Overview
- Compiles updated challenges, information, statistics, data on solid waste
- Discusses practices deviating from prescribed solutions
- Presents photographs of best practices and worst scenarios with resepct to environmental health
Part of the book series: Environmental Science and Engineering (ESE)
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Table of contents (20 chapters)
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Front Matter
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About this book
This book discusses solid waste management issues from global to local level. It offers an overview of the methods and paradigms of this burgeoning field, ranging from generation, characteristics, quantity, and practical challenges. The book discusses the major issues with respect to environmental health and economy, which are related to solid waste management. Furthermore, it contains updated information on topics such as toxicology, climate change, population pressure, urbanization, energy production, building and community design, and disaster preparedness in the context of solid waste management.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Solid Waste Management
Book Subtitle: Principles and Practice
Authors: Ramesha Chandrappa, Diganta Bhusan Das
Series Title: Environmental Science and Engineering
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-50442-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-50441-9Published: 21 March 2024
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-50444-0Due: 21 April 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-50442-6Published: 20 March 2024
Series ISSN: 1863-5520
Series E-ISSN: 1863-5539
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XLIX, 840
Number of Illustrations: 40 b/w illustrations, 408 illustrations in colour
Topics: Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences, Environmental Management, Civil Law