Lead Toxicity Mitigation: Sustainable Nexus Approaches
Lead Toxicity Mitigation: Sustainable Nexus Approaches

Author: Nitish Kumar

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2024-01-13

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 3031461460

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This edited book brings together a diverse group of researchers to address the challenges posed by global mass poisoning caused by lead contamination of soil and plants. Lead is among the elements that have been most extensively used by man over time. This has led to extensive pollution of surface soils on the local scale, mainly associated with mining and smelting of the metal and addition of organic lead compounds to petrol. Release of lead to the atmosphere from various high-temperature processes has led to surface contamination on the regional and even global scale. Lead is particularly strongly bound to humic matter in organic-rich soil and to iron oxides in mineral soil and is rather immobile in the soil unless present at very high concentrations. In addition, plants grown on lead-rich soils incorporate lead and thus the concentration of lead in crop plants may be increased. Lead enters in the food chain through consumption of plant material. A high concentration of lead has been found to be harmful to vegetation. As the lead concentration increases, it adversely affects several biological parameters and eventually renders the soil barren. The book sheds light on this global environmental issue and proposes solutions to contamination through multi-disciplinary approaches. This book contains three sections. First section describes the different sources and distribution of lead in soil and plant ecosystems. Second section explains the health risks linked to lead toxicity. Third section addresses sustainable lead toxicity mitigation strategies using the potential applications of recent biological technology. This book is a valuable resource to students, academics, researchers, and environmental professionals doing field work on contamination throughout the world.

Honey
Honey

Author: Rajesh Kumar

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2024-08-21

Total Pages: 237

ISBN-13: 1040106315

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The book entitled Honey: Nutraceutical and Therapeutic Significance contains comprehensive information on honey with regard to its cosmeceutical, nutritional, and pharmacological significance. This book volume contains a total of 12 chapters related to different aspects of honey contributed by experts in the field, providing enormous knowledge about the nutraceutical and the role of different therapeutic strategies across the globe. Each chapter has the latest references and citations so that readers may get the latest knowledge in the field. This book volume shall offer the readers state-of-the-art records on the proposed topic and established research in the area. Each chapter shall integrate semantic and pragmatic facts about honey and its connection with animal physiology. Emphasis shall be placed on exploring and correlating all possible physiological disorders/diseases that can be controlled/or cured using honey. This book shall benefit scholars, students, and professionals especially those working in the areas of food science/industry, taste physiology, pharmacology, folk medicine, and Ayurveda. With a compelling blend of scientific insights and practical applications, this book serves as the definitive guide to unleashing nature's power for health and healing.

A Nexus Approach for Sustainable Development
A Nexus Approach for Sustainable Development

Author: Stephan Hülsmann

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2020-11-10

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 3030575306

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This book explores how integrated management of environmental resources via a nexus approach can help in achieving the respective Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It provides conceptual considerations but mainly practical examples on how to implement a nexus approach in cities and multifunctional land-use systems to increase resource use efficiency and develop a low carbon economy. After sketching out the background and conceptual outline, contributions to the book explore key aspects of the nexus implementation. Specifically, they • Demonstrate how to sustainably use organic waste and wastewater for agriculture, • Explore examples on how to manage multifunctional land-use systems including multipurpose reservoirs, • Highlight the importance of economic incentives for successful nexus implementation, and • Provide a comprehensive perspective on challenges and opportunities of implementation, considering peer-to-peer learning, indigenous knowledge, and stakeholder participation. The chapters in this book shed a new light on key aspects of the interrelation between SDGs and the nexus approach in resilient cities and multifunctional land-use systems, and provide specific examples on how to advance sustainable resources management.

Environmental Nexus Approach
Environmental Nexus Approach

Author: Sartaj Ahmad Bhat

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2024-08-29

Total Pages: 421

ISBN-13: 1040115489

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Environmental Nexus Approach: Management of Water, Waste, and Soil establishes linkages between environmental resources, such as water, waste, and soil, in order to facilitate sustainable management of these resources. It shows the nexus approach as a policy-relevant means of environmental management by focusing on integrated management of water, waste, and soil resources. It synthesizes interdisciplinary theory, concepts, definitions, models, and findings involved in complex global sustainability problem-solving, making it an essential guide and reference. It includes real-world examples and applications making the book accessible to a broader interdisciplinary readership. Features: Explores cutting-edge developments in the environmental nexus approach of water, waste, and soil. Introduces the key mechanisms regarding antibiotic resistance genes, microplastics, and other emerging contaminants in the water, waste, and soil nexus. Investigates the fate and behavior of heavy metals, polyaromatic hydrocarbons, plastics, and pesticides in soil systems and their risk assessment. Provides insights into the latest developments, current research perspectives, technology development, critical thinking, and societal requirements of the environmental nexus between water, waste, and soil. This book is aimed at graduate students and researchers in environmental science and engineering, environmental engineering, and waste management.

Implementing the Water-Energy-Food- Ecosystems Nexus and Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
Implementing the Water-Energy-Food- Ecosystems Nexus and Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals

Author: Cesar Carmona-Moreno

Publisher: IWA Publishing

Published: 2021-09-15

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 9781789062588

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The book’s primary intention is to serve as a roadmap for professionals working in developing countries interested in the Nexus Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystems (WEFE) approach. The book shows a multi-disciplinary approach, showcasing the importance of the proper use of Nexus WEFE when implementing certain development programs in regions around the globe. It can be presented as a manual for an individual that either wishes to implement intervention projects following the NEXUS approach or students interested in cooperation and development. The book begins with a general explanation of the theoretical concepts and implementation processes of Nexus WEFE and continues getting into case studies, explaining the importance of proper implementation and potential drawbacks and solutions to them. This book has a particular focus on the European Union cooperation policies when implementing such an approach in developing countries.

Managing epidemics: key facts about major deadly diseases
Managing epidemics: key facts about major deadly diseases

Author: World Health Organization

Publisher: World Health Organization

Published: 2023-11-14

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 9240083197

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Epidemics and pandemics of infectious diseases are occurring more often, and spreading faster and further than ever, in many different regions of the world. The background factors of this threat are biological, environmental and lifestyle changes, among others. A potentially fatal combination of newly-discovered diseases, and the re-emergence of many long-established ones, demands urgent responses in all countries. Planning and preparation for epidemic prevention and control are essential. The purpose of the Managing epidemics handbook is to provide expert guidance on those response. Building on the first edition, the second edition provides concise and basic up-to-date knowledge with which World Health Organization country representatives can advise Ministries of Health to respond effectively and rapidly at the very start of an outbreak. Part I of the handbook provides insights on epidemics of the 21st century and offers context on the upsurge of recent epidemics. Part II has been updated and offers 10 key facts about 19 deadly diseases including tips on the interventions required to respond. Part III presents various Tool boxes that summarize guidance on several important topics. The handbook focuses on practical and indispensable things to know about infectious diseases that are most important for national, political and operational decision-makers; it also links readers to more exhaustive WHO guidance.