Survival and Sustainability: Environmental concerns in the 21st Century

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Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Characterization of Serratia sp. K1RP-49 for Application to the Rhizoremediation of Heavy Metals....Pages 3-13
Predators in ‘Agri-environmental’ Sweden: Rural Heritage and Resistance Against Wolf Propagation....Pages 15-27
Seas, Ecological Balance and Sustainable Environment. Heavy Metals in the Water of Lake Ohrid and in Fish Species Belbica – Alburnus alburnus alborella de Filippi....Pages 29-36
Space Analysis and the Detection of the Changes for the Follow-Up of the Components Sand-Vegetation in the Area of Mecheria, Algerie....Pages 37-49
Biodiversity and Actual Status of Narta and Dukati Lagoons in Albania....Pages 51-60
Approximation of Sea Surface to Optimize Tide Gauge Network....Pages 61-66
Improvement of Germination of Three Endemic Species of the Sierra Nevada (S. Spain)....Pages 67-73
Early Growth of Quercus castaneifolia (C.A. Meyer) Seedlings as Affected by Weeding, Shading and Irrigation....Pages 75-84
The Role of Plant Diversity in Sustainable Exploitation in Highland Rangelands (Alborz Mountain – Iran)....Pages 85-89
Role of Indigenous People in Conservation of Biodiversity of Medicinal Plants: An Indian Case Study....Pages 91-101
Stand Structure and Spatial Patterns of Trees in Mixed Hyrcanian Beech Forest, Iran....Pages 103-116
Nutrient-Food Chain Modeling for Lake Prespa....Pages 117-127
Tolerance of Different Wild Oats Biotypes to Different Oat Killers and Their Impact on Wheat....Pages 129-136
Effects of l -Proline and Cold Treatment on Pepper ( Capsicum annuum L.) Anther Culture....Pages 137-143
Examination of Some Parameters for Ecological Growth of Maize in Pelic Vertisol....Pages 145-149
Effect of Bacterial and Fungal Abundance in Soil on the Emission of Carbon Dioxide from Soil in Semi-arid Climate in India....Pages 151-161
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The Evaluation of Sustainability of Organic Farms in Tuscany....Pages 165-177
Evaluation of the Sustainability on Cultural Heritage and Environmental Factors in Architecture from a Tourism Point of View: Ayvalik Historical City Center....Pages 179-186
Preserving the Mediterranean Landscape: The Role of Local Traditional Food....Pages 187-194
Climate Change Critical to Cultural Heritage....Pages 195-205
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Cultural Landscapes and Conservation Issues: Side Case....Pages 207-221
Survival of the Vernacular Environments in North Cyprus Through Sustainable Tourism Implementation....Pages 223-234
Environmental Basis of Sustainable Tourism Along Sensitive Coastal Areas – Principles and Applications....Pages 235-241
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Medical Waste Survey in a University Hospital: Do Intern Doctors and Emergency Nurses Know and Pay Attention to Segregation of Wastes?....Pages 245-252
An Investigation of Appropriate Economic Instruments for Preventing the Negative Impacts of Construction Projects on the Environmental Utility....Pages 253-265
“Breaking Eco-limits” in Coal Mining in the Ústí Region in the Czech Republic: Possibilities, Decision-Making and Consequences....Pages 267-278
Relationship Between Tourist Education and Development Perception About Environmental Impact of Tourism Development....Pages 279-287
Assessment of Dangerous Substances Release from Construction Products to Environment....Pages 289-301
Challenges of the Implementation of the WEEE Directive in the Danish Context....Pages 303-314
A Sustainable and Economically Recycling Real Estate Development Project: A Case Study for Istanbul Park....Pages 315-327
Analysis of Land Use Changes in Nigeria: With Application of Integrated Bio-economic Spatial Model....Pages 329-340
Green Marketing Willingness of Bulgarian Market: Comparison with Italy....Pages 341-352
The Distribution of Carcinogenic Heavy Metals in Cyprus Soil....Pages 353-359
