Publisher's Synopsis
Ecology is the scientific analysis and study of interactions among organisms and their environment. The text Ecology and Applied Environmental Science addresses the impact of contemporary environmental problems by using the main principles of scientific ecology. It presents a variety of scientific ecological issues and examine a range of environmental problems while considering potential engineering, scientific, and managerial solutions. Multivariate analysis techniques in environmental science have been presented in first chapter. In second chapter, we discuss the contamination of environment with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in India. Third chapter presents an epidemiological profile of Taranto NPCS residents analyzing different health indicators available at municipality level. In fourth chapter, an analysis of the environmental flow standard and examples of the suggested hydrological methods are presented. In fifth chapter, we review soil water content, pedotransfer functions, and some infiltration models applicability for two land-use types. Sixth chapter identifies three types of model environmental cities in China and examines their levels of energy-related carbon emissions using a bottom-up accounting system. Seventh chapter discusses how to cultivate a value for non-human interests through the convergence of animal welfare, animal rights, and deep ecology in environmental education. In eighth chapter, we present a transformative model that merges urban design and ecology into an inclusive, creative, knowledge-to-action process. The aim of ninth chapter is to highlight the key factors relevant to their integration in an environmental lean management system, both of positive terms (lights) and possible barrier (shadows). Tenth chapter focuses on ecology and eScience. A bibliometric analysis of global forest ecology research during 2002-2011 has been proposed in eleventh chapter. Size-energy relationships in ecological communities have been established in twelfth chapter. Last chapter represents a contribution to the evaluation of the seismic hazard in Breginjski kot, which is among the most endangered seismic areas in Slovenia.
