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Environmental and Social-economic Impacts of Sewage Sludge Treatment

Part of the SpringerBriefs in Economics Book Series

DOI: 10.1007/978-981-287-948-6

ISBN: 978-981-287-947-9

Publisher: Springer Singapore - Springer Journals

Nov 7, 2015

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Chapter 1Introduction

Zhang, Guofeng

Pages: 1 –15

[Water shortages and water pollution in China is a serious situation that still has not been fundamentally reversed. In order to improve water quality, many sewage plants has been constructed. However, sewage sludgy as the by-product of sewage treatment is ignored by Chinese government. The...
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Chapter 2Current Situation in the Study Area

Zhang, Guofeng

Pages: 17 –28

[Beijing is the capital of the People’s Republic of China. It is a typical city in which huge amount of sewage sludge discharged without treatment. Water shortage and water pollution has become key factors which limits Beijing socio-economic and environmental sustainability. In this chapter, the...
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Chapter 3Comprehensive Evaluation Model of Socio-Economic and Environmental Policies

Zhang, Guofeng

Pages: 29 –55

[In this chapter, a comprehensive optimization simulation model was constructed which has four submodels that are: water pollutant balance model, energy model, GHG model, and socio-economic model. The objective function is the maximization of economic growth. Integrated policies by using advanced...
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Chapter 4Comprehensive Simulation Results Analysis

Zhang, Guofeng

Pages: 57 –77

[In this simulation, we select Beijing to make empirical research. The economic and environmental impacts of sewage sludge treatment in each scenario are shown in this chapter. The optimal scenario is selected by comparing the simulation results. Especially, we make a regional analysis to...
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Chapter 5Conclusion

Zhang, Guofeng

Pages: 79 –81

[This chapter summarizes the main conclusions. The topics of summary of finding includes that analysis of current situation, feasibility of evaluation sewage sludge treatment with advanced technology, comprehensive evaluation of socio-economic and environmental policies with using advanced...

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