Essays about: "environmental pollution and its solution"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 32 essays containing the words environmental pollution and its solution.

  1. 11. Coffee grounds as an adsorbent for heavy metals in water treatment : Study based on the environment around Vattenriket, Kristianstad

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för biologi och miljö (BOM)

    Author : Johan Matson; [2020]
    Keywords : Acid sulfate soil; ASS; Adsorption; calcium; coffee residues; exhausted coffee; grounded coffee; pH; total organic carbon; TOC; Vattenriket; Kristianstad; pH; zinc.;

    Abstract : One of the modern times worst environmental problem are polluted water resources. An example of source of pollution to water resources are, heavy metal leached from acid sulfate soils (ASS). READ MORE

  3. 12. An assessment of Park & Ride in Gothenburg - A case study on the effect of Park & Ride on congestion and how to increase its attractiveness

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Sélim Oucham; [2019-07-09]
    Keywords : Park Ride; commuter parking; traffic congestion; urban mobility; public transportation; Smart Cities;

    Abstract : Traffic congestion is with environmental pollution one of the main cost externalities caused by an increased usage of cars in many cities in the last decades. In many ways, traffic congestion impacts the everyday life of both drivers and citizens. READ MORE

  4. 13. An assessment of Park & Ride in Gothenburg - A case study on the effect of Park & Ride on congestion and how to increase its attractiveness

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Pedro Gutiérrez Touriño; Sélim Oucham; [2019-07-02]
    Keywords : Park Ride; commuter parking; traffic congestion; urban mobility; public transportation; Smart Cities;

    Abstract : Traffic congestion is with environmental pollution one of the main cost externalities caused by an increased usage of cars in many cities in the last decades. In many ways, traffic congestion impacts the everyday life of both drivers and citizens. READ MORE

  5. 14. Environmental issues from sugarcane plantations in Brazil and how to handle them with market-based instruments

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Miljövetenskaplig utbildning

    Author : Freja Milton; [2019]
    Keywords : Market-based instruments; environmental offsets; Payments for ecosystem services; PES; Brazil; bioplastic; biopolymer; sugarcane; certification; environmental impacts from sugarcane cultivations.; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : This study is a literature review of three market-based instruments used for land management; environmental offsets, payments for ecosystem services (PES) and certification, and how they could be used to mitigate environmental impacts from sugarcane cultivation in Brazil when purchasing biopolymers. The study showed that certification is the most common market-based instrument in Brazil. READ MORE

  6. 15. An IoT Solution for Urban Noise Identification in Smart Cities : Noise Measurement and Classification

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för fysik och elektroteknik (IFE)

    Author : Yasser Alsouda; [2019]
    Keywords : urban noise; sound pressure level SPL ; internet of things IoT ; machine learning; support vector machine SVM ; k-nearest neighbors KNN ; bootstrap aggregating Bagging ; random forest; mel-frequency cepstral coeffi-cients MFCC ;

    Abstract : Noise is defined as any undesired sound. Urban noise and its effect on citizens area significant environmental problem, and the increasing level of noise has become a critical problem in some cities. Fortunately, noise pollution can be mitigated by better planning of urban areas or controlled by administrative regulations. READ MORE