Bøger af Cohen Foster

Environmental engineering is the creation of infrastructure and procedures for waste disposal, water supply, and pollution control. It is a broad field that incorporates hydrology, geology, microbiology, chemistry, mathematics, ecology, hydraulics and economics. Hydrology refers to the study of water cycling through various reservoirs on the Earth. It focuses on the effects of climate on the water cycle and the distribution of water in the atmosphere, subsurface and surface. It also studies the chemistry of water from different sources. The vast majority of hydrologic applications involve surface water systems such as estuaries, rivers, and open-channels. Geographically, the study of hydrology is divided into three areas, namely, surface water hydrology, groundwater hydrology (hydrogeology), and marine hydrology. Some of the major areas of study within hydrology are hydrogeology, hydrometeorology, drainage-basin management, water quality and surface hydrology. This book contains some path-breaking studies in the field of hydrology and environmental engineering. It consists of contributions made by international experts. Scientists and students actively engaged in these fields will find this book full of crucial and unexplored concepts.

Water and environmental engineering is an area of engineering that aims to address environmental issues related to air, water and soil. It deals with the development and management of water resources; designing hydraulic structures such as dams and tunnels; water quality engineering; water resources engineering; outdoor and indoor air quality engineering; ocean engineering; and hazardous waste management. Entropy is referred to as a measure of the disorder or randomness of a system. It has been used to solve numerous issues in geographical, earth, and environmental sciences. In the field of water and environment engineering, it has numerous applications in areas such as water distribution networks, sediment transport, river flow forecasting, and water monitoring network design. This book aims to shed light on some of the unexplored aspects of entropy and its applications in water and environmental engineering. It will also provide interesting topics for research, which interested readers can take up. A number of latest studies have been included to keep the readers up-to-date with the global concepts in this area of study.