Science for Better Environment: Proceedings of the International Congress on the Human Environment (HESC) focuses on the applications of science in health, human settlements, and protection of the environment.
The selection first offers information on the background of HESC, including human settlements and habitat, environment and development, natural disasters, and energy. The text then discusses human's place in natural ecosystems, along with essential properties of ecosystem, auto-regulation in ecosystem, and collapse of symbiosis between human and nature.
The compilation presents a summary of the environmental problems in Japan, including progress and outstanding issues in the environmental field. The water pollution from 1970 to 1975 and air pollution control in the country are underscored. The text also explains the development of antipollution laws in the country. Topics include local government antipollution laws, creation of antipollution laws, and clarifying the responsibility of industries in antipollution drives.
The book also touches on the role of scientists in the task of achieving a better environment; challenges of stress on human health in urban ecosystems; and environmental problems on a global scale.
The selection is a dependable reference for readers interested in the application of science for the improvement of the environment.

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Dr. Sam Stuart is a physiotherapist and a research Fellow within the Balance Disorders Laboratory, OHSU. His work focuses on vision, cognition and gait in neurological disorders, examining how technology-based interventions influence these factors. He has published extensively in world leading clinical and engineering journals focusing on a broad range of activities such as real-world data analytics, algorithm development for wearable technology and provided expert opinion on technology for concussion assessment for robust player management. He is currently a guest editor for special issues (sports medicine and transcranial direct current stimulation for motor rehabilitation) within Physiological Measurement and Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, respectively.

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Contents
Preface
Opening Session
Opening Address
Give Nature Back to Nature
Progress report
Background for HESC
Greetings
Only One Earth
Proposals and Conclusion: Priorities in the Agenda for Scientific Research in the Field of Environmental Studies
Priorities in Research for SCOPE
Priorities in the Agenda for Research As Seen by Social Scientists
Priorities for International Cooperative Actions
Closing Address
A Leap Forward
Special Lectures
Man's Place in Natural Ecosystems
Environment and Technology: New Frontiers for the Social and Natural Sciences
Current Environmental Problems in Japan
Current Environmental Problems in Japan -A Summary-suru 51
Water Pollution in Japan, 1970-1975
Air Pollution Control in Japan -On the Issue of Automobile Gas Emission-
Noise Pollution
Merits and Demerits of Atomic Power Generation
Regional Development, Public Works and Environment
The Role of Citizen's Movements
Creation and Development of Japan's Antipollution Laws
Japan's Pollution Litigations
Orientation of the Problems to the Congress
Man's Impacts on the Terrestrial Ecosystems: Food-Energy Interrelationships
The Role of the Scientists in the Task of Achieving a Better Environment
Toward a Better Human Environment: Analytical Tools and Policy Instruments For Conservation and Improvement Of the Environment
Environmental Impact Assessment
Technology Assessment in Environmental Systems: Trade-Offs in Multiple Objectives
Human Settlements as Sociotechnical-Economic Processes
The U.S. National Environmental Policy Act: Its Requirements, Accomplishments and Prospects for Imitation by Japan
Current Environmental Problems in Japan -A Summary-
Water Pollution in Japan, 1970-1975
Air Pollution Control in Japan -On the Issue of Automobile Gas Emission-
Noise Pollution
Merits and Demerits of Atomic Power Generation
Regional Development, Public Works and Environment
The Role of Citizen's Movements
Creation and Development of Japan's Antipollution Laws
Japan's Pollution Litigations
Views from the Field of Jurisprudence
Economic Policy for Preservation of the Environment
Working Group A: Interdisciplinary Discussion on Man's Impact on Terrestrial Ecosystems
A-1: Agro-Ecosystems
Energy Efficiency and Other Problems in Heavily Fertilized Agroecosystems
Water Consumption in Crop Production
The Javanese Home-Garden as an Integrated Agro-Ecosystem
Paddy Ecosystem Affected by Nitrogenous Fertilizer and Insecticides
Incoming and Outgoing of Fertilizer Nutrients in Cropped Lands
An Analysis of Food Production Systems Which Minimize Adverse Environmental Impact
A-2: Urban Ecosystems: (A) Basic Approaches in Urban Ecosystem Studies
Methodology of Urban Ecosystem Studies
A Study on the Metabolism of Cities
An Ecological Grading of Human Settlements with Special Reference to the Urban Habitat
Urban Wildlife-Wildlife Habitat and Implications for Man
A-2: Urban Ecosystems: (B) Socio-Environmental Problems in Urban Ecosystems
Environmental Assessment in Multidisciplinary, Time-Sequence Perspective
Urban Ecological Planning: The First Step in a First Application to Japan
Realization of an Ideal Hydrosphere Environment
A-2: Urban Ecosystems: (C) Impact of Urbanization on Organisms and Man
An Approach to the Mechanism of the Pollution by Heavy Metals in Urban Ecosystems
Creation of the Green in Cities: The Effect of Urbanization on the Plant Community
Bryophytes as Indicators of Air Pollution
The Challenge of Stress on Human Health in Urban Ecosystems
A-2: Urban Ecosystems: (D) Environmental Problems in Urban Ecosystems
Problems of the Urban Environment: A Case Study of Delhi (India)
Regional Planning on Waste Recycling System for Urban Metabolism
A Short Selection of Conceivable Ecodisasters
A-3: Ecological Cycle in Regional Scale
Ecological Approach in National Planning: Conversion into Nature Oriented Japan
Developing a Steady State for Man and Land: Energy Procedures for Regional Planning
Industrial Ecology and Its Application to Environmental Assessment: A Case of the Seto Inland Sea
Models in the Management of Semi-Arid Grazing Lands
A-4: Problems Relating to Regions: (I) Environmental Problems of Lake Biwa
General Consideration on Environmental Problems of Lakes
Analysis of the Present Situation of Lake Biwa
The Nitrogen Cycle in the Lake
Regional Environmental Contamination with PCB's in and around the Coast of Lake Biwa
The Pollution of the Lake Biwa in the Light of the Distribution of Heavy Metals
Some Ecological and Biochemical Aspects of Bacterial Population in Lake Biwa
Organisms Living in Lake Biwa and Environment Problems-From the Standpoint of Larger Organisms
Organisms Living in Lake Biwa and Environmental Problems-From the Standpoint of Fisheries
Eutrophication of Lake Biwa-^Nutrient Load Generation
Practical Plans to Prevent Eutrophication of Lake Biwa
On Fisheries of Lake Biwa
Pollution Problems of Lake Biwa and Their Legal Countermeasures
Environmental Problems of Lake Biwa
A-4: Problems Relating to Regions: (II) Seto Inland Sea and Its Coastal Region
The Problems of Industrial Development in Coastal Areas around the Japanese
Organic Pollution and the Outbreaks of Red Tides in Seto Inland Sea
Eutrophication in Mikawa Bay
Working Group B: Problems mainly within the Purview of Natural Sciences
B-3: Environmental Problems on a Global Scale
Global Air Pollution
Action and Reaction Times in Global Marine Pollution Problem…