Overview
- Presents current state of the science and application of phytotechnologies
- Reviews progress to use vegetation for management of persistent organic pollutants (POPs)
- Focuses on environmental protection in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia
- Facilitates international exchange of information on environmental cleanup technologies
Part of the book series: NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security (NAPSC)
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Table of contents (13 papers)
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Front Matter
Keywords
- Environmental
- Environmental Management
- NATO
- PEACE
- Phytoremediation
- Science
- Security
- Sub-Series C
- cleanup environmental pollution
- contaminants
- environmental remediation
- pesticide
- phytotechnology applications
- pollution
- soil and water contamination
- water quality and water pollution
- water industry and water technology
- ecotoxicology
About this book
As government and community leaders, private companies, citizens, and applied scientists search for low-cost methods to cleanup environmental pollution, phytotechnologies can contribute to the solution by utilizing natural processes to reduce environmental risk. Phytotechnologies use vegetation to manage environmental contaminants in soil, surface water, and groundwater based on site-specific design considerations that can save 50 to 75 percent of the capital and operating costs compared to conventional remediation and containment technologies. Successful phytotechnology applications are based on scientific knowledge of plant physiology, chemical contaminants, climate, and soil conditions. This book presents current research findings that address soil and water contamination with obsolete pesticides, radionuclides and other inorganic and organic contaminants. This book documents international sharing of information by scientists and stakeholders seeking to use the best available information: to disseminate existing knowledge on phytotechnologies and exchange experience of field-scale applications for cleanup of industrial, agricultural, and wastewater contamination, to assess existing knowledge and identify research needs and directions for future work especially in regard to environmental management in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia, and to promote collaboration between different countries in preparing applications for environmental remediation and restoration.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Application of Phytotechnologies for Cleanup of Industrial, Agricultural and Wastewater Contamination
Editors: Peter A. Kulakow, Valentina V. Pidlisnyuk
Series Title: NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3592-9
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010
Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-481-3590-5Published: 03 November 2009
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-3591-2Published: 03 November 2009
eBook ISBN: 978-90-481-3592-9Published: 24 October 2009
Series ISSN: 1874-6519
Series E-ISSN: 1874-6543
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 198
Topics: Environmental Management, Pollution, general, Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution, Water Industry/Water Technologies, Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology, Ecotoxicology