30 25 Information Explosion in Digital Ecosystems and Their Management 25.1 Introduction 25.2 Growth 25.3 Sustainability 25.4 Knowledge vs. Information 25.5 Circulation of Information 25.6 Quality vs. Quantity 25.7 How Does the Digital Ecosystem Work? 25.8 Conclusions References
31 26 Nanotechnology in Ecological and Ecosystem Engineering 26.1 Ecology, Ecosystem, and Ecosystem Engineering 26.2 Nanomaterials, Nanotechnology, and Nanoscience 26.3 Nanotechnology in Ecological and Ecosystem‐Engineering 26.4 Nanotechnology to Remediate Environmental Pollution 26.5 Environmental Remediation 26.6 Surface Water Remediation 26.7 Groundwater Remediation and Soil Remediation 26.8 Air Remediation 26.9 Future Scope of Nanotechnology and Nanoscience in Ecological and Ecosystem Engineering References
32 Index
List of Tables
1 Chapter 1Table 1.1 Basic ecological principles of ecological engineering.Table 1.2 Indicators for the valuation of regulating and supporting ecosystem...Table 1.3 Indicators for the valuation of provisioning ecosystem services.Table 1.4 Indicators for the valuation of information and cultural ecosystem ...Table 1.5 Articles on agroecology and ecosystem services.
2 Chapter 3Table 3.1 Rules of ecotechnology.
3 Chapter 4Table 4.1 Target invertebrate taxa studied as indicators (biological soil qua...
4 Chapter 5Table 5.1 Landfill restoration process in Hong Kong. Source: Environment Prot...Table 5.2 Overview of industry‐typical pollutants (extract).Table 5.3 Main characteristics of the pollutants.
5 Chapter 6Table 6.1 UHI intensity of the 10 cities with the greatest UHI effect worldwi...
6 Chapter 7Table 7.1 Cost of vegetable production, rub/m2.
7 Chapter 9Table 9.1 Comparison of MSW in South Asia and OECD nations.Table 9.2 Recent literature search results for approaches for ecological engi...Table 9.3 Parameters used for electrical generation capacity and value.Table 9.4 Electric energy produced from MSW in 15 cities/towns in Brazil.
8 Chapter 10Table 10.1 Elements of all‐inclusive urban flood management.
9 Chapter 12Table 12.1 Plant species growing at the afforested mine land and natural fore...Table 12.2 Changes in selected soil properties in chronosequence afforested s...
10 Chapter 15Table 15.1 Water characteristics of the Nambul River, a main tributary of Lok...Table 15.2 Provisioning services ofphoomdi from Loktak. Source: Meitei and Pr...Table 15.3 Regulating services of macrophytes as biological sinks for nutrien...
11 Chapter 16Table 16.1 The world's most popular coral reefs.
12 Chapter 17Table 17.1 Water and soil parameters, Madhusudanpur chor.Table 17.2 Water and soil parameters, Gopalganj.
13 Chapter 19Table 19.1 Different forest types in India.Table 19.2 Strategies of forest restoration.
14 Chapter 20Table 20.1 Main advantages and disadvantages ofex‐ante strategies in fo...Table 20.2 Benefits of sustainable forest management on the community, enviro...Table 20.3 Example of strategies and actions to prevent and halt forest degra...
15 Chapter 21Table 21.1 Air pollutants removed by green roofs and urban forests.
16 Chapter 22Table 22.1 Remediation techniques for air pollution.Table 22.2 Bibliographic resume of air quality improvement by plant leaves.
17 Chapter 23Table 23.1 Symptoms of pollution‐induced foliar injury in plants.Table 23.2 Some plant species identified as sensitive/tolerant to air polluti...Table 23.3 Morphological properties of leaves of plants showing high efficien...Table 23.4 Morphological properties of plants showing high efficiency for rem...Table 23.5 A partial list of plant species recommended for planting in green ...Table 23.6 A partial list of shrub species recommended for planting on median...
18 Chapter 24Table 24.1 Major air pollutants and viable plant species for their removal.
List of Illustrations
1 Chapter 1Figure 1.1 Global systems and their interactions.Figure 1.2 Searches on the Scopus database using the term ecological enginee...Figure 1.3 Searches on the Scopus database using the term ecological enginee...Figure 1.4 Searches on the Scopus database using the term ecological enginee...Figure 1.5 Articles, reviews, and books published on ecosystem services.Figure 1.6 Articles, reviews, and books published on ecosystem services by c...Figure 1.7 Articles, reviews, and books published on ecosystem services by a...Figure