1st Edition

Sustainable Development Environment, Energy and Water Resources

By M. K. Ghosh Roy Copyright 2011
    384 Pages
    by CRC Press

    The over-exploitation of the Earth’s resources has brought about an unsustainable situation where biodiversity and ecological balance are under dire threat. But the most immediate concern is global warming, caused by high anthropogenic emission of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Global warming is upsetting the climate pattern. Climate change is threatening the Earth with severe drought and floods, storms, and cyclones; rising sea levels from the general warming of sea water and melting of glacial and Arctic ice; inundation of low coastal areas by the rising sea; disruption in the agricultural crop pattern; and serious problems with regard to availability of fresh water. With the prescience of all these serious challenges facing the earth, the book attempts to engage the learned, researchers, graduate students, and social activists and work for the mitigation of and adaptation with global warming and climate change.

    Overview of Sustainable Development
    Global Sustainability-An Overview
    Multi-Sectoral Resources Review Towards Sustainability
    Technology Solution for Global Sustainability
    Economic and Governance of Sustainable Development

    Challenges of Environment
    General Atmospheric Pollution
    Automobile Emissions
    Depletion of Ozone Layer
    Problem of Acid Rain
    Global Warming and Climatic Changes
    Carbon Emission Scenario
    Climate Change and Carbon Trading

    Challenges of Energy
    Global Energy Challenges
    Nuclear Energy
    Biomass Energy
    Solar Energy-A Promising Alternative Power Source
    Wind Energy and Power
    Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Fuel Technology
    Hydro-Energy
    Other Energy Challenges

    Challenges of Water Resources
    Overview of Global Water Resources
    Challenges of Indias Water Resource
    Indian Water Resources II
    Urban Water Supply-A Dual Water System

    References
    Index

    Biography

    Prof. M.K.Ghosh Roy, after obtaining his B.Tech.(Hons) in Naval Architecture from IIT, Kharagpur and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the Bombay University, worked for three decades in design and engineering, publishing large number of papers in India and abroad in the Transaction of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects, London and Japan. He served the industry in senior management, until he was invited to become a senior Professor at IIT Madras.