Sustainable Environment and Health : Practical Strategies

The United Nations describes sustainable development as “development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” It encompasses the need to incorporate growing concerns about a range of environmental and public health issues with socio-economic affairs. This new book focuses on the goal of implementing greener environment approaches while considering public health and human well-being and economies. The volume presents and examines advances, developments, and the underlying concepts of a healthy urban environment in the areas of water and wastewater treatment, food supply under sustainable development, and chemical contamination.

Leonardo Sepulveda Torre, PhD, is Professor at the School of Chemistry at the Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila, Saltillo, Coahuila, México, where he is also a leader of the Bioprocesses and Microbial Biochemistry Group. He was formerly a collaborator at the Center of Biological Engineering in Uminho, Braga, Portugal. He has published over 35 scientific journal papers, several books, and book chapters, and he holds two national patents.

Ann Rose Abraham, PhD, is Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics at Sacred Heart College, Thevara, Kerala, India. She was formerly affiliated with the Bose Institute, SAHA Institute of Nuclear Physics, Amal Jyothi College of Engineering, and UGC-DAE CSR Centre, India, as well as with various international laboratories. Dr. Abraham is a frequent speaker and has published journal papers, book chapters and more than 25 edited books.

Neha Kanwar Rawat, PhD, is a researcher in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, India. Her main interests include nanotechnology and nanostructured materials synthesis and characterization, with a focus on green chemistry; novel sustainable chemical processing of nano-conducting polymers/nanocomposites; conducting films, ceramics, silicones and matrices, etc. She has published several books, book chapters and research articles in journals.

A. K. Haghi, PhD, is a retired professor and has written, co-written, edited or co-edited more than 1000 publications. He is currently a research associate at the University of Coimbra, Portugal. Professor Haghi has received several grants, consulted for several major corporations, and is a frequent speaker to national and international audiences. He is Founder and former Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Chemoinformatics and Chemical Engineering and Polymers Research Journal. He also served as a member of the Canadian Research and Development Center of Sciences & Cultures.