文档介绍：Emerging Environmental Technologies
Emerging Environmental
Technologies
Edited by
Vishal Shah
Department of Biology, Dowling College, Oakdale, NY, USA
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Vishal Shah
Dowling College
150 Idle Hour Blvd.
Oakdale NY 11769
USA
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To my parents and Dr. Frantisek Nerud
Preface
In this day and age, it is unfortunate that the economic prosperity and
development leads to disruption of the dynamic balance of the environment.
The philosophy of sustainable development has been presented for a long
period of time but it has not been able to bring about a substantial change in
our society. The transformation of this philosophy into a practical reality
seems to be far away – at least in the foreseeable future. In my opinion, the
only way I see the revolution taking place is for us to incorporate
‘sustainability’ in our daily living and to keep pushing for a sustainable
society. Meanwhile, we also need scientists to work on technologies that
would lead us to that goal at a faster pace. Technologies that are
‘completely’ environmentally friendly are needed urgently. And if such
technologies or ideas of one exists, a platform is required that showcases
such ideas to the scientific and non-scientific audience. Through this book,
I am happy to present the thoughts of seven different research groups whose
work may lead us to the doorsteps of sustainab