Urbanization, Industrialization, and the Environment
About the Book Series
This book series addresses current critical environmental issues resulting from rapid urbanization and industrialization, particularly in the developing world. Modern technologies and industrial chemicals have given rise to unique problems of ecosystem degradation, pollution, deprivation and disease. The books in this series will present case studies from different parts of the world, with the aim to stimulate discussion and make policymakers aware of the current state of play.
Major themes include "Waste and Technology", "Climate Change", "Food and Land", "Biodiversity", "Energy", "Food Safety and Security", but interdisciplinary areas including "Environmental Governance", "Human Behavioral Change" and "Bridging Science and Policy" will also be explored, from both natural and social science perspectives. It is hoped that the series will serve as a discussion forum for major environmental issues of modern demographic transition, allowing authors and editors to present strategies for mitigation and remediation.
Acknowledging Indigenous Knowledge: Voices of Tropical Forest People
1st Edition
By Purabi Bose
September 28, 2025
This book explores how the landscapes in indigenous territories are rapidly changing due to increased global industrial demand. This deforestation and urbanization have isolated the indigenous people from practicing ‘traditional ways of life.’ Portrayed in this book is the indigenous people’s ...
Ecological and Human Health Impacts of Contaminated Food and Environments
1st Edition
Edited
By Ming Hung Wong
July 15, 2025
This book discusses linkages between the natural and disturbed chemical composition of the earth's surface and ecological and human health. It reviews the environmental geochemical cycles of natural elements and persistent toxic substances (PTS) in the environment, highlighting the degradation of ...
Advanced Materials towards Energy Sustainability: Theory and Implementations
1st Edition
Edited
By Samsul Ariffin Abdul Karim, Poppy Puspitasari
December 19, 2024
Industry 4.0 is revolutionizing the way companies manufacture, improve, and distribute their products. It demands the application of renewable energy using advanced materials. Renewable energy is reshaping the fields of industry, agriculture, and households, providing reliable power supplies and ...
Waste Technology for Emerging Economies
1st Edition
Edited
By T.C. Bamunuarachchige, H.K.S. de Zoysa
October 09, 2024
This unique volume covers many aspects of waste management in developing countries. There is a focus on various sources of waste including the pressing issues of agricultural, medicinal, industrial, and urban waste, and emerging problems with e-waste, nanowaste, and microplastics in marine ...
Phytotechnology: A Sustainable Platform for the Development of Herbal Products
1st Edition
Edited
By Wanderley Pereira Oliveira
January 29, 2024
Herbal products have traditionally been used in several industrial sectors and have gained a notable reputation in recent years due to the current trend in society, which seeks natural, healthier, and more sustainable products. The processing of these products, however, is multiplex but important ...
Biochar: Production, Characterization, and Applications
1st Edition
Edited
By Yong Sik Ok, Sophie M. Uchimiya, Scott X. Chang, Nanthi Bolan
September 30, 2020
Encompassing high priority research areas such as bioenergy production, global warming mitigation, and sustainable agriculture, biochar has received increased worldwide interest in the past decade.Biochar: Production, Characterization, and Applications covers the fundamentals of biochar including ...
Crisis Management of Chronic Pollution: Contaminated Soil and Human Health
1st Edition
Edited
By Magalie Lesueur Jannoyer, Philippe Cattan, Thierry Woignier, Florence Clostre
September 30, 2020
Crisis Management of Chronic Pollution: Contaminated Soil and Human Health deals with a long term pollution problem, generated by the former use of organochlorine pesticides. Through a case study of the chlordecone pollution in the French West Indies, the authors illustrate a global and systemic ...