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Building on the first principles of environmental chemistry, engineering, and ecology, this volume fills the need for an advanced textbook introducing the modern, integrated environmental management approach, with a view towards long-term sustainability and within the framework of international regulations.

The Authors	p. X
Preface	p. XI
Definition, History, Discipline	p. 1
Definition of Environmental Engineering	p. 1
History and Development of Environmental Engineering	p. 3
From Environmental Chemistry and Technology to Environmental Engineering: Understanding and Diversifying Anthropogenic Environmental Influences	p. 20
Meaning of Pollutant Degradation	p. 26
... MORESubstances and Their Sources	p. 43
Transport and Chemical Alteration of Environmental Chemicals	p. 50
Reactions and Effects	p. 53
Examples of Lipophilic Behavior, Accumulation and Toxicity: Kinds and Reasons of Effects Caused by Organotin Compounds	p. 55
The Term "Heavy Metals" and Its (Purported) Chemical and Toxicological Ramifications	p. 57
How to Determine Environmental Pollution	p. 59
From Methods of Trace Analysis up to Understanding the Underlying Processes	p. 59
Inorganic and Organic Compounds	p. 63
Speciation and Concentration	p. 65
Quality Control of Analysis	p. 66
Accreditation of Laboratories	p. 68
Physical Methods in Chemical and Environmental Analysis, Modeling Ecosystems and the Role of Ecotoxicology in Integrative Environmental Sciences	p. 70
Analytical Chemistry	p. 71
Geographical Information Systems	p. 72
Biotest-Biological and Ecotoxicological Implications	p. 74
Locating Soil Pollution Sites by Geoelectric and Other Means	p. 77
Biological System of the Elements	p. 80
Specificity	p. 85
Essentiality	p. 86
Bioavailability	p. 88
Toxicity	p. 91
Information and Communication	p. 93
What Is This Thing Called Information?	p. 94
Information Processing and Communication-The Ratio and Relationship between Subjective and Objective Factors in Processes of Recognition	p. 95
Ways of Producing Knowledge Established in Natural Sciences Lead Us Back to Accepting and Integrating Plurality of Views and Opinions	p. 98
Examples from Environmental Research	p. 101
Performance of Brain and Modern Computers; a Comparison-Artificial Intelligence and the Internet	p. 103
Emotional Intelligence	p. 105
How to Shape Dialogic Education Processes (DEP) as a Future Principle of Communication	p. 107
Ethical Aspects for Society	p. 107
A Market-Based Economy	p. 109
Democracy and Its Limitations	p. 112
Protocol for the Future: Grow along with Your Challenges	p. 114
Thoughts on the Future	p. 114
International Quality Ends	p. 116
Learn How to Learn	p. 117
Transborder and International Regions of Education	p. 119
Think Tanks Can Be Sites and Means of Smart Conflict Handling and Identify Integrative Solutions for Problems of Society	p. 120
How Much Time Is Left for Solutions Taking Care of and Integrating the Present Problems?	p. 120
Conclusion	p. 122
The Compartments of the Environment-Structure, Function and Chemistry	p. 125
The Three Environmental Compartments and Their Mutual Interactions: Lessons for Environmental Situation Analysis and Technologies to be Learned from Comparative Planetology	p. 125
Properties of Earth's Environmental Compartments and Resulting Options to Clean Them	p. 133
Atmosphere	p. 133
The Reactor Concept Applied to the Atmosphere	p. 138
Structure and Layers of the Atmosphere	p. 140
The Atmosphere Acting as a Reactor: the Specific Role(s) of Highly Reactive Species	p. 143
Chemical Peculiarities: Acidic and/or Hydrophilic Gases in the Atmosphere	p. 148
Air is a Multiphase System	p. 149
Catalytic Processes in the Atmosphere	p. 151
Chemical Reactivity, Growth and Removal (Precipitation) of Particles from Atmosphere	p. 155
Conclusions Concerning Air Quality Integrity	p. 156
Water (Fresh-, Marine-, Groundwater)	p. 156
Water as a Medium: Density, Optical and Thermal Properties, and Effects thereof on Biological Processes	p. 157
Chemical Properties and Their Variation	p. 161
Water as a Multiphase System	p. 163
Freshwater, Seawater, Osmotic Pressure, Redox States and Biology	p. 164
Non-Equilibria among Different Water Layers Can Promote Chemistry, Biological Processes and Deposition of Materials	p. 169
Biogeochemical Cycles in Water, Stoichiometric Ecology and the Design of Sewage Treatment Plants Making Use of Biotechnology	p. 170
Soils and Sediments	p. 173
Soil as a Multiphase System	p. 174
Important Chemical Features of Soils	p. 177
Soil as a Bioreactor	p. 178
Gradients Do Form in Soils	p. 180
Perturbations of Soil Development	p. 182
Implications for Soil Sanitation	p. 183
A Comparison among Environmental Compartments: Phase Composition, Miscibility toward Key Reactants and Contaminants, Transparency and Biological Activity	p. 190
Conclusions	p. 195
Innovative Technologies	p. 197
Criteria for Innovation	p. 197
Sustainability	p. 198
National and International Jurisdiction	p. 200
