Sustainable Environment and Health

The United Nations describes sustainable development as "e;development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs."e; It encompasses the need to incorporate growing concerns about a range of environmental and public health issues with socio-economic affairs. This new book focuses on the goal of implementing greener environment approaches while considering public health and human well-being and economies. The volume presents and examines advances, developments, and the underlying concepts of a healthy urban environment in the areas of water and wastewater treatment, food supply under sustainable development, and chemical contamination.