Pollution Control : Management, Technology and Regulations.

Intro -- POLLUTION CONTROL: MANAGEMENT, TECHNOLOGY AND REGULATIONS -- POLLUTION CONTROL: MANAGEMENT, TECHNOLOGY AND REGULATIONS -- LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 ORGANIC WASTE VALORIZATION IN AGRICULTURE AND ITS ENVIRONMENTAL RISK IMPLICATIONS -- Abstract -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1. The Problem: Presence of Organic and Inorganic Contaminants -- 1.2. Pollutants Transfer -- 2. Environmental Risk Assessment -- 2.1. Existing Fate and Exposure Models -- 3. Case Study: Assessing the Reuse of Cattle Manure in Pastureland -- 3.1. Rationale and Description of the Area of Study -- 3.2. ERA Model -- 3.2.1. Fate Model -- 3.2.2. Exposure Model -- - Metal Concentrations in Cattle -- - Human Exposure Pathways -- Ingestion of Meat and Milk -- Ingestion of Soil -- Dermal Absorption of Soil -- Inhalation of Resuspended Particles of Soil -- 3.2.3. Risk Characterization -- 3.3. Integration of the ERA Model in a Software Platform: Risk-Based Decision Tool -- 3.3.1. Calculation Options -- 3.3.2. Results Obtained from the Risk-Based Model -- References -- Chapter 2 CONTAMINATION? NATURAL AND ANTHROPIC STRESSORS ON FRESHWATER DECAPOD CRUSTACEANS -- Abstract -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1. Stressors in a Modern World -- 1.2. South America and their Ecological Hydro Systems -- 1.3. Stress on the "Del Plata" System -- 2. Decapod Biodiversity -- 2.1. Environment Type and its Relationship with the Decapods -- 3. The Action of Stress and Reaction of the Decapods -- 3.1. The Case of the Xenobiotic: Input in Decapods -- 3.2. Internal Changes in Decapods: Molecular Interactions -- 3.3. Cell Modifications After Environmental Stress -- 3.4. Response of Freshwater Decapods after Environmental Stress -- 3.4.1. The Behavior Level -- 3.4.2. Osmoregulation and Metabolic Level -- 3.4.3. Growth Patterns and Their Changes.

3.5. Effects on Reproduction -- 3.6. Lethal Effect And Survival -- 4. Interspecific Interactions in a Stressed Environment -- 5. Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3 NONPOINT POLLUTION CONTROL FOR CROP PRODUCTION IN CHINA -- Abstract -- 1. Status of Non-point Pollution from Crop Production in China -- 1.1. Non-Point Pollution From Synthetic Fertilizers -- 1.2. Status of Eutrophication of Chinese Lakes -- 2. Reasons for Non-point Pollution from Crop Production in China -- 2.1. The Pressure for High Levels of Food Self-sufficiency in China -- 2.2. The Fast Development of Vegetable Production -- 2.3. Unbalanced Nutrient Inputs to China's Agrosystems -- 2.4. Rapid Development of Intensive Livestock Production with Limited Treatment of Organic Wastes -- 2.5. Inadequate Agricultural Extension System -- 2.5.1. UnderIinvestment -- 2.5.2. Mis-allocation of Investment Funds -- 2.5.3. Over-Staffing -- 2.5.4. Poor Quality of Extension Staff -- 2.5.5. Large Amounts of Time That Have To Be Spent on Duties not Related to Extension -- 2.6. Overuse of Nitrogen Fertilizer Because of the Failure to Take Account of the Agronomic, Economic and Environmental Optimum Application Rate -- 2.7. Over-Fertilization Behaviour of Farmer Under Open Market Conditions -- 3. Policy Recommendations to Reduce Non-point Pollution from Agriculture in China -- 3.1. Policy Recommendations -- 3.1.1. Reassessment of China's Grain Self-Sufficiency Requirements -- 3.1.2. Change the Regional Structure of Grain Production -- 3.1.3. Promote Farmers Associations -- 3.1.4. Raise Environmental Awareness throughout China -- 3.2. Improvements in Environmental Legislation Recommendations -- 3.2.1. Tighter Controls on the Discharge of Organic Waste -- 3.2.2. Promotion of the Recycling of Organic Manure -- 3.2.3. Prevention of Pesticides Pollution -- 3.3. Improvement of Technology Delivery Systems.

3.3.1. Monitoring the Farmland Quality and Environmental Capacity -- 3.3.2. Reform the Agricultural Extension System -- 3.3.3. Widen the Uptake of Proven High Efficiency Fertilization Technology -- 3.3.4. Implementation of Comprehensive River Basin Planning and Management -- References -- Chapter 4 POLLUTION MANAGEMENT: 4'M CONCEPT -- Abstract -- Introduction -- M: Man [1 - 4] -- M: Money [4] -- M: Material [4, 7] -- M: Management [4] -- 1. Maximizing the Collaboration -- 2. Minimizing the Problem -- References -- Chapter 5 PATHWAY ANALYSIS, ALTERNATIVE NODE ALLOCATION AND DECISION MAKING: TOOLS FOR MANAGEMENT OF CASES OF POLLUTION -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Pathway Analysis -- Alternative Node Allocation [3 - 6] -- Decision Making [3 - 6] -- References -- Chapter 6 TRADE AND GLOBAL POLLUTION UNDER DYNAMIC GAMES OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY -- Abstract -- 1.Introduction -- 2.TheModel -- 2.1.Autarky -- 2.2.IntegratedWorldMarket -- 3.CooperationonEnvironmentalPolicy -- 3.1.TheCooperativeSolutionunderAutarky -- 3.2.TheCooperativeSolutionunderFreeTrade -- 3.3.TheEffectsofTrade -- 4.DynamicNoncooperativePolicyGames -- 4.1.ThePolicyGameEquilibriumunderAutarky -- 4.2.ThePolicyGameEquilibriumunderFreeTrade -- 5.TheEffectsofTradeunderNoncooperativeEnvironmentalPolicy -- 5.1.Steady-StatePollutionLevels -- 5.2.Steady-StateWelfare -- 6.SegmentedMarkets -- 7.Conclusion -- AppendixA:ProofofProposition1 -- AppendixB:DerivationoftheMarkovPerfectNashEquilibria -- AppendixC:ProofofProposition3 -- References -- INDEX.

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