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Remediation of groundwater is complex and often challenging. But the cost of pump and treat technology, coupled with the dismal results achieved, has paved the way for newer, better technologies to be developed. Among these techniques is permeable reactive barrier (PRB) technology, which allows groundwater to pass through a buried porous barrier that either captures the contaminants or breaks them down. And although this approach is gaining popularity, there are few references available on the subject. Until now. Permeable Reactive Barrier: Sustainable Groundwater Remediation brings together the information required to plan, design/model, and apply a successful, cost-effective, and sustainable PRB technology. With contributions from pioneers in this area, the book covers state-of-the-art information on PRB technology. It details design criteria, predictive modeling, and application to contaminants beyond petroleum hydrocarbons, including inorganics and radionuclides. The text also examines implementation stages such as the initial feasibility assessment, laboratory treatability studies (including column studies), estimation of PRB design parameters, and development of a long-term monitoring network for the performance evaluation of the barrier. It also outlines the predictive tools required for life cycle analysis and cost/performance assessment. A review of current PRB technology and its applications, this book includes case studies that exemplify the concepts discussed. It helps you determine when to recommend PRB, what information is needed from the site investigation to design it, and what regulatory validation is required.
Water Science --- Ecology - Environment Studies --- ENVIRO --- WATER --- SCI-TECH --- ENVIRONMENTALENGINEERING --- ENVIRONMENTALSCIENCE --- STM
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Covering recent developments in satellite observation data undertaken for monitoring forest areas from global to national levels, this book highlights operational tools and systems for monitoring forest ecosystems. It also tackles the technical issues surrounding the ability to produce accurate and consistent estimates of forest area changes, which are needed to report greenhouse gas emissions and removals from land use changes. Written by leading global experts in the field, this book offers a launch point for future advances in satellite-based monitoring of global forest resources. It gives readers a deeper understanding of monitoring methods and shows how state-of-art technologies may soon provide key data for creating more balanced policies.
Forestry --- Ecology - Environment Studies --- ENVIRO --- AGRICULTURE --- SCI-TECH --- ENVIRONMENTALSCIENCE --- STM --- cover --- data --- inventory --- land --- landsat --- loss --- remote --- resolution --- sensing --- spatial
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"This thought-provoking book demonstrates how processes of landscape transformation, usually illustrated only in simplified or idealized form, play out over time in real, complex landscapes. Trimble illustrates how a simple landscape disturbance, generated in this case by agriculture, can spread an astonishing variety of altered hydrologic and sedi
Geology - Earth Sciences --- Soil Science --- Ecology - Environment Studies --- ENVIRO --- AGRICULTURE --- SCI-TECH --- GEO --- ENVIRONMENTALSCIENCE --- STM --- bank --- coon --- county --- creek --- high --- lower --- main --- terrace --- vernon --- winona
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Typical development in the American Southwest often resulted in scraping the desert lands of the ancient living landscape, to be replaced with one that is human-made and dependent on a large consumption of energy and natural resources. This transdisciplinary book explores the natural and built environment of this desert region and introduces development tools for shaping its future in a more sustainable way. It offers valuable insights to help promote ecological balance between nature and the built environment in the American Southwest-and in other ecologically fragile regions around the world.
Biodiversity --- Planning --- Ecology - Environment Studies --- ENG --- ENVIRO --- CivilEngineering --- SCI-TECH --- ENVIRONMENTALSCIENCE --- STM --- area --- basin --- chihuahuan --- colorado --- great --- metropolitan --- mojave --- phoenix --- river --- sonoran
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