Essays about: "land pollution causes"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 essays containing the words land pollution causes.

  1. 1. Potential for Enhanced Biological Phosphorus Removal in an activated sludge system for greywater

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Kemiteknik (CI)

    Author : Mehrzad Ghassemi; [2022]
    Keywords : Greywater; EBPR; Phosphorus; Biological treatment; Water and environmental engineering; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : As the world's population grows, concerns about water scarcity and rising pollution such as phosphorus and nitrogen have increased significantly. Greywater has been considered by researchers as an ideal alternative to fresh water for decades, and several projects have been implemented to treat and recycle it for various reuse purposes. READ MORE

  3. 2. Building with pollution

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö

    Author : Zornitsa Hristova Kovacheva; [2021]
    Keywords : Arts and Architecture;

    Abstract : Black carbon is an ever-growing global problem and one of the most important environmental issues of this generation. Black carbon, also known as soot, is a highly polluting substance and it is the second-largest polluter after carbon dioxide. READ MORE

  4. 3. Community Garden Streetscapes : promoting social cohesion between the formal city and the informal settlements in Hurlingham, Buenos Aires

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Amanda Backlund; Evelina Bengtsson; [2020]
    Keywords : community garden; social cohesion; informal settlements; urban agriculture; streetscapes; streetscape design; Buenos Aires;

    Abstract : Urbanisation causes challenges related to environmental issues and social conflicts (Sijmons 2010; Elmqvist et al. 2018). On a local level, in the informal settlements of Hurlingham in Greater Buenos Aires, it is expressed through unequal distribution of urban land, severe floodings and segregation (Janches 2020a; van de Berg 2018). READ MORE

  5. 4. Size optimization of constructed wetlands for phosphorus retention in agricultural areas

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Soil and Environment

    Author : Anna Ferguson; [2019]
    Keywords : hydraulic load; digital elevation models; catchment;

    Abstract : Eutrophication is one of the main threats to the Baltic Sea and Sweden is not expected to reach its environmental target of No Eutrophication by 2020. Phosphorus (P) lossfrom terrestrial systems is one of the principal causes of eutrophication in water recipients and the need to decrease P loss from agricultural land is pressing. READ MORE

  6. 5. Putting the power in plants : using green infrastructure to reduce nonpoint source pollution in aquatic ecosystems in the urban center of Dublin

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Tessa Mazar; [2018]
    Keywords : green infrastructure; Dublin; non-point source pollution; urban run-off; sustainability science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Coastal ecosystems are some of the most productive, and most at risk, in the world. These ecosystems are at risk due to the high levels of pollution entering the system. Most of this pollution comes from either run off or atmospheric deposition. READ MORE