Environmental Sustainability Issues in the South Texas-Mexico Border Region (PDF)
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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
· theinfluence 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.
Jianhong Ren is an Associate Professor of the Environmental Engineering Department and Interim Associate Dean of the Frank H. Dotterweich College of Engineering at Texas A&M University-Kingsville. Her research focuses on reactive transport processes in aquatic systems, chemical contamination and observations in fresh and costal water environment, real-time monitoring using cutting-edge sensor technologies, and physicochemical process based environmental system modeling. She has secured numerous research grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. She is a recipient of the 2004 NSF CAREER award, NSF foundation-wide most prestigious award in support of junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through outstanding research, excellent education and the integration of education and research.
Kim D. Jones is a Professor and Chair of the Environmental EngineeringDepartment and Director of the
Harriet Lamm is a research scientist of the Office of Strategic Research Development at the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station. She has been the evaluator and coordinator of numerous research and education programs such as the South Texas Advanced Technology Education project, Texas Collaborative for Excellence in Teacher Preparation, Alliance for the Improvement of Mathematics Skills PreK-16, TAMU-Corpus Christi's Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Talent Expansion Program (STEP), TAMU-Kingsville's Research Experience for Teachers in Manufacturing for Competitiveness in the United States, TAMU-Kingsville's STEP, TAMU-Kingsville's CREST RESSACA, and Texas A&M University System Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation. She also taught mathematics at the secondary and post-secondary levels.
- 2013, 2014, 198 Seiten, Englisch
- Herausgegeben: David Ramirez, Jianhong Ren, Kim D. Jones, Harriet Lamm
- Verlag: Springer-Verlag GmbH
- ISBN-10: 9400771223
- ISBN-13: 9789400771222
- Erscheinungsdatum: 26.08.2013
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