International Journal of

Environment and Waste Management

Scope of the Journal

IJEWM is a refereed reference and authoritative source of information in the field of environmental and waste management. Together with its sister publications IJEP, IJETM and IJGEnvI, it provides a comprehensive coverage of environmental issues. It covers both engineering/technical and management solutions.
Subject coverage: Multicriteria assessment of waste treatment technologies The role of stakeholders in technology implementation Decision making for future technology management strategies Participatory decision making in the waste sector Integration of policies and research in the waste sector Case studies analysis in the waste sector Environmental impact analysis in the waste sector Air, water, soil and radiological pollution, control and management Environmental pollution, prevention and control, waste treatment and management Treatment processes for water and municipal, agricultural and industrial wastewaters and wastes Air pollution control, treatment and management Solid and hazardous waste treatment, disposal, and management Biosolids and residuals management, and waste disposal strategy Environmental quality standards, environmental legislations, regulations and policy Pollution prevention, waste minimisation, and clean technologies Conservation, recycling and reuse Public and environmental health, environmental toxicology and environmental risk assessment Sources, transport and fate of pollutants in the environment Application of mathematical and modelling techniques Case studies and evaluation of emerging environmental technologies and biotechnology Soil and groundwater protection and remediation, and environmental restoration

Studies on inland, tidal or coastal waters and urban waters, including surface and ground waters, and point and non-point sources of pollution, and limnology of lakes, impoundments and rivers Aquatic sciences, water and soil chemistry, environmental biology, microbiology and chemistry Environmental education and training Other themes associated with the above or emerging issues will also be considered. The themes and scope of IJEWM will be of interest not only to people working in the academic sector, but also to practitioners, consultants, governmental officers and environmental professionals.

International Journal of

Environment and Waste Management

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Members of the Editorial Board

Editor
Prof. Yung-Tse Hung Cleveland State University, USA Prof. Germn Buitrn National University of Mexico, Mexico Prof. Wei-Min Cai Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China Dr. Guohua Chen Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Hong Kong Prof. Peter Cornel Technische Hochschule Darmstadt, Germany Prof. Maohong Fan Georgia Institute of Technology, USA Prof. Chuanping Feng University of Geosciences (Beijing), China Prof. Lus Manuel Ferreira de Melo University Porto, Portugal Prof. Shigeru Futamura National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan Dr. Jos Luis Campos Gmez University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain Prof. Fanghua Hao Beijing Normal University, China Prof. Masaaki Hosomi Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan Dr. Azni Hj. Idris Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia Prof. Hilary I. Inyang The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA Dr. Bo Jin University of South Australia, Australia Prof. Mukesh Khare Indian Institute of Technology - Delhi, India Dr. Anthony K. Lau University of British Columbia, Canada Prof. Roland Leduc Universit de Sherbrooke, Canada Prof. Konstanstinos A. Matis Aristotle University, Greece Prof. Akira Mizuno Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan Prof. H. Keith Moo-Young Jr. California State University, USA Prof. Ravi Naidu University of South Australia, Australia Prof. Mitsumasa Okada Hiroshima University, Japan Prof. Jlius Oszlnyi Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia Prof. Lambert Otten University of Guelph, Canada Dr. Pentti Matias Pirkonen VTT, Finland Prof. Ralph J. Portier Louisiana State University, USA Prof. Debra R. Reinhart University of Central Florida, USA Prof. Svetlana Yu. Selivanovskaya Kazan State University, Russia Dr. Chris J. Smith CSIRO Land and Water, Australia Prof. V. Subramanium Jawaharlal Nehru University, India Dr. Anatoliy I Sverdlikov Research and Development Institute for Municipal Facilities and Services, Ukraine Prof. T. Swaminathan Indian Institute of Technology - Madras, India Dr. Don Tsye-Lang Tang USEPA/ORD/NCER (MC-8725F), USA Dr. Kok-Leng Tay Environment Canada, Canada Susan Thorneloe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, USA Prof. Hans Van Leeuwen Iowa State University, USA Dr. Gordon T. Wallace University of Massachusetts - Boston, USA Prof. Zheng Zheng Nanjing University, China

Managing Editor
Prof. Hamidi A. Aziz Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia

Regional Editors
ASIA, OCEANIA AND AFRICA Prof. Sudhir Kumar Gupta Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay, India Prof. Toshiaki Yamamoto Osaka Prefecture University, Japan Prof. Ruth Yu-Li Yeh Ming Hsin University of Science and Technology, Taiwan EUROPE Dr. Thomas Bechtold Leopold-Franzens-University Innsbruck, Austria Prof. Janusz Jezowiecki Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland Prof. Olcay Tunay Istanbul Technical University, Turkey NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA Prof. Jos Renato Coury Universidade Federal de So Carlos, Brazil Prof. Pao-Chiang Yuan Jackson State University, USA Prof. Yung-Tse Hung Cleveland State University, USA

Forum Editor
Prof. Chin Y. Kuo Cleveland State University, USA

Book Editor
Dr. Chikashi Sato Idaho State University, USA

Editorial Board
Prof. Andreas Andreadakis National Technical University of Athens, Greece Dr. Giovanni Bidoglio Joint Research Centre, Italy Prof. Michal Bodzek Silesian University of Technology, Poland Prof. David Edward Brune Clemson University, USA

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What the experts say about IJEWM
IJEWM is a new world journal that covers important current research, practice, management and design in all major areas of environmental science, engineering and management. This significant resource is a must for environmental scientists, engineers, professionals and managers. Prof.Yung-Tse Hung, Cleveland State University, USA. IJEWM will soon become a journal recognized for truly linking real world environmental problems to peer-reviewed, pragmatic environmental solutions. Management specialists are always placed in a difficult position of providing the environmental science framework upon which management and policy decisions are made ... IJEWN will address this need". Prof. Ralph J. Portier, Louisiana State University, USA. "Given the global importance of environmental and waste management, it is imperative to have a journal dedicated to this area of research and development. I expect that the IJEWM will attract quickly the attention of researchers and environmental experts throughout the world". Prof. Lambert Otten, University of Guelph, Canada. "I am excited about the prospects of assisting with this journal of distinction. IJEWM is focused on a wide spectrum of air and wastewater treatment management and represents a new generation of leading journals in this area". Prof. Toshiaki Yamamoto, Osaka Prefecture University. Japan. "IJEWM is one of the unique journals in the sense that it focuses holistically on all issues related to the environment but with a special emphasis on burning issues in waste management. This journal will be, without any doubt, the leading forum for high quality research publications on various environmental issues". Prof. Mukesh Khare, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India. Any attempt to deal with environmental issues and waste management requires integrative solutions. The wide range of scope covered by IJEWM reflects the need to simultaneously address multiple aspects in order to solve problems effectively. Since IJEWM is devoted to both engineering/technical and management solutions, the journal will become a leading journal in this field and will guarantee high value to a wide range of readership, from scientists to environmental professionals and managers. Dr. Thomas Bechtold, University of Innsbruck, Austria. "What is to be done with the ever increasing amount of waste produced in every aspect of the human activity? Undoubtedly, this is one of the main issues to be addressed by environmentally concerned agents in this new century. It is an honour and a privilege to be part of a journal created to divulge and debate the various aspects of such an important question. Prof. Jos Renato Coury, Universidade Federal de So Carlos, Brazil. Waste management is becoming the most challenging area of the environmental engineering. Therefore, the journal is an excellent place to exchange new ideas between professionals from many countries. I hope that my colleagues and students will find this to be a leading source of useful information. Prof. Janusz Jezowiecki, Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland.

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