Environment and Sustainable Development

Proceedings of the 2022 7th Asia Conference on Environment and Sustainable Development
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-981-9941-00-1
Verlag: Springer Nature Singapore

Buch, Englisch, 474 Seiten, HC runder Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 898 g

Reihe: Environmental Science and Engineering

This book presents selected papers from the 2022 7th Asia Conference on Environment and Sustainable Development, which was held in Kyoto, Japan, November 4–6, 2022. The event was co-sponsored by the International Network for Environmental and Humanitarian Cooperation, and technically supported by Yokohama National University and the National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan. The book focuses on environmental restoration and ecological engineering, global environmental change and ecosystems management, environmental dynamics, wastewater and sludge treatment, air pollution and control, and environmental sustainability. The volume is a valuable resource for those in both academia and industry.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ujikawa, Keiji

Hullebusch, Eric van

Ishiwatari, Mikio

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltverschmutzung, Umweltkriminalität, Umweltrecht
• Technische Wissenschaften Umwelttechnik | Umwelttechnologie Abfallwirtschaft, Abfallentsorgung
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Ökologie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Wasserversorgung
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltmanagement, Umweltökonomie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Progress in Biosynthesized of Silver Nanoparticles as Sustainable Approach for Photocatalytic Wastewater Treatment.- Impact of Onshore Construction Activities on Sea Water Turbidity.- Characteristics of Natural Organic Matter and Trihalomethanes Formation in The Southern Part of Songkhla Lake Basin.- Characterization and Statistical Multivariate Analysis of Potentially Toxic Elements Contamination of Groundwater in Chiniot Area, Punjab Plain, Pakistan.- A Systematic Literature Review on Rainwater Quality Influenced by Atmospheric Conditions with A Focus on Bangladesh.- Quantification of Flash Flood Runoff Volume Using Morphometric Parameters Towards Sustainability.- Application of the Whale Optimization Algorithm (WOA) in Reservoir Optimization Operation under Investigation of Climate Change Impact: A Case Study at Klang Gate Dam, Malaysia.- Development of Cleaner Production Alternatives in Water Management in a Slaughterhouse in Ecuador: A Case Study.- Analyzing the Impact of Food-Energy-Water Nexus-Based Agricultural Patterns on Regional Water Resources.- Categorization of Urban Basin According to The Runoff Depth: Case Study of Katsushika Ward and Edogawa City Basin, Japan.- ETSim: A Reference Evapotranspiration Estimator and Its Evaluation at the Southern Region of Japan.- Performance Evaluation of a Full-Scale Forced Aerated Municipal Solid Waste Composting System: A Case Study in Kalutara, Sri Lanka.- A Systematic Bibliometric Analysis of Research on Hazardous Solid Waste Management.- Pre-paid System for Waste Minimization and Cost Recovery - A Trial in Gaza Strip, Palestine.- Green Synthesis and Antibacterial Activity of Silver Nanoparticles Synthesized by Syzygium aromaticum and Thymus vulgaris Extracts against Some Oral Pathogens.- Institutional Pressure, Organizational Factors and E-Waste Management Practice: A Study in Telecommunication and Technology Industries.- Life Cycle Assessment of Sugarcane Biorefinery Complex in the Indian Context.- High-Performance Computing Urban Air Pollution 3D Simulation with CFD PALM4U.- Assessment and Policy Recommendations of School Ambient Air Quality during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Abu Dhabi, UAE.- Particulate Matter Phytoremediation Capacity of Four Japanese Roadside Green Biofilters.- Resilience Assessment of Transportation Networks to Climate Change Induced Flooding: The Case of Doha Highways Network.- Achievements, Difficulties and Challenges of Managing and Adapting to Drought and Saltwater Intrusion in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta.- Public Transportation Resilience towards Climate Change Impacts: The Case of Doha Metro Network.- Social Vulnerability Assessment to Natural Hazards in East Malaysia.- Exploring the Significance of Resilience Qualities in the Context of the Middle East Built Environment.- Vegetation Coverage Assessment for Smart Cities Based on the Sentinel Remote Sensing Data: The Case of Zhejiang Province (China).- Monitoring of Agricultural Expansion Using Hybrid Classification Method in Southwestern Fringes of Wadi El-Natrun, Egypt: An Appraisal for Sustainable Development.- Quantifying the Dynamics of Ecosystem Services Value in Response to Decentralization and Regional Autonomy in Indonesia: A Case Study of Southeast Sulawesi Province.- Assessment of Human Health Impact of Particulate Matter Formation from Industry Textile Boiler in Cambodia.- Assessment of Heavy Metals Uptake by Carrot at Different Contamination Levels of Soil.- The Economic Impact of California’s Cap and Trade Program: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis with a Matching Approach.- Computing Digital Footprints: A New Model and Empirical Study.- Comparisons of Organic Acid and Inorganic Acid Pretreatment for Production of Reducing Sugar and Ethanol Production from Coffee Shell.- Hydrogen Fuel Cell for Passenger Railway Transport and Its Deployment in Saudi Arabia.- Deep Eutectic Solvent Pretreatment of Durian Peel for Enhanced Bioethanol Production.

Über Autor(innen)

Keiji Ujikawa is a full professor in the Graduate School of International Social Sciences, Yokohama National University, Japan. He specializes in environmental economics, environmental policy studies, environmental valuation, and economic statistics. Professor Ujikawa's research interests include indicators, decision making, and impact assessment of sustainable development. He is also interested in economic, social, and environmental effects of renewable energy (energy conservation) expansion. In 2002, he received his Doctor of Philosophy in Economics from the Graduate School of Economics and Management, Tohoku University. In 2007, he was a visiting researcher in the Business School at Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China. He published several books and a large number of academic articles, and he served as the representative of research projects. In addition, he has trained many Master’s and Ph.D. students from abroad.

He is an editorial committee member of the Pan Pacific Association of Input–Output Studies (PAPAIOS). He is also a member of the Society for Environmental Economics and Policy Studies (SEEPS) and many other academic organizations.

Mikio Ishiwatari is a senior advisor on disaster management and water resources management at the Japan International Cooperation Agency and a visiting professor at the Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, the University of Tokyo. He has been engaged in projects and research work on disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation, and water issues. He led the formulation of the Japanese assistance policies of climate change adaptation and community-based disaster management.

At the World Bank he worked as a senior disaster risk management specialist and published Learning from Megadisaster: Lessons from the Great East Japan Earthquake. He worked in various positions at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport, Japan, for 17 years. He formulated and supervised national projects on flood risk management and highways in Iwami District as the director of the Hamada River and Road Office, and he was responsible for research and technology development as a senior deputy director for river technology and information. He also worked as an urban development specialist at the Asian Development Bank.

Dr. Ishiwatari was a member of the Committee on Building Resilience to Natural Disasters of the Japan Science Society, and he served as a member of the Advisory Council of Development Assistance in Climate Change Adaptation of the Ministry of Land Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Japan; the Steering Committee of Water and Climate Change of the Asia-Pacific Water Forum; and other committees of government organizations. He holds a Ph.D. in international studies and an M.Sc. in urban engineering from The University of Tokyo.

Eric D. van Hullebusch holds a Ph.D. in aquatic chemistry and microbiology, and he is a full professor in the biogeochemistry of engineered ecosystems at the Université de Paris and Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (Paris, France). His main research interests include environmental technologies and biogeochemistry with special focus on 1) study of metals and metalloids biogeochemistry in engineered ecosystems, 2) biohydrometallurgy of secondary resource streams, and 3) soil bioremediation. Within these research areas, he has published more than 250 papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals and is a co-author of more than 25 book chapters.