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Landfill Mining of Legacy MSW: Global Insights and Indian Experience

Beschreibung

The knowledge presented in Landfill Mining of MSW Dumpsites: Global Scenario and Indian Experience is invaluable for practitioners and policymakers aiming to adopt sustainable landfill mining processes. The book is meticulously structured to provide a comprehensive understanding, starting with a global overview and progressing through detailed sections on critical aspects of landfill mining. It offers a holistic approach, covering international practices to specific technical details and real-world applications. By focusing on legacy waste characterization, contamination assessment, and reuse options, the book serves as an essential resource for an individual involved in or considering landfill mining for dumpsite or landfill reclamation. The inclusion of detailed case studies and practical design recommendations ensures that readers are well-equipped to implement successful and environmentally sound landfill mining projects.

Autor

Mohit Somani has been serving as an Assistant Professor in the School of Infrastructure at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bhubaneswar, India since October 2023. He earned his Ph.D. from IIT Delhi, India in 2021. His research specialization lies in Geoenvironmental Engineering, with a primary focus on landfills, remediation of contaminated soil, and resource recovery. Before joining IIT Bhubaneswar, Dr. Somani worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Norwegian Geotechnical Engineering, Oslo in Norway. He has authored 30 research papers published in international journals and conferences. Noteworthy recognitions include Distinction in Doctoral Research and the Best Ph.D. Thesis Award from IIT Delhi. His contributions extend internationally, having received prestigious fellowships and scholarships, such as the Newton-Bhabha Fellowship from the British Council, Mobilitas Postdoctoral Fellowship from the Government of Estonia (European Union), Research Mobility Grant from Campus France, and the ISWASWIS Scholarship for attending a winter school at UTA Arlington, Texas. Manoj Datta is Emeritus Professor at the Department of Civil Engineering at IIT Delhi where he has been teaching and conducting research since 1980. His areas of interest include soil mechanics, geotechnical & geoenvironmental engineering, landfill engineering, foundation engineering, ground engineering and earth dams. He has co-authored a book on Geotechnical Engineering and edited three books in the areas of landfills, solid waste management and ash ponds. He has published over 180 papers in journals and conferences and has been consultant to over 150 projects in the areas of geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering. He has been involved in planning, design, construction and remediation of over two dozen HW & MSW Landfills and contaminated waste disposal sites in India. He has been associated with the Central Pollution Control Board, Ministry of Environment and Forests as well as Ministry of Urban Development in framing of guidelines and design manuals for Municipal Solid Waste landfills and Hazardous Waste landfills. Prof. Datta was the Chairperson of the 6th International Congress on Environmental Geotechnology held by ISSMGE in New Delhi in 2010. Prof. Datta has received several best-paper awards of the Indian Geotechnical Society, Leadership and Lifetime Achievement Awards of IGS (Delhi Chapter). He delivered the prestigious IGS Annual Lecture in 2011 at IGC, Kochi He was awarded the Teaching Excellence Award by IIT Delhi in 2018. > 3200 with an i10 index of 59 and h-index of 28). He has been a member of various expert committees. He has been actively involved with Industries.

Produktdetails

• Springer Transactions in Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Verlag: Springer, Berlin; Springer
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 89539750
• Seitenzahl: 259
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2026
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 155mm
• ISBN-13: 9789819539581
• ISBN-10: 9819539587
• Artikelnr.: 75481763