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Nonpoint Source Nitrogen Pollution

Challenges, Solutions, and Sustainable Approaches

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  • common:contributors.editors Tonni Agustiono Kurniawan, Abdelkader Anouzla
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Non-Point Source Nitrogen Pollution: Challenges, Solutions, and Sustainable Approaches delves into the origins, effects, and obstacles associated with non-point source nitrog… seeMoreDescription

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Non-Point Source Nitrogen Pollution: Challenges, Solutions, and Sustainable Approaches delves into the origins, effects, and obstacles associated with non-point source nitrogen pollution. It offers a comprehensive examination of the challenges and possibilities surrounding nutrient management in addressing nitrogen pollution, as well as the interplay between nitrogen pollution and climate change. This book focuses on non-point sources of nitrogen pollution, which refers to more diffuse and widespread sources like atmospheric deposition and runoff from agricultural fields. It explores a broader range of nitrogen pollution sources, including agricultural practices, climate change impacts, and soil quality degradation. Nitrogen's impact on public health and the environment, nitrogen cycling in ecosystems, and the role of nitrogen management in the era of Industry 4.0 will also be examined.

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  • Offers global perspectives on non-point source nitrogen pollution by including case studies from different regions
  • Includes diverse case studies that enhance the understanding of the challenges and solutions associated with non-point source nitrogen pollution on a global scale
  • Highlights the problems and impacts of non-point source nitrogen pollution but also focuses on solutions and strategies for sustainable nitrogen management

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Scientists, researchers, engineers, students, academicians, and managers interested in environmental science, nitrogen pollution, food security, sustainability, and climate change

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Section I: Emission sources of nitrogen pollution

1. Nitrogen pollution: Problems, sources, and Impacts

2. Nutrient pollution: A persistent threat to waterways in China

3. Use of nitrogenous fertilizers and its impact on water quality and climate change in the USA

4. Impact Nitrogenous fertilizers on water quality and climate

5. Environmental impacts of nitrogen use in agriculture

6. Impacts of climate change on global food security in India

7. Reactive nitrogen threats to public health and environment

8. Nitrogen emission trends, drivers and impacts in Asia-Pacific region

9. Nitrogen cycling in the ecosystem and its role in air, water and soil pollution

10. Impacts nitrogen cycle in the ecosystem in air, water, and soil pollution

11. Nitrogen Pollution: Impacts on Air, Soil, Water, Biodiversity, and Climate

Section II: How does nitrogen pollution decrease soil quality?

12. Nitrogen as a threat to soil quality in Mediterranean region

13. Impacts of nitrogen pollution on soil properties

14. Implications of nitrogen (N) cycling on soil microbial activity

15. Soil pollution prevention and remediation using physico-chemical and biological technologies

16. Soil pollution remediation strategies and their environmental impact.

Section III: Toward a Sustainable nitrogen management

17. Techno-economic assessment of nitrogen management to combat climate change

18. Trade off and synergy between effective nitrogen management and climate change mitigation

19. Developing a roadmap for sustainable nitrogen management in the EU

20. Advancing Nitrogen (N) Recovery from Landfill Leachate: A Brief Review of Membrane Contactor Technology for N Recovery from Landfill Wastewater

21. The role of nitrogen to sustain global food security

22. Nitrogen management in era of Industry 4.0: Progress, Opportunities and challenges for agricultural farming

23. Sustainable Solutions Investigated for Nitrogen Pollution

24. Non-Point Source Nitrogen Pollution in Agriculture: Challenges and Solutions

25. Non-point source nitrogen pollution impact and challenges: current issues in Asia

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Tonni Agustiono Kurniawan

Dr. Tonni Agustiono Kurniawan’s degrees include a B.Sc. in chemistry from the Bogor Agricultural University (Indonesia), a M.Sc. in environmental technology from the Thammasat University (Thailand), and a Ph.D. in applied chemical technology from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (China). He is the author of over 130 peer-reviewed publications in ISI-rated journals, 26 conference proceedings, including 9 book chapters and 6 monographs on waste to energy and wastewater treatment. He received the 2010 Green Talent Award from German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), the 2013 Young Scientist Award from the World Economy Forum (WEF) (Switzerland), and the 2014 Scope-Zhongyu (France) for his outstanding research contribution to the fields of study. Elsevier and Stanford University (US) listed him among the top 2% of highly cited scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences.
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College of Environment and Ecology, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China

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Abdelkader Anouzla

Dr. Abdelkader Anouzla received his Ph.D. in Science & Technology at Hassan II University -Faculty of Science and Technology Mohammedia, specializing in water treatment. Dr. Abdelkader ANOUZLA has published almost 85 peer-reviewed articles and Nine books. As well as being a guest speaker at several conferences, he has also published numerous proceedings. He has experience in water and wastewater, solid waste management, environmental chemistry, pollutants in soil, study and characterization of waste, recycling, and reuse of waste to produce new materials, and air pollution. Anouzla conducts research in the areas of water and waste treatment, wastewater treatment plant operation, leachate discharge treatment, solid waste sorting, technical landfill management, and composting of solid waste and sludge from wastewater treatment plants, the Algae as a Natural Solution for Water-Food-Energy nexus and Microplastic pollution in the environment, digitalization in the water sector, Saving water in business and irrigation, nitrogen pollution.

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Professor, Laboratory of Process Engineering and Environment, Faculty of Science and Technology, Hassan II University, Mohammedia, Morocco

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