This book collects the latest advances, innovations, and applications in the field of environmental science and sustainable development, which were presented by scholars and researchers at the 2021 6th Asia Conference on Environment and Sustainable Development, held in Phuket, Thailand, November 6-8, 2021. The book covers highly diverse topics, including environmental dynamics, global environmental change and ecosystems management, environmental restoration and ecological engineering, water treatment and reclamation, environmental sustainability, health and the environment, wastewater and sludge treatment, solid waste management, air pollution and control. The contributions, which were selected in a rigorous international peer-review process, highlight numerous exciting ideas that will spur novel research directions and foster multidisciplinary collaborations.

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Keiji Ujikawa is a full professor in the Graduate School of International Social Sciences, Yokohama National University, Japan. He specializes in environmental economics, environmental policy studies, environmental valuation, and economic statistics. Professor Ujikawa's research interests include indicators, decision making and impact assessment of sustainable development. He is also interested in economic, social, and environmental effects of renewable energy (energy conservation) expansion. In 2002, he received his Doctor of Philosophy in Economics from the Graduate School of Economics and Management, Tohoku University. In 2007, he was a visiting researcher in the Business School at Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China. He published several books and a large number of academic articles, and he served as the representative of research projects. In addition, he has trained many Master's and Ph.D. students from abroad. He is an editorial committee member of the Pan Pacific Association of Input-Output Studies (PAPAIOS). He is also a member of the Society for Environmental Economics and Policy Studies (SEEPS) and many other academic organizations. Mikio Ishiwatari is a senior advisor on disaster management and water resources management at the Japan International Cooperation Agency, and a visiting professor at the Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo. He has been engaged in projects and research work on disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation, and water issues. He led the formulation of the Japanese assistance policies of climate change adaptation and community-based disaster management. At the World Bank he worked as a senior disaster risk management specialist and published Learning from Megadisaster: Lessons from the Great East Japan Earthquake. He worked in various positions at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport, Japan, for 17 years. He formulated and supervised national projects on flood risk management and highways in Iwami District as the director of the Hamada River and Road Office, and he was responsible for research and technology development as a senior deputy director for river technology and information. He also worked as an urban development specialist at the Asian Development Bank. Dr. Ishiwatari was a member of the Committee on Building Resilience to Natural Disasters of the Japan Science Society, and he served as a member of the Advisory Council of Development Assistance in Climate Change Adaptation of the Ministry of Land Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Japan; the Steering Committee of Water and Climate Change of the Asia-Pacific Water Forum; and other committees of government organizations. He holds a Ph.D. in international studies and an M.Sc. in urban engineering from The University of Tokyo. Eric D. van Hullebusch holds a Ph.D. in aquatic chemistry and microbiology, and he is a full professor in the biogeochemistry of engineered ecosystems at the Université de Paris and Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (Paris, France). His main research interests include environmental technologies and biogeochemistry with special focus on 1) study of metals and metalloids biogeochemistry in engineered ecosystems, 2) biohydrometallurgy of secondary resource streams, and 3) soil bioremediation. Within these research areas, he has published more than 250 papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals and is a co-author of more than 25 book chapters.

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l Environmental Pollution and Management

Evaluating the Potential of Vegetation to Capture Pollutants in Urban Environment

Miguel Martins, Lujain Hadba, Paulo Mendonça, Lígia T. Silva

Reference Levels for Heavy Metals in Soil in the City of Cerro de Pasco - Peru - 2020 Heiner Saldaña, Cesar Muñoz, Doris Esenarro, Ciro Rodriguez, Pedro Amaya

Urban Environmental Risk Spatial Pattern Assessment Supported by Remote Sensing and GIS - Shanghai, China

Qianqian Yang and Yishao Shi

A Review on RES Energy Transition-Climate Change Interaction Effects

Dimitris Karamanis

Socially Engaged Buddhism of Kalmykia: Land Degradation and the Ecological Initiatives of the Central Khurul

Bato Dondukov, Galina Dondukova, Oyuna Dorzhigushaeva

Preliminary Concentration-Response Functions on the Relationship between Long-Term PM2.5 Exposure and Incidence and Prevalence of Depression Based on Systematic Review and a Meta-Analysis

Ying Li and Mengmeng Zhang

Global INDCs Gap, Dilemma and Innovative Path of Carbon Sink Increase

He Hu, Weiguo Fang, Tingyu Luo and Guoliang Jin

Effect of Hedgerows on CO Diffusion from Vehicle Exhaust Emissions in Street Canyons

Xin Jiang, Changzhao Qian, Changping Chen l Environmental Chemical Engineering and Wastewater Treatment

Synthesis of Green Nano Composite Using Sugar Cane Waste for the Treatment of Cr ions from Waste Water

M. Amin Mir

Heavy Metal Water Pollution: Transport and Transformation, Impacts and Treatment Technologies

Guoye Ma, Lingyun Jia The Removal Effect of Organic Pollutants by Different Fillers in Constructed Rapid Infiltration System

J B Zhang, M L Zhu, P L Xu, H Jiang, Y L Han

Comparative Study on Nitrogen Removal Efficiency of Surface Water by Three New Combined Processes of Autotrophic Denitrification

H Jiang, M L Zhu, Y L Han, J B Zhang, P L Xu

Development of a Composite Solid Desiccant Dehumidifier for Ventilation Air

Srimuk Jintana, Chirarattananon Surapong, Chaiwiwatworakul Pipat, Nathakaranakule Adisak, Rakkwamsuk Pattana, Chiarakorn Siriluk

l Hydrology and Water Resources Management

Applicability Analysis of Hydrological Models in the Middle and Upper Reaches of Yangtze River

Xin Yang, Jianzhong Zhou, Wei Fang, Yurong Wang

Analysis on the Response of Lake Level Changes: A Hybrid Stepwise-Cluster Factorial Approach

X. B. Zhai, Y. P. Li

Seepage Experiment on a Permeable Dam Formed by Debris Flow from River Tributaries Fu-Ming Chang

Assessment of Climate Change Impacts on Streamflow - A Case Study of Naryn River Basin, Central Asia

Jiansen Wu, Guohe Huang, Jing Liu, Li Sun, Jie Sun

Joint-Risk Evaluation of Extreme Precipitation Using Copulas

L Sun, J Sun, Y P Li

Optimal Allocation of Flood Control Capacity of Multiple Reservoir System

Hongya Qiu, Jianzhong Zhou, Lu Chen, Yuxin Zhu

Experimental Study for Optimizing of Low Impact Development Facilities in Taiwan

Fu-Ming Chang

l Green Building Technology and Urban Planning Design of Green Infrastructure for the Revaluation of the Ventanilla-Peru Wetlands and the Protection of the Environment

Doris Esenarro, Joseline Quijano, Ciro Rodriguez, Jennifer Arteaga, Karina Hinojosa Effect of the Window Design Features on Natural Ventilation

Inoka Manthilake, Anusha Wijewardane, Rumesh Rangana

How to Make Green Building Certification & Rating Systems more Pandemic-Sustainable?

A Tleuken, G Tokazhanov, M Guney, A Turkyilmaz, and F Karaca

Assessing Risk Factors in the Implementation of Green Building Projects: Empirical Research from Vietnam

Hung D Nguyen, Quang N H …