Sustainable Urban Metabolism: Strategies and technologies for energy and materials recovery from water and wastes

Sustainable Urban Metabolism summarizes the state-of-the-art  issues related to sustainable urban metabolism, covering  treatment and management of water, wastewater and solid wastes, with specific reference to state-of-the-art applicable technologies for energy savings and recovery. The book will summarize under a single cover some of the most important issues concerning wastewater treatment and energy and materials recovery from urban waste streams.

Introduction; The Water-Energy-Food Nexus; State-of-the-art and technological perspectives on Wastewater Treatment and Management; State-of-the-art and technological perspectives on Waste Sludge Treatment and Management;

State-of-the-art and technological perspectives on Urban Waste Management; The Water-Nutrient Nexus Global Cycles of Nitrogen and Phosphorus – Resources and Leaks; New paradigms for decentralized wastewater treatment with energy recovery.