About the Book
Sustainable development is a masterful balance between the economic growth and nature that conserves land, water, plant and animal genetic resources in technically appropriate, economically viable, socially acceptable and environmentally non-degrading manner. Sustainable development neither hinders the social and economic growth of current generation nor exhausts the finite natural resources required for future generations to meet their own needs. It is a realisation of the truth that we are neither the masters of nature nor we have inherited it from our forefathers; instead, we are mere custodian of it for the time during which it passes to our children. Natural resources like minerals, fossil fuels, forests and water are finite. The excessive and wayward growth will only lead to exhaustion of these natural resources and decline of the ecosystem. We are living in a time when the effects of human activities are not only restricted to local and regional environment, but also have global consequences. With this background, volume 1 of the series presents a collection of selected articles on critically important issue of sustainable development being faced by the world community. The highlights of the volume 1 are as under: o An overview of sustainable development o Sustainability indicators and assessment o Environmental pollution and human health o Development of sustainable public transportation systems for Indian metropolitan cities o Tourism adaptation to climate change in the lenses of sustainability o Sustainable management of mircoclimate parameters during summer o Reuse of solid wastes to produce ceramic wall tiles o Investigation of fuelwoods' perspectives in Europe o Potential threats to coastal environment o Biofertilizers from oil palm fibres o Greener techniques for the extraction of dyes and pigments from plants o Ecofriendly biopesticides o Biogreases for environment friendly lubrication o Phytoremediationprocess to save the future generation o Nanotechnology and climate sustainability o Management of available resources for a sustainable future The volume boasts of 16 articles contributed by 40 authors representing 6 nations viz. Brazil, Germany, Greece, India, Malaysia and South Africaaddressing important issues related to the Sustainable Development.
About the Author :
Dr. Rao Y. Surampalli is President and Chief Executive Officer of the Global Institute for Energy, Environment and Sustainability. He was with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) for 29 years and retired as an Engineer Director in October, 2014. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Environmental Engineering from Oklahoma State University and Iowa State University, respectively. He is a Registered Professional Engineer in the branches of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and also a Board Certified Environmental Engineer (BCEE) of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers (AAEE) and a Diplomate of the American Academy of Water Resources Engineers (DWRE). He is an Adjunct Professor in seven universities and distinguished/honorary visiting professor in six universities. Currently, he serves, or has served on 67 national and international committees, review panels, or advisory boards including the ASCE National Committee on Energy, Environment and Water Policy. He also served as President of Civil Engineering Certification (CEC), Inc., that was started by ASCE for Board Certification of various specialties within civil engineering. He is a Distinguished Engineering Alumnus of both the Oklahoma State and Iowa State Universities, and is an elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, an elected Member of theEuropean Academy of Sciences and Arts, an elected Member of the Russian Academy of Engineering, an elected Fellow of the Water Environment Federation and International Water Association, and a Distinguished Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers. He also is Editor-in-Chief of the ASCE Journal of Hazardous, Toxic and Radioactive Waste, past Vice-Chair of Editorial Board of Water Environment Research Journal, and serves on the editorial boards of 8 other refereed environmental journals. He has authored over 600 technical publications in journals and conference proceedings, including 12 patents, 18 books, 115 book chapters, 275 refereed journal papers, and 230 national and international conference presentations and proceedings, and presented over 115 plenary/keynote or invited presentations worldwide.
Dr. Bhola Ram Gurjar is a Professor in Civil (Environmental Engineering) and Head of Centre for Transportation Systems (CTRANS) at India's premier technological institution, Indian Institute of Technology - IIT Roorkee. He holds a PhD in the area of Environmental Risk Analysis from India's premier technological institution I.I.T. Delhi followed by Postdoctoral research at the Max Planck Institute in Mainz (Germany). He has about 25 years' progressive professional experience in industry, teaching, training, research, and consultancy. Professor Gurjar has (co)authored / (co)edited nine books and 140 publications in total. He has received several awards and fellowships including the prestigious Advanced Postdoctoral Research Fellowship of the Max Planck Society (Germany) (2002-2005) and UKIERI Grant to visit Univ. of Surrey (U.K.) (Dec. 2012-Jan. 2013). Based on his outstanding research work at the MPIC - Mainz, the Scientific Steering Committee of the global change SysTem for Analysis, Research and Training (START), Washington, D.C., U.S.A., honored him with the 2004 START Young Scientist Award. He has received the American Society of Civil Engineers' State of the Art of Civil Engineering Award for the year 2014 on the co-edited book "Climate Change Modeling, Mitigation, and Adaptation". He is also co-recipient of The Nawab Zain Yar Jung Bahadur Memorial Medal (best research paper award) from Environmental Engineering Division of The Institution of Engineers (India), Kolkata, for the year 1995-96. The Institution of Engineers (India)'s National Design and Research Forum (NDRF) has awarded him the National Design Award for Environmental Engineering 2011. Prof. Gurjar is fellow and life member of several professional bodies and organizations and serves them actively. For example, Prof. Gurjar has served the Roorkee Local Centre of The Institution of Engineers (India) as Honorary Secretary and Chairman from 2010-2012 and 2012-2014, respectively. Recently, recognizing his significant contribution in the discipline of Environmental Engineering, the Environmental Division Board of the Institution of Engineers (India) has conferred on him the Award of Eminent Environmental Engineer during the Inaugural Session of 31st National Convention of Environmental Engineers held on 6th November, 2015 in Chandigarh, India. He has also received The Institution of Engineers (India) Uttarakhand State Centre's Eminent Engineers Award - 2014. The award was conferred by the Hon. Chief Minister of Uttarakhand on 3rd February 2016 in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India. Dr. Gurjar is among the leading academics and researchers who have worked extensively in the area of environmental science and engineering specially focused on air and water pollution, and environmental quality and health risk assessment, which is reflected in his several highly cited research papers published on these themes.
