Environmental sustainability issues in the South Texas-Mexico Border Region [electronic resource] / David Ramirez, Jianhong Ren, Kim D. Jones, Harriet Lamm, editors.
Ramirez, David, editor of compilation. author.
2013
GE315.T4
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Title
Environmental sustainability issues in the South Texas-Mexico Border Region [electronic resource] / David Ramirez, Jianhong Ren, Kim D. Jones, Harriet Lamm, editors.
ISBN
9789400771222 electronic book
9400771223 electronic book
9789400771215
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7122-2
Published
Dordrecht : Springer, [2013?]
Copyright
©2014
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xi, 198 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Item Number
10.1007/978-94-007-7122-2 doi
Call Number
GE315.T4
Dewey Decimal Classification
333.7
Summary
This book highlights the environmental sustainability problems specific to the South Texas-Mexico border region, on both sides of the Rio Grande, focusing on water and air pollution. The region is beset by climate extremes, from severe drought conditions to hurricanes, providing specific challenges for the ecosystems and the populations existing within the region. The water pollution research centers on: the Rio Grande and its feeder creeks, the outflows into the intercoastal waterways, marshes, lagoons, and bays, previously deposited metals in waterways, impacts of concentrated discharges on downstream receiving waters, hydrological conditions in a pilot-scale constructed wetland, water quality treatment ability of wetlands, the recovery of nutrient removal activity after major flooding damage and inundation. The air pollution research focuses on: the effects of air pollution on an individual's health in municipalities on the Rio Grande and in interior cities, the transport of ultrafine particles and other pollutants from industry and automotive sources, the influence of climate on air quality in the study cities. While the research centers on challenges of the South Texas-Mexico border region, findings and recommendations will be beneficial to researchers in other regions facing similar problems.
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Includes index.
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Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed September 3, 2013).
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Ramirez, David, editor of compilation. author.
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From the contents: Introduction to Environmental Sustainability Issues in the South Texas Mexico Border Region
Pollution and Lifestyle Causes of Asthma and Allergies among School Children of Tamaulipas, Mexico in the U.S.-Mexico Border Region
Environmental Health Indicators for the Border Region between South Texas and Northeastern Mexico
Characterization of Ultrafine Particles and Other Vehicular Pollutants near an International Bridge in United States - Mexico Border Region
Evaluating the Impacts of Emissions and Global Temperature Perturbations on Air Quality in South and Central Texas
Manufacture and Physical Characterization of Wood-Derived Activated Carbon from South Texas Mesquite for Environmental Applications
Assessment of Nutrient and Heavy Metal Levels in Manadas Creek, an Urban Tributary of the Rio Grande in Laredo, Texas
Antimony and Arsenic Isotope Distribution in a Semi-Arid Creek during the Wet Season
Characterization of Brackish Groundwater Desalination.

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