Cost/Benefit Calculations	p. 202
Examples of Innovative Environmental Technologies	p. 203
Precipitation, Adsorption and Immobilization	p. 205
Precipitation	p. 205
Adsorption	p. 208
Immobilization	p. 211
Redox Potentials, Pourbaix Diagrams and Speciation	p. 212
Reaction Kinetics and Hammett Equation	p. 226
When Can Charge Density Patterns Control Kinetics of Entire (Larger) Molecules?	p. 227
Chemical Properties of Aromatic Compounds	p. 228
Kinetic Modeling of Reactions at Non-aromatic Unsaturated Hydrocarbons by the Taft Equation	p. 235
Partition of Volatile Aromatics and Their Respective Oxidation Kinetics between Air and Water: Practical Examples from Environmental Chemistry	p. 237
Activation Barriers versus Catalysis	p. 240
Reaction Kinetics and Mutual Repulsion among Molecules	p. 240
Kinetics, Catalysis, Equilibrium	p. 242
Homogeneous versus Heterogeneous Catalysis	p. 244
Throughflow Equilibria and How to Run a Process	p. 248
Equilibrium, Equilibrium Constant and Reaction Kinetics	p. 248
From Equilibrium Thermodynamics into Flow Systems: Which Are the Effects by Adding and Removing Substances Steadily?	p. 249
Nonlinear Chemical Kinetics Can Occur in Throughflow Systems	p. 251
Flow Equilibria in Biology: The Blueprint and Precondition for Biomimetic Processes	p. 252
The Hard Way into Flow Equilibrium	p. 254
Specific Studies	p. 257
Atmosphere	p. 258
Bioindication and Biomonitoring	p. 258
The Problem	p. 259
Definitions	p. 260
Using Plants as Bioindicators/Biomonitors	p. 263
Comparision of Instrumental Measurements and the Use of Bioindicators with Respect to Harmonization and Quality Control	p. 266
Examples of Bioindication/Biomonitoring: Controlling the Atmospheric Deposition of Chemical Elements by Using Mosses and Spanish "Moss" (Tillandsia usneoides)	p. 267
Conclusion/Outlook: Construction of a Setup for Preventive Healthcare	p. 276
CO₂ Reduction	p. 276
The Problem	p. 276
Applicable Principles and Technical Solutions	p. 285
A Practical Example	p. 291
CO₂-based Radiative Forcing versus Other Sources and Distributions of Waste Heat: What about Nuclear Energy?	p. 294
Conclusion	p. 295
Soils and Sediments	p. 296
Phytoremediation	p. 296
The Problem	p. 296
Purposes of Mitigation of Noxious Effects	p. 297
The Use of Certain Plants and Trees to Clean up Soil	p. 299
The Efficacy of Bioremediation Has Been Determined Chemically	p. 302
Conclusion	p. 304
Ethylenediamine Tetraacetic Acid-Its Chemical Properties, Persistence, Ecological Hazards and Methods of Removal	p. 305
The Problem	p. 305
Fields and Amounts of EDTA Application	p. 306
The Compound and Its Properties: Why a Complexing Agent Makes Trouble	p. 309
Principles of Action (Pathways of EDTA Degradation) and Technical Remediation: A Survey of Chances and Obstacles	p. 314
Practical Experience	p. 320
Conclusion	p. 321
Water	p. 322
Reactive Walls	p. 322
The Problem	p. 322
Principles of Action and Practical Solutions	p. 324
Conclusion	p. 335
Pharmaceuticals in the Environment-Special Emphasis on Diclofenac (Voltaren™)-An Analgetic Agent with Difficult and Interesting Properties	p. 335
The Problem	p. 335
Toxicological Effects to Animals	p. 337
Novel Methods of Removing Diclofenac	p. 339
Energy-One of the Biggest Challenges of the Twenty-first Century. The Need for Renewable Energy	p. 342
The Problems	p. 342
Energy Depletion of Fossil Fuels	p. 342
Climate Protection	p. 346
The Role of Nuclear Power	p. 348
Rethinking to the Way for Ecological Economics	p. 354
Global View of Renewable Energy	p. 355
Renewable Energy in Germany and the Planned Nuclear Exit	p. 366
The Growth Region Ems Axis, Lower Saxony (Northwestern Germany)	p. 367
Conclusion	p. 371
Glossary	p. 373
References	p. 391
Periodic Table of Elements	p. 415
Index	p. 417
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Stefan Fr?nzle, born 1961, is an instructor at Zittau University (Germany), teaching environmental sciences and technology, including analytics and ecotoxicology. His main research interests are applied (environmental) photochemistry, biological element cycles and element management in organisms, including bioinorganic chemistry and ecological stoichiometry. Dr. Fr?nzle has so far (co)published 6 books.

Bernd Markert, born 1958, is Professor of Environmental Technology and former director of the International Graduate School Zittau (Germany). His professional interests include the biogeochemistry of trace substances in the water/soil/plant system, instrumental analysis of chemical elements, eco- and human toxicology of hazardous substances, pollution control by use of bioindicators and technologies for waste management, environmental restoration, and remedial action on soils. Professor Markert has so far (co)published 18 books.

Simone W?nschmann, born 1967, is an environmental scientist. She works on human and ecotoxicology with emphasis on bioindication of trace elements in mammals and human milk. Dr. W?nschmann has so far (co)published 2 books

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