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Blue Sky, Blue Water by Sneha Gautam (Hardback)
£91.99
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Product Ref. (e.g. ISBN, SKU)
9781041011101
Published:
19 Dec 2025
Format:
Hardback
Number of pages:
344 pages
Dimensions:
229mm
Weight:
0.453kgs
Author:
Blue Sky, Blue Water is a comprehensive resource that explores the dynamic intersection of air pollution, climate resilience, and water governance in the 21st century. This scholarly book brings together cutting-edge research, case studies, and strategies aimed at promoting environmental sustainability and public health.
Blue Sky, Blue Water is a timely and comprehensive resource that explores the dynamic intersection of air pollution, climate resilience, and water governance in the 21st century. This scholarly book brings together cutting-edge research, case studies, and innovative strategies aimed at promoting environmental sustainability and public health. Spanning eighteen chapters, it offers both conceptual and real-world perspectives across diverse regions and scientific disciplines.Key themes covered in this volume include in-depth analysis of air pollution's health effects, microplastic risks, climate extremes, and advanced wastewater treatment techniques such as nanotechnology and blockchain-based governance. The book also highlights the value of traditional knowledge and community-based water conservation, bridging science with practice. Readers will benefit from multidisciplinary insights and practical recommendations for sustainable policy-making and environmental stewardship.This book is an essential resource for researchers, environmental scientists, policymakers, urban planners, and students in environmental studies and public health. Its broad thematic coverage and global relevance make it suitable for academic institutions, government agencies, and non-governmental organizations focused on creating a sustainable and equitable future.
About the Author: Sneha Gautam is an Associate Professor in the Division of Civil Engineering at Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences, Coimbatore, India. He earned his PhD (Engineering) from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, and his MTech (Environmental Science and Engineering) from IIT-ISM Dhanbad. After his PhD, he joined INCLEN and the University of California, Berkeley, as a researcher, followed by a Post-Doctoral FellSpatio-temporal Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan, and pursued postdoctoral research at NCTU, Taiwan. His name has been featured consecutively (2021-2024) in Stanford University's Top 2% Scientists of the World list.Suneel Kumar Joshi is a distinguished hydrogeologist and landscape restoration expert with over 15 years of multidisciplinary experience across hydrology, groundwater modelling, river science, remote sensing, and sustainable water management. Currently serving as Director - Landscape Restoration Projects at Geo Climate Risk Solutions Pvt. Ltd., he leads a broad spectrum of initiatives in flood risk management, water stewardship, lake rejuvenation, and geohazard assessments. Dr. Joshi holds a Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, specializing in hydrogeology, groundwater modelling, stable isotopes, and GIS applications. He further pursued M.Tech in Remote Sensing and GIS from SRM University, and an M.Sc. in Earth Sciences. His academic and research affiliations include prestigious institutions such as Imperial College London and the National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee.Balram Ambade is an Associate Professor and former Head of Department at Department of Chemistry, National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur, India. He has been in academia for over 20 years and has contributed prolifically to research in atmospheric and water chemistry, environmental remediation of toxic metals, microplastics, and PFAS. He is the recipient of several prestigious awards, including the Early Career Research (ECR) award by the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), the Marie Curie Award from Hyytiälä Forest Field Station, Helsinki, Finland, the Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute (GBB) award from the University of Groningen, Netherland, and the Young Scientist Award from China in 2014, and the NASA Earth Science Division Modeling, MAP award by Météo-France in Toulouse, France.
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