Environmental Quality and Water Resources, Hydrologic Modeling, Environmental Sciences, R&D Planning and Management. He executed a variety of research/consultancy projects in the area of Water Resources Planning and Management, Environment, Remote Sensing, Mathematical Modeling, etc. Dr. Yadava has been recognized for three and half decades of leadership in research and service to the hydrologic and water resources profession. Dr. Yadava's contribution to the state of the art has been significant in many different specialty areas, including water resources management, environmental sciences, irrigation science, soil and water conservation engineering, and mathematical modeling. He has published more than 90 journal articles; 4 textbooks; 7 edited reference books. He earned his M.Sc. from the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) Varanasi and Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay), India. Also, he is the recipient of Raman Research Fellowship and other awards.

Contenu

1. Socio-Economic Environment Assessment for Sustainable Development, by Atul Kumar Rahul.- 2. Research Need on Environmental Gains in Conservation Induced Relocation, by Surendra Singh Rajpoot.- 3. Environmental Issues due to Fire in Coal Mines its Impact and Suggestions for Implementing Precautionary and Control Measures, by R.V. K. Singh.- 4. Redevelopment of Urban Slum Dwellings: Issues & Challenges, by Dhrupad Rupwate.- 5. Importance of Indoor Environmental Quality in Green Buildings, by Alisha Patnaik. -6. Meteorological Factors Influencing Dispersion of Vehicular Pollution in a Typical Highway Condition, by Rajni Dhyani.- 7. Study of Air and Noise Pollution in Mega Cities of India, by Amrit Kumar.- 8. A Critical Review on Air Quality Index- Shweta Kumari.- 9. Aquatic Insects as Pollution Indicator- A Study in Cachar, Assam, North East India, by Arpita Dalal.- 10. Monitoring of Air Pollution in Different Region Along Road network, Jharia Coalfield, Dhanbad, India, by Shiv Kumar Yadav.- 11. Spatial Distribution and Baseline Concentration of Heavy Metals in Swell-Shrink Soils of Madhya Pradesh, India, by Rajendiran, S..- 12. Associative Study of Aerosol Pollution, Precipitation and Vegetation in Indian Region [2000-2013], by Manu Mehta.- 13. Fuzzy Logic Based Performance Evaluation of EIA Reports for Hydroelectric Projects, by Purbashree Sarmah.- 14. Assessment and Prediction of Environmental Noise Generated by Road Traffic in Nagpur City, India, by Sameer. S. Pathak.- 15. Time Dependent Study of Electromagetic Field and Indoor Meteorological Parameters in Individual Working Environment, by A.K.Mishra.- 16. Fish Biodiversity and Its Periodic Reduction - A Case Study of River Narmada in Central India, by Muslim Ahmad Shah.- 17. Effects of Anthropogenic Activities on the Fresh Water Ecosystem- A Case Study of Kappithodu in Kerala, by Sherly P Anand.- 18. Degradation of Heptachlor by High Carbon Iron Filings (HCIF) by Alok Sinha.- 19. Biomedical Waste Generation and Management in Public Sector Hospital in Shimla City, by Prachi Vasistha.- 20. Fuel Loss and Related Emissions Due to Idling of Motorized Vehicles at a Major Intersection in Delhi, by Niraj Sharma.- 21. Emission Inventorisation and Modelling of Non-Methane Volatile Organic Compounds from Petrol Distribution Centres in an Urban Area, by Sunil Gulia.- 22. Comprehensive Physico-Chemical Characterization of Coal Combustion Residues from a Thermal Power Station of India, by Ritesh Kumar.- 23. Influence of Semi-Arid Climate on Characterisation of Domestic Wastewater, by Vinod Kumar Tripathi.- 24. Anomalous Features of Black Carbon and Particulate Matter Observed over a Rural Station during Diwali Festival of 2015, by P.C.S. Devara.- 25. Heavy Metal Leaching Potential of Discarded Mobile Phones Wastes: A Laboratory Based Study, by Devika Bajpai.- 26. Decolorizetion of Reactive Yellow 17 Dye Using Aspergillus Tamar II, by Anuradha Singh.- 27. Discovery of the Helium Rare Gas in SaugorDivision, Southern Ganga Basin, Bundelkhand Region, M.P., INDIA, by A. K. Shadilya.- 28. How Soil Texture Af…