Sustainable Biological Environmental Remediation

Principles and Processes

Charles Oluwaseun Adetunji, Beckley Ikhajiagbe

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Edition: 1
• Year: 2026
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• Print ISBN:
  9781032589350
• Subtopic: Environmental Science
• eBook ISBN:
  9781040712726
• Index: Biological Sciences

This book addresses emerging technologies for the sustainable remediation of polluted environments, guided by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It explores contaminated land management practices, environmental risk assessment approaches, optimization techniques, and procedures used in environmental bioreclamation. This book also examines genetic strategies to enhance bioremediation, the role of the green economy in promoting sustainable resource use, and methods for reducing carbon footprints. Additionally, it discusses policy and legal framework challenges associated with long-term remedial efforts.

Features:

• Covers multiple aspects of sustainable biological environmental remediation technologies
• Promotes sustainable remediation using sustainability markers and best practices
• Examines environmental risk assessment methodologies as inputs for guiding long-term site reclamation
• Discusses current trends in biomonitoring and bioassessment research for sustainable environmental management
• Explains gene–environment interactions in the context of bioremediation.

This book is intended for graduate students and researchers in environmental sciences, engineering, biotechnology, and bioremediation.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Series Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Editors’ Biography
• Contributors
• Preface
• 1 The Concept of Environment and Environmental Sustainability
• 2 Environmental Pollution and Nature’s Current Decline
• 3 Health Impact of Sustainable Environment
• 4 Sustainable Development Principles for Contaminated Land Management
• 5 Environmental Risk Assessment Approaches
• 6 The Environmental Implication of Water Pollution in an Urbanizing World
• 7 Current Trends in Biomonitoring and Bioassessment Research for Sustainable Environmental Management
• 8 Bioaugmentation as Bioremediation Technique
• 9 Biostimulation as Bioremediation Technique
• 10 Plant–Microbial Interactions during Remediation
• 11 Remediation by Enhanced Natural Attenuation
• 12 Sustainable Reclamation of Degraded Aquatic Ecosystems
• 13 Gene-Environment Interactions during Remediation
• 14 Utilization of Crop Plants for Remediation: Pros and Cons
• 15 Terrestrial Regreening Procedures for Sustainable Ecosystem
• 16 Leveraging Green Economy and Sustainable Remediation for National Economic Development
• 17 Reclamation of Plastic-Polluted Environments
• 18 Recent Advances in Sustainable Physicochemical Remediation Solutions
• 19 Optimization Techniques and Procedures for Bioreclamation
• 20 Genetic Approach to Improving Bioremediation Strategies
• 21 Sustainability Resource Utilization for Reduced Carbon Footprinting
• 22 Impact of Heavy Metal Remediation on Plants and Soil Environments
• 23 Critical Assessment and Future Perspective in Remediation of Crude Oil-Contaminated Soil
• 24 Application of Nanotechnology for the Purification of Polluted Water and Wastewater: A Sustainable Technology for Water Treatment and Healthy Planet
• 25 Effects of Greenhouse Gas Emission on Agricultural Production and the Prospects of Their Sequestration with Biochar
• 26 Legal Framework and Implications for Sustainable Remediation Approaches
• 27 Relevance of Synthetic Biology in the Microbial Rejuvenation of Polluted Environment
• Index