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Paths to Clean Water Under Rapid Changing Environment in China

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Authors:
  1. Yiping Li

    1. Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lake of Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing, China

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  2. Lixiao Ni

    1. Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lake of Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing, China

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  3. Yong Guo

    1. Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lake of Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing, China

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  4. Xu Zhao

    1. Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lake of Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing, China

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  5. Yue Dong

    1. Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lake of Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing, China

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  6. Yu Cheng

    1. Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lake of Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing, China

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  • Introduces the measures taken by China in the face of water pollution including technical
  • Includes many real case studies in recent years which are typical and convincing
  • Shares different insights into treating water pollution both from challenges and opportunities perspective

Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Water Science and Technology (BRIEFSWATER)

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This book mainly provides the current status of water pollution faced by China under rapid changing environment and the actions that have been taken for prevention and treatment of water pollution. It points out that the water pollution situation is severe. Facing water pollution, China’s experiences include several aspects on source control and pollution interception, internal nutrient removal of sediment, ecological restoration, and water transfer policy. There exists both the opportunity and challenge for the prevention and control of water pollution in China. The book contains numerous charts and diagrams which further illustrating China’s paths to clean water.

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Table of contents (3 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Current Situation of Water Pollution in China

    • Yiping Li, Lixiao Ni, Yong Guo, Xu Zhao, Yue Dong, Yu Cheng
    Pages 1-12

  3. Challenges and Opportunities to Treat Water Pollution

    • Yiping Li, Lixiao Ni, Yong Guo, Xu Zhao, Yue Dong, Yu Cheng
    Pages 13-42

  4. Facing Water Pollution Under Rapid Changing Environment: China’s Experiences

    • Yiping Li, Lixiao Ni, Yong Guo, Xu Zhao, Yue Dong, Yu Cheng
    Pages 43-96
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lake of Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing, China

    Yiping Li, Lixiao Ni, Yong Guo, Xu Zhao, Yue Dong, Yu Cheng

About the authors

Yiping Li received the Ph.D. degree in 2006 from the Department of Environmental Engineering, School of Environment, Hohai University. Currently, he is Deputy Dean of School of Environment, Hohai University, and Guest Professor in University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA. He has hold with 18 patents and 14 software copyright. He won the first prize of the IBM Global Shared University Research Award issued by IBM and the second prize of Science and Technology Progress Award of Jiangsu Province, China.

 

Lixiao Ni received the Ph.D. degree in 2004 from the Department of Environmental Engineering, School of Environment, Nanjing University. She now works at School of Environment, Hohai University. Currently, she leads several national and provincial natural science fund projects.

 

Yong Guo is Associate Professor and Director of environmental engineering department, Hohai University, Nanjing. He won his Ph.D. degree from Nanjing University in year 2008. He specializes in the synthesis of water-cleaning material and their application in environmental remediation. He has been leading several projects funded by the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province. He won the first prize of Outstanding Achievement Award of scientific research in institutions of higher learning from the Ministry of Education.


Xu Zhao is Full Professor of environmental economics at Institute of Blue and Green Development, Shandong University, Weihai. He obtained his Ph.D. degree from Beijing Normal University in year 2009. He specializes in environmental economics, water footprint and virtual water, water scarcity assessment, water resources management, and input–output techniques. He has been leading several projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), and World Wildlife Fund (WWF), and won the first prize of Scientific and Technological ProgressAward from the Ministry of Education.

Yu Cheng received the Ph.D. degree in 2020 from the Department of Water Science, School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Nanjing University. After graduation, he entered School of Environment, Hohai University. He specializes in the transformation and migration mechanism of contaminants in the soil-water system. Dr. Cheng was selected in the Plan of Highlevel innovative and Entrepreneurial Talents of Jiangsu Province.

 

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