Energy Engineering, Research, Modeling and Risk Analysis in the Environment
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2021) | Viewed by 2928
Special Issue Editors
Interests: Environmental Geochemistry, Energy & Environment, CCS
Interests: Environment, Modelling, Risk Assessment
Interests: Geochemistry, Environmental pollution, Risk assessment, Urban agriculture
Interests: human health risk assessment; contaminated site assessment; environmental geochemistry
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue is geared towards the publication of technical and methodological developments related to the characterization of contaminated sites, along with the simulation of substance transfer processes between the environmental compartments of geosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere. This issue also covers the uptake and accumulation of toxic chemicals, such as phytoavailability and bioaccessibility factors, which provide a more accurate understanding of the transference to living organisms. The analysis of spatial geochemical distribution data through the use of geographic information systems and their possible ecological impacts are also welcome. Finally, this issue is particularly focused on the risk assessment to ecosystems and human health.
The increasing demand of energy by an ever-growing human population makes it particularly urgent to adopt measures to ensure the sustainability of the procurement of energy resources, their transformation, transport, and end use. The sustainable management of all these processes requires the availability of effective and scientifically sound diagnostic tools to identify the potential impacts of energy production and consumption on ecosystems and human populations, and thus to facilitate decision-making to guarantee their future protection. Coal and metal mining, hydrocarbon exploration, storage and distribution, battery manufacturing and fuel consumption in transportation are just a few examples of energy-related activities and operations that will release contaminants of concern to the environment, compromising the sustainability of our life-styles. Human-health and ecological risk assessment, and mathematical modelling and simulation of contaminant transfer between environmental compartments are being increasingly employed to gain a better understanding of the potentially adverse consequences of those activities. Following these considerations, this Special Issue invites original research articles, case studies, reviews, critical perspectives, and opinion articles on all aspects of risk assessment and mathematical models as applied to environmental problems arising from the extraction and consumption of energy resources, including, but not limited to, advanced numerical and computational models: uptake, bioavailability and accumulation of toxic substances by living organisms; probabilistic risk assessment; geospatial modelling of contaminant distribution; land-use change; innovative site-characterization techniques; emission and accumulation monitoring tools; and risk perception and risk communication.
Prof. Dr. Luis F. Mazadiego
Dr. Fernando Barrio-Parra
Dr. Miguel Izquierdo-Díaz
Prof. Dr. Eduardo De Miguel
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- Environment
- Geochemistry
- Human Health
- Risk Assessment
