Environmental Engineering and Sustainable Design 2nd edition

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• Chapter 1: Sustainability, Engineering, and Design
  • 1.1: Human Development Index
  • 1.2: Sustainable Development and Social Ethics
  • 1.3: Sustainable International Development and the Essential Needs of People
  • 1.4: Engineering and Developing Communities
  • 1.5: Definitions of Sustainability
  • 1.6: Populations and Consumption
  • 1.7: Technical Approaches to Quantifying Sustainability
  • 1.8: Productivity, consumption, and the Ecological Footprint
  • 1.9: The Difficulty of Environmental Valuation
  • 1.10: Summary
  • 1: Chapter Quiz
  
  
• Chapter 2: Analyzing Sustainability Using Engineering Science
  • 2.1: Elemental Analysis
  • 2.2: Solubility and Henry's Law Constant
  • 2.3: The Ideal Gas Law
  • 2.4: Chemistry of Natural Systems
  • 2.5: Equilibrium Models for Estimating Environmental Impacts
  • 2.6: Environmental Fate and Partitioning of Chemicals
  • 2.7: Summary
  • 2: Chapter Quiz
  
  
• Chapter 3: Biogeochemical Cycles
  • 3.1: Energy and Material Flows in Ecosystems
  • 3.2: Biogeochemical Cycles
  • 3.3: The Hydrologic Cycle
  • 3.4: Watersheds and Runoff
  • 3.5: Water Budget
  • 3.6: Nutrient Cycles
  • 3.7: Summary
  • 3: Chapter Quiz
  
  
• Chapter 4: Material Flow and Processes in Engineering
  • 4.1: Material Balances with a Single Reaction
  • 4.2: Material Balances with Multiple Materials
  • 4.3: Material Balances with Reactors
  • 4.4: Defining the Order of Reactions
  • 4.5: Half-Life Doubling Time
  • 4.6: Consecutive Reactions
  • 4.7: Reactors and Material Flow
  • 4.8: Reactor Models
  • 4.9: Summary
  • 4: Chapter Quiz
  
  
• Chapter 5: Natural Resources, Materials, and Sustainability
  • 5.1: Sustainability and Natural Resources
  • 5.2: The Nature of Natural Resources
  • 5.3: From Natural Resources to Engineered Materials
  • 5.4: Sustainability and the Linear Materials Economy
  • 5.5: Waste Management and Material Life Cycles
  • 5.6: Summary
  • 5: Chapter Quiz
  
  
• Chapter 6: Hazardous Substances and Risk Assessment
  • 6.1: Understanding Hazard and Risk
  • 6.2: Legal Frameworks for Managing Hazardous Substances
  • 6.3: Risk Assessment
  • 6.4: Hazardous Waste
  • 6.5: Radioactive Waste Management
  • 6.6: Summary
  • 6: Chapter Quiz
  
  
• Chapter 7: Water Quality Impacts
  • 7.1: The Water Crisis
  • 7.2: Water Quality Parameters
  • 7.3: Modeling the Impacts of Water Pollutants
  • 7.4: Water Treatment Technologies
  • 7.5: Summary
  • 7: Chapter Quiz
  
  
• Chapter 8: Wastewater Treatment
  • 8.1: Wastewater Treatment
  • 8.2: Preliminary and Primary Treatment
  • 8.3: Secondary Treatment
  • 8.4: Nutrient Removal
  • 8.5: Tertiary Treatment
  • 8.6: Sludge Treatment and Disposal
  • 8.7: Water Recycling and Reuse
  • 8.8: Summary
  • 8: Chapter Quiz
  
  
• Chapter 9: Impacts on Air Quality
  • 9.1: Air Quality History and Regulations
  • 9.2: Health Effects of Air Pollutants
  • 9.3: Estimating Emissions of Air Pollutants
  • 9.4: Dispersion of Air Pollutants
  • 9.5: Air Pollutants from Combustion Processes
  • 9.6: Air Pollution Control Technologies
  • 9.7: Global Impacts of Air Pollutants
  • 9.8: Summary
  • 9: Chapter Quiz
  
  
• Chapter 10: The Carbon Cycle and Energy Balances
  • 10.1: Climate Science History
  • 10.2: Carbon Sources and Emissions
  • 10.3: The Carbon Cycle, Carbon Flow Pathways, and Repositories
  • 10.4: Global Energy Balance
  • 10.5: Global Energy Balance and Surface Temperature Model
  • 10.6: Green Gases and Effects
  • 10.7: Climate Change Projections and Impacts
  • 10.8: Carbon Dioxide Mitigation, Capture, and Storage
  • 10.9: Summary
  • 10: Chapter Quiz
  
  
• Chapter 11: Energy Conservation, Development, and Decarbonization
  • 11.1: The Challenge of Decarbonization
  • 11.2: Energy and Natural Resources
  • 11.3: Carbon Footprinting and Embodied Energy
  • 11.4: Decarbonization Through Energy Conservation
  • 11.5: Decarbonization Through Low- and No-Carbon Resources
  • 11.6: Decarbonization Through Electrification
  • 11.7:The Water-Energy-Food Nexus
  • 11.8: Summary
  • 11: Chapter Quiz
  
  
• Chapter 12: Designing for Sustainability
  • 12.1: Sustainable Design in Context
  • 12.2: Sustainable Design Philosophies
  • 12.3: Ecological Approaches to Design in Practice
  • 12.4: Chemistry, Carbon, and Circularity in Practice
  • 12.5: Green Engineering and Green Chemistry in Practice
  • 12.6: Product Design Strategies
  • 12.7: Designing for Value Recovery
  • 12.8: Designing for Process and System Sustainability
  • 12.9: People-Centered Design
  • 12.10: Summary
  • 12: Chapter Quiz
  
  
• Chapter 13: Industrial Ecology
  • 13.1: Industrial Metabolism
  • 13.2: Eco-Industrial Parks (Industrial Symbiosis)
  • 13.3: Materials Flow Analysis (MFA)
  • 13.4: Embodied Energy
  • 13.5: Summary
  • 13: Chapter Quiz
  
  
• Chapter 14: Life Cycle Analysis
  • 14.1: Life Cycle Thinking
  • 14.2: Life Cycle Assessment Framework
  • 14.3: Impact Categories
  • 14.4: Impact Assessment
  • 14.5: Human Toxicity and Risk Analysis in LCA
  • 14.6: Summary
  • 14: Chapter Quiz
  
  
• Chapter 15: Assessing Alternatives
  • 15.1: Alternative Assessment
  • 15.2: Elements of AA
  • 15.3: Example: Assessing Alternatives to Antifouling Boat Paints in Washington
  • 15.4: Governmental USES of AA
  • 15.5: Business Use of AA
  • 15.6: Resources
  • 15.7: Summary
  • 15: Chapter Quiz
  
  
• Chapter 16: Sustainability and the Built Environment
  • 16.1: Land-Use and Land-Cover Change
  • 16.2: Land-Use Planning and Its Role in Sustainable Development
  • 16.3: Environmentally Sensitive Design
  • 16.4: Green Building
  • 16.5: Energy Use and Buildings
  • 16.6: Summary
  • 16: Chapter Quiz
  
  
• Chapter 17: Challenges and Opportunities for Sustainability in Practice
  • 17.1: The Diffusion and Adoption of Innovations
  • 17.2: The Economics of Sustainability
  • 17.3: The Role of Government
  • 17.4: Social Justice and Sustainability in Wealthy Countries
  • 17.5: Summary
  • 17: Chapter Quiz