Editors:
Focuses on next generation technologies that would help to attain the sustainable development
Covers different categories of green technologies (e.g. biofuels, renewable energy sources, phytoremediation etc.) in a nutshell
Provides an integrated approach to sustainable environment that will be of interest not only to environmentalists but also to agriculturists and soil scientists
Aims to bridge the gap between the scientists and policy makers
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (18 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Renewable Energy
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Front Matter
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Remediation Technologies
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About this book
Editors and Affiliations
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Environmental Science, Periyar University, Salem, India
P. Thangavel
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Plant Biotechnology, SBT, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, India
G. Sridevi
About the editors
Dr. P. Thangavel is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Science, Periyar University, Salem, Tamil Nadu, India. His area of specialization is Soil Ecology and Phytoremediation, Biofortification and Biofuels. After his doctoral program in Environmental Sciences in 2002 at Bharathiar University, he has worked as a Visiting Scientist/Post Doctoral Research Associate in United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Durham, New Hampshire, USA and Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, PR China. His Post Doctoral research is on phytochelatins and polyamines in metal detoxification mechanism in various tree/hyperaccumulator species using high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). He has been keen to widen his academic attainments and to his credit he has published more than 40 original research articles/book chapters in reputed National and International journals and participated 75 conferences. Further, he served as an editorial board member and reviewer for many journals and book chapters. He has professional affiliation with several academic bodies including ASPB-USA, ESA-USA, ISES-USA, PHYTONET-Italy, INSCR-New Delhi, ISEB-Lucknow and ISCA-Kolkata.
Dr. G. Sridevi is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Plant Biotechnology, School of Biotechnology, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India. Her area of specialization is plant molecular biology, metagenomics, and RNA silencing. Earlier, she has worked as post doctoral researcher in University of New Hampshire, USA and South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, PR China. She has published many research articles in reputed National and International journals. Further, she has also contributed book chapters in Springer and CRC Press Publications.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Environmental Sustainability
Book Subtitle: Role of Green Technologies
Editors: P. Thangavel, G. Sridevi
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2056-5
Publisher: Springer New Delhi
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer India 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-81-322-2055-8Published: 19 November 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-81-322-2952-0Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-81-322-2056-5Published: 06 November 2014
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 324
Number of Illustrations: 26 b/w illustrations, 32 illustrations in colour
Topics: Sustainable Development, Ecology, Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology, Renewable and Green Energy