Biotechnology: A Powerful Tool for Human Survival and Sustainability....Pages 361-370
Ecotourism – Environment Relationship in Contemporary Eastern Europe Countries. Its Facts, Myths and Challenges. The Case of Albania and Macedonia....Pages 371-381
Earthquake is Manmade Catastrophe Rather than a Natural Disaster: Turkey....Pages 383-389
Mitigation of Seismic Risk on Earthen Buildings....Pages 391-400
Land Use Conversion and Agricultural Intensification in Tropical Hill Slopes: A Geographical Approach....Pages 401-421
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Role of Renewable Energy in Development of Self Sufficient Housing in Developing Countries....Pages 425-434
Energy and Environmental Significance of an Alternative Fuels Utilization Produced with to Liquid Technology....Pages 435-445
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Sustainability Concept for Energy, Water and Environment Systems....Pages 447-469
Energy and Sustainable Development: Environmental Impacts of Energy Use in Africa....Pages 471-479
Economizing the Energy Consumption in Circular Surface Aerator....Pages 481-489
Sewage Biogas Conversion into Electricity by Using Small Systems....Pages 491-497
Algae Biofuels as a Possible Alternative to Environmentally Doubtful Conventional Methods of Biodiesel Production....Pages 499-510
Investigation of Combustion Kinetics of Five Waste Wood Samples with Thermogravimetric Analysis....Pages 511-520
On Integration of Mirror Collector and Stirling Engine for Solar Power System....Pages 521-531
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Antioxidant Activities of Molokhia ( Corchorus olitorius L.) Extracts....Pages 535-543
Solid Medical Waste Management in Healthcare Centers in Palestine....Pages 545-555
Sustainable Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) in Hospital Buildings....Pages 557-565
The Regional Level of Microelements in the Food Materials....Pages 567-580
Microbiological Pollution Levels of Some Vegetable Specimens Taken From Public Markets of Three Central Towns of Konya-Turkey....Pages 581-590
Assessment of Metal Pollution Based on Multivariate Statistical Modelling of Soils from Gediz and Buyuk Menderes Rivers....Pages 591-598
A Commonly Used Pesticide Endosulfan in Diet Could Cause Hepatomegaly and Kidney Tumor When Combined with Nitrosamines....Pages 599-605
Effect of Different Time and Temperature of Various Cooking Methods on Sulfonamide Residues in Chicken Balls....Pages 607-613
Reassessment of Tritium Dose Coefficients....Pages 615-621
Approaches on H5N1 Avian Influenza Spreading in Relation with Human Health Risk....Pages 623-633
The Relationship Between Infant Methemoglobinemia and Environmental Exposure to Nitrates....Pages 635-640
West Nile Virus: Risk Factors of Spreading, Prevention and Control Measures....Pages 641-652
The Determinants of Improved Water Supply for Rural Households in Kenya: A Differential Diagnosis Framework for Community Health....Pages 653-663
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Health Effects Due to Indoor Air Pollution....Pages 665-676
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Promotion of Nursery School Teacher and Junior Grade Teacher Education for Environment and Sustainable Development in the Republic of Croatia According to the Concept of Lifelong Learning....Pages 679-690
Spatial Analyses for Environmental Impacts of Landfill Areas....Pages 691-697
The Ethical Basis of Environmental Law....Pages 699-705
The Creation of New Ways of Acting in the Water Administration Field – the Implementation of the EU-WFD in Sweden....Pages 707-717
Education for “Sense of Place” in a Wide, Complex Land. A Challenge for Environmental Education....Pages 719-728
The Humanly Dimension of Media that Affects Masses and Various TV Programmes....Pages 729-739
Engaging the Public in Environmental Decisions: Strategies for Environmental Education and Communication....Pages 741-749
Reconstruction of the Worldview as Strategy for Environmental Survival and Sustainability....Pages 751-758
Public Participation in Environmental Decision-Making on Major Energy Projects in Turkey: The Case of BTC Crude Oil Pipeline Project....Pages 759-768
From Human Social “Matrix” to Perception of Social Structures and Corporate Actors....Pages 769-776
Negative Effects of Creating Environmental Awareness of Public Relations Applications by Alming of Political Propagandas....Pages 777-782
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Monitoring of Wetlands by Using Multitemporal Landsat Data; A Case Study from Fethiye – Turkey....Pages 785-793
Analyzing Changes in Coastal Biospheres using Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System Techniques, Northern Nile Delta, Egypt....Pages 795-803
Exploring the Egyptian Terrain Characteristics from Space for Strategic Planning....Pages 805-814
Composting and Solid Waste Management in Dhaka City....Pages 815-824
Assessment of Dissolved Pollutants in Krishna River Using Mass Balance Approach....Pages 825-829
Copper (II) Removal from Water by Natural Zeolites....Pages 831-840
Biodegradation of 4-Chlorophenol in Biosurfactant Supplemented Activated Sludge....Pages 841-849
Use of Silk Industry Waste – Silkworm Pupa: A Remediation of Environmental Pollution....Pages 851-859
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Using Susceptibility Measurements on Polluted Areas by Exhaust Gases....Pages 861-873
Biowaste as a Resource for Bioproduct Development....Pages 875-883
Textile Azo Dyes Decolourization by Combined Ultrasonication and Microbial Removal....Pages 885-892
Identification of Wastewater Leaching into the Wells by HPLC-SEC Using UV and Fluorescence Detection....Pages 893-897
Removal of Methylene Blue from Aqueous Solution Using Cotton Stalk: As a Bioadsorbent....Pages 899-906
Removal of Cyanide from Solutions by Air Oxidation and Adsorption....Pages 907-916
Effects of Various Backwash Scenarios on Membrane Fouling in a Membrane Bioreactor....Pages 917-929
NO x Formation of Co-combustion of Sweet Sorghum – Lignite (Orhaneli) Mixtures in Fluidised Beds....Pages 931-941
Pretreatment of Ceftriaxone Formulation Effluents: Drawbacks and Benefits....Pages 943-953
Reducing the Toxicity and Recalcitrance of a Textile Xenobiotic Through Ozonation....Pages 955-965
Bioidentification of Xenobiotics in Water as a Part of Pollution Control....Pages 967-971
Biosorption of CR +6 from Aqueous Solution with Activated Sludge Biosolids (Ref. NO: MT11-OP-475)....Pages 973-984
Effect of Chromium on Growth Attributes in Sunflower ( Helianthus annuus L.)....Pages 985-994
Use of Surfactants in Soil and Groundwater Remediation....Pages 995-1004
Co-digestion Approaches to Organic Fraction of Municipal Solid Waste with Primary Sludge for a Municipal Treatment Plant in Turkey....Pages 1005-1014
Radiochronological Methods as Tools to Study Environmental Pollution....Pages 1015-1022
Are Certain Invertebrate Species Sensitive Bioindicators of the Air Pollution?....Pages 1023-1035
Determination of Heavy Metal Pollution in Some Honey Samples from Yozgat Province, Turkey....Pages 1037-1043
Removal of Direct Orange-46 from Aqueous Solutions Using MN-Diatomite....Pages 1045-1053
Environmental Problems from the Open Dump in Gümüşhane Province and Investigation of Biological Recycling for the Organic Solid Wastes....Pages 1055-1063
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Adsorption Behavior of Radionuclides, 137 Cs and 140 Ba, onto Solid Humic Acid....Pages 1065-1085
The Fate of Chlortetracycline During the Anaerobic Digestion of Manure from Medicated Calves....Pages 1087-1096
Adsorption of Methylene Blue from Aqueous Solution onto Bentonite....Pages 1097-1106
The Evaluation of the Pb(II) Removal Efficiency of Duckweed Lemna Minor (L.) from Aquatic Mediums at Different Conditions....Pages 1107-1116
Biodegradation of a Tannery and Chemical Plant Producing Asetilsalisilikat Wastewater Mixture....Pages 1117-1125
Boron Removal in Seawater Desalination by Reverse Osmosis Membranes – the Impacts of Operating Conditions....Pages 1127-1137
Respirometric Evaluation of Strong Wastewater Activated Sludge Treatment for a Complex Chemical Industry....Pages 1139-1148
Cellulose Acetate-Polyethersulfone (CA-PS) Blend Ultrafiltration Membranes for Palm Oil Mill Effluent Treatment....Pages 1149-1159
Rehabilitation of Wastewater Treatment Plant of Sakhnin City in Israel by Using Advanced Technologies....Pages 1161-1169
Removal of Mn(II) Ions from the Aqueous Solutions by Cotton Boll....Pages 1171-1179
Optimization of Electrochemical Oxidation of Textile Dye Wastewater Using Response Surface Methodology (RSM)....Pages 1181-1191
Dynamic Modelling of Bioconversion of Domestic Wastewater Sludge for Cellulase Enzyme....Pages 1193-1202
Treatment of H-Acid Containing Wastewater by Wet Peroxide Oxidation....Pages 1203-1212
Ambient Ozone Levels in the Eastern Mediterranean Region and Assessment of Its Effect on the Forested Mountain Areas of Southern Turkey....Pages 1213-1223
Physico-chemical Study of Bagasse and Bagasse Ash from the Sugar Industries of NWFP Pakistan and Remediation of Environmental Problems Caused by Refused Bagasse Ash....Pages 1225-1235
Adsorption of Different Reactive Dyes onto Surfactant-Modified Zeolite: Kinetic and Equilibrium Modeling....Pages 1237-1254
Water Quality Index for Municipal Water Supply of Attock City, Punjab, Pakistan....Pages 1255-1262
Reaction Kinetics of Spent Reactive Dye Bath Ozonation Process....Pages 1263-1273
Copper Adsorption from Aqueous Solutions by Usıng Red Mud – An Aluminium Industry Waste....Pages 1275-1282
Global Warming: How Much of a Threat to Tropical Forests?....Pages 1283-1292
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The European Sea Level Service Information System for Coastal Activities....Pages 1293-1299
A Review on the Impact of the North Sea – Caspian Pattern (NCP) on Temperature and Precipitation Regimes in the Middle East....Pages 1301-1312
Wave Damping and Retardance by Emergent Vegeatation....Pages 1313-1320
The Effect of Sludge History on Aerobic Sludge Stabilization Efficiency....Pages 1321-1326
Morphological and Physiological Features of an Aerobic Granular EBPR Biomass Fed with Propionate....Pages 1327-1341
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Water Quality Variation in a Tank Cascade Irrigation System: A Case Study from Malagane Cascade, Sri Lanka....Pages 1345-1353
Investigation of Flood Event Possibility over Iran Using Flood Index....Pages 1355-1361
Analysis of First-Flush Load from Urban Catchment in Isfahan, Iran....Pages 1363-1367
Assesment of Ecological Flow for Mountain Rivers of the Kura Basin....Pages 1369-1379
Effictiveness of Water Resources Use in Aral Sea Basin and Lower Reaches of the Amu Darya River....Pages 1381-1396
Uncertainties in the Water Budget Computations of Develi Closed Basin in Turkey....Pages 1397-1407
Impacts Assessment of Newly Constructed Highways via Spatial Information Sciences....Pages 1409-1420
Water Resources in the Slovak Republic and Their Protection....Pages 1421-1432
E-Waste Management....Pages 1433-1438
Extreme Rainfall Events and Uncertainty in the Mediterranean Basin....Pages 1439-1448
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An Investigation of Pesticide Transport in Soil and Groundwater in the Most Vulnerable Site of Bangladesh....Pages 1451-1462
Conservation of Beneficial Insects for Sustainable Agriculture....Pages 1463-1468
Organochlorine Pesticides in Soil and Sediment from an Urban Zone of Novi Sad, Serbia....Pages 1469-1481
Conversion of Agricultural Wastes into Value Added Product with High Protein Content by Growing Pleurotus ostreatus....Pages 1483-1490
Plants as a Source of Biopesticides for Pest Control: A New Perspective....Pages 1491-1500
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Study of Some Factors of Variation of intake on Course by Dairy Ewes....Pages 1501-1507
Back Matter....Pages 1509-1514