Overview
- Covers major topics in soil reclamation and waste management and presents a range of approaches to biodiversity conservation
- Provides insights into a broad range of major environmental concerns, which will be beneficial for students and researchers interested in the global environmental crisis and approaches to sustainable development
- Involves integrated approaches to understanding the importance of environmental management systems and policy measures that lead to improved environmental performance
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Table of contents (18 chapters)
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Front Matter
Keywords
About this book
In order to ensure sustainable development, the highest-priority issues include the monitoring and eradication of environmental problems stemming from economic development; virtually every form of economic development primarily results in the loss of forests and thus biodiversity, followed by declining air quality and the contamination of natural resources.
Sustainable development ensures responsible interactions with the environment, so as to minimize the depletion or degradation of natural resources and preserve environmental quality. It involves integrated approaches to understanding the importance of environmental management systems and policy measures that lead to improved environmental performance.
This book addresses the environmental concerns associated with economic development, and with approaches to attaining sustainable economic development, which include monitoring the quality of water resources, soil erosion and degradation of the natural environment.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
During her 17 years of research experience, she has been awarded 3 fellowships by the DST, New Delhi; two projects were pursued at the NBRI-CSIR and one at BBA (Central) University, Lucknow.
To date, she has published 63 scientific articles in prominent national and international journals, has authored one book (‘Lichens to Biomonitor the Environment’ (Springer)) and coedited the books ‘Recent Advances in Lichenology (Springer) and ‘Plant Adaptation Strategies in Changing Environment’ (Springer Nature).
Her areas of interest include secondary metabolite chemistry, interactions between lichen and the environment, and the roleof lichen in the bioremediation of atmospheric fallouts.
Narendra Kumar has obtained his MSc and PhD in Environmental Science from Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar (Central) University, Lucknow, India. An active researcher with 16 years of graduate teaching and research experience, Dr Kumar began his academic career as a project fellow at the National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI-CSIR), Lucknow, India. In 2002, he joined the Department of Environmental Science, Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, CSJM University, Kanpur, India as a Lecturer. Dr Kumar has been working as an Assistant Professor at Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow since 2005. He has published more than 30 research papers and 10 book chapters with reputed national and international publishers.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Environmental Concerns and Sustainable Development
Book Subtitle: Volume 2: Biodiversity, Soil and Waste Management
Editors: Vertika Shukla, Narendra Kumar
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-6358-0
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-13-6357-3Published: 14 May 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-6360-3Published: 15 August 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-981-13-6358-0Published: 30 April 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 427
Number of Illustrations: 40 b/w illustrations, 36 illustrations in colour
Topics: Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution, Sustainable Development, Soil Science & Conservation, Biodiversity, Waste Management/Waste Technology