water resources, virtual water trade, input-output method, Gansu province, ecological consumption, influencing factors, panel regressions, ecological footprint, innovative envelope, building components, green roofs, indoor comfort, energy consumption, building modelling, simulation models, chitosan, chromium, heavy metals, adsorption, kinetics, low-cost adsorbent, tannery, ion exchange, nanobubbles, contaminated soil, electrokinetic, in situ, remediation, Spinacia oleracea microbiota, electrochemically activated solution, peroxyacetic acid, sanitization, 16s rRNA pyrosequencing, amplicon sequence variants, alpha diversity, bacterial community composition, sedimentation, drag, fractal aggregates, shear-thinning, non-Newtonian fluids, suspensions, numerical simulations, environmental impact, waste management, industrial production, investment project, risk evaluation, multicriterial approach, production planning, carbon regulation, reconditioning, green logistics, optimization, drinking water treatment plant, advection–diffusion–reaction, chlorine dosage, simulator validation, industrial application, biodegradation, dehalogenase-producing bacteria, haloalkanoic acids, trichloroacetic acid, 16S rRNA, Lysinibacillus, building energy efficiency, European environmental brands, tourism sector, agritourism, nearly zero energy buildings (nZEB), submerged marine debris, economic valuation, contingent valuation, economic benefit, willingness to pay, proecological behavior, circular economy, environmental management, survey, nonparametric methods, serpentinite, magnesium oxide, calcination, particle size distribution, specific surface area, magnesium potassium phosphate matrix, radioactive waste, immobilization, hydrolytic stability, strength, pH-neutral electrochemically activated solution, total bacterial count, Salmonella Enteritidis, egg cuticle integrity, soil remediation, soil contamination, greenhouse, phytoextraction, mobilizing agents, photosynthetic efficiency, photovoltaics, luminescent dyes, energy savings, sustainability, cork–graphite electrode, electrochemistry, lead, environmental application, environmental pollution and remediation, hazardous waste management, soil and water reclamation, nanomaterials, sustainable processes, Environmental science, engineering and technology

This book collects research activities focused on the development of new processes to replace obsolete practices that are often highly invasive, unsustainable, and socially unacceptable.Taking inspiration from real problems and the need to face real cases of contamination or prevent potentially harmful situations, the development and optimization of ‘smart’ solutions, i.e., sustainable not only from an environmental point of view but also economically, are discussed in order to encourage, as much as possible, their actual implementation.