Book Series: World Scientific Series on Advances in Environmental Pollution Management

Dr. Dharmendra K. Gupta
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, India

Dr. Clemens Walther
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany

About the Series

The proposed series of books will provide recent advancements in pollution management emphasizing treatment processes and remediation of legacies, waste and toxic substances including radioactive material of anthropogenic and natural origin in the environment. Pollution whether of anthropogenic or natural origin (like volcanic eruption) affects the environment and may harm humans. Partly pollution is a consequence of the increasing use of land and energy resources due to the strongly growing population of our planet (from 2.7 billion in 1955 to 8 billion in 2022). In order to preserve our environment, waste must be managed in an appropriate manner, and contaminated areas need to be remediated. The proposed series will hence focus on technical and biological remediation techniques. These include techniques already widely used but also recent developments and related scientific research.

Pollution is widespread through water, soil, and air. Many cities and rural areas of the world face the challenge of pollution management. Heavy metals (including radioactive materials) and different chemicals (including pesticides, hydrocarbons and refinery waste) account for partly considerable pollution of the environment. Uncontrolled waste dumping endangers the environment and may cause large-scale contamination of soil, water or air. Varying interests of different stakeholders like government and industries became proactive in their approach to pollution prevention and early mitigation to protect the environment. However, classical pollution management strategies like physico-chemical treatments are expensive and suffer process inherent limitations. However, recent scientific research shows the feasibility of large-scale technological developments based on remediation measures which are sustainable for mankind to deal with these multiple problems of pollution.

In the last decades, the progression in this field is enormous. Green technologies, such as phytoremediation or phytofixation, offer solutions to handle the situation. Use of biota for pollution remediation is a natural treatment process. Varieties of microorganisms (fungi, bacteria, viruses) are enormously capable of degrading a range of substances. Further, plants are considered green livers which can remediate polluted components of the environment.

The books in this series will address available and upcoming remediation strategies and current research and development needs. The series is intended to serve as important reference material for students, teachers, developers, policy makers and implementers who are dealing with similar topics.

To submit new book proposals to this series, please download the World Scientific Book Proposal Form and email the completed form to Dr. D.K. Gupta, Dr. Clemens Walther, and Nisha Das.