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This volume describes the most recent advances in the design, research, development, and application of environmental chemical sensors and biosensors. Topics encompass the rational assembly of dynamic macromolecules, biocomponent stability, DNA based biosensors, molecular beacons, electronic nose, multianalyte-transducers, sensor systems and others as tools for environmental monitoring. It provides perspective on how recent works in chemical and biological sensors are meeting the challenges of environmental monitoring through enhanced specificity, fast response times, and the ability to determine multiple analytes with little or no need for sample preparation steps in complex samples. ... Read more

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Biosensors offer clear and distinct advantages over standardanalytical methods for the direct monitoring of environmentalpollutants in the field, such as real-time detection with minimumsample preparation and handling. The present book highlights recentadvantages that will be of great value to a range of scientists,researchers and students dealing with analytical and environmentalchemistry and biosensor technology. It presents recent trends inanalytical methodology for the determination of indoor and outdoorpollutants, advances in DNA, biological and recognition-based sensors,examples of biosensors for use in field and water analysis, biosensorsbased on non-aqueous systems, and recent advances in theminiaturisation and micromachining of biosensors. ... Read more

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Environmental Impacts of Mining is a comprehensive reference addressing some of the most significant environmental problems associated with mining. These issues include destruction of landscapes, destruction of agricultural and forest lands, sedimentation and erosion, soil contamination, surface and groundwater pollution, air pollution, and waste management. The book presents an agenda for minimizing environmental damage and offers solutions for the restoration and remediation of degraded areas. This book is a "must have" for environmental consultants, regulators, planners, workers in the mining industry, geologists, hydrologists, hazardous waste professionals, and instructors in the environmental sciences. ... Read more

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Presents the proceedings of a workshop on radon monitoring. Papers discuss subjects including the results of various surveys of environmental radon levels; monitoring by passive detection; monitoring of radon in water; and EC radioprotection recommendations with special regard to radon. ... Read more

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This is a timely book in light of increasing concern over global warming and environmental pollution. It describes a simulation system based on sets of computer algorithms for comprehensive analysis of data from global and regional monitoring systems. Chapters in the theoretical part of the book contain descriptions of rigorous algorithms and global environmental models. The applied part considers specific problems of environmental dynamics in areas such as the Arctic and the Caspian-Aral Seas. The purpose of this book is to develop a universal information technology to estimate the state of environmental subsystems functioning under various climatic and anthropogenic conditions. Applied mathematicians, hydrologists, geophysicists, socio-economists and other researchers of global change will find a wealth of information in this book. ... Read more

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This book is written in a simple, straightforward manner without complicated mathematical derivatives. Compiled by experienced practitioners, this guide covers topics such as basic principles of vadose zone hydrology and prevalent monitoring techniques. Case studies present actual field experiences for the benefit of the reader. The Handbook provides practitioners with the information they need to fully understand the principles, advantages, and limitations of the monitoring techniques that are available.The Handbook of Vadose Zone Characterization & Monitoring expands and consolidates the useful and succint information contained in various ASTM documents, EPA manuals, and other similar texts on the subject, making it an invaluable aid to new practioners and a useful reference for seasoned veterans in the field. ... Read more

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Handbook of Vadose Zone Characterization & Monitoring
This is a well written and well organized book offering a great deal of information on this complicated three phase system.The authors explain the partitioning of the contaminant flow into nonaqueous, dissolved, gaseous and sorbed phases.The authors have also made an effort to discuss problems and limitations related to vadose zone monitoring which I have found useful when developing workplans and understanding and interpreting data. ... Read more

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Monitoring the environment and its various compartments is of great importance for future environmental protection. This text represents the state-of-the-art in sampling, storing and characterizing specimens from evironmental, biological and human origin for environmental monitoring. Important storage facilities and the underlying philosophy and strategies are discussed in detail. Emphasis is also given to the analytical characterization of banked samples and the preparation of related reference materials. ... Read more

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This collection of papers addresses the neglected area of environmental monitoring and enforcement. The editor makes clear that this aspect of environmental economics has received scant attention by professionals formulating and implementing policy. Clifford Russell sees the origins of environmental monitoring and enforcement literature as coming from two major roots: the economics of "crime and punishment"; and the choice of policy instruments. His aims in organizing this collection of essays were: to give a feel for the development of the field of environmental monitoring and enforcement over time, and particularly how it expanded from its early ties into the instrument choice literature and yet how ties to the newest instruments-choice fashion, the provision of information, show up as well; to show the reader a fair sampling of the methods and models that have been adopted by the field's contributors; to suggest where some interesting problems and promising methods seem to lie in the year 2000. ... Read more

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Stringent legislation is forcing manufacturing industry to be aware of the impact its operations have on the environment, in order to control and reduce the affect of those operations. Increasingly sophisticated equipment is required for this monitoring, and development of that equipment and strategies for its use is a multi-disciplinary field involving chemists, analytical scientists and engineers. This volume is divided into two parts, the first introducing the reader to the various sensor systems and illustrating the advantages and disadvantages those systems have for monitoring programmes, and the second introducing the problems associated with environmental monitoring, and showing how the sensors discussed in the first section can be applied to produce a thorough monitoring programme. ... Read more

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The purpose of environmental protection must be designed to meet the demands of an environment under progressively greater strain. In an effort to address future environmental challenges, one important goal must be the effective management of inorganic contaminants of surface water, this book provides an information base for the control of inorganic contaminants in an era of reduced environmental commitment. Considered are 24 of the most important inorganic contaminants of surface water, each systematically characterized under seven categories - production, sources and residues, chemistry, bioacumulation, toxic effects to aquatic organisms, health effects, drinking water and recommendations. This volume presents the most comprehensive and up-to-date survey of all major inorganic contaminants of surface water. Its systematic approach permits easy reference and exceptional facility with the text; its detailed emphasis on research and monitoring priorities offers an invaluable treatment for researchers and policy makers both.This book will have broad interest for environmental scientists, engineers, and managers concerned with environmental protection chemistry, and toxicology, municipal engineering, and public health. ... Read more