8th CEST · 2003
8th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology
8–10 September 2003 · Lemnos island, Greece
- Session 1 – PLENARY
- Session 2 – WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (1)
- Session 3 – POLLUTION CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES (1)
- Session 4 – SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT (1)
- Session 5 – PLENARY - POLLUTION CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT
- Session 6 – WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (2)
- Session 7 – POLLUTION CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES (2)
- Session 8 – SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT (2)
- Session 9 – PLENARY - WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
- Session 10 – WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (3)
- Session 11 – POLLUTION CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES (3)
- Session 12 – SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT (3)
- Session 13 – PLENARY - WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT - ECOSYSTEMS
- Session 14 – WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT (1)
- Session 15 – GLOBAL POLLUTION
- Session 16 – ECOSYSTEMS (1)
- Session 17 – PLENARY - GLOBAL CHANGE - AIR POLLUTION
- Session 18 – WASTE WATER TREATMENT (2)
- Session 19 – AIR POLLUTION
- Session 20 – ECOSYSTEMS (2)
- Session 21 – ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE
- Session 22 – BUILT ENVIRONMENT ISSUES
- Session 23 – VARIOUS TOPICS
- Session 24 – PLENARY - CLOSURE
- Posters A: SOLID WASTE and LIFE CYCLE MANAGEMENT
- Posters B: WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT and POLLUTION CONTROL TECHNOLOGY
- Posters C: WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT, WATER QUALITY, GROUNDWATER and MARINE POLLUTION
- Posters D: ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND POLICY - ECOSYSTEMS
- Posters E: GLOBAL CHANGE, AIR POLLUTION, ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION AND HUMAN HEALTH, ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS, ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE
Session 1 – PLENARY
- Waste and Sustainability in Europe (Keynote address)
- The impact of source separation on the cost of municipal solid waste management systems
- Full-scale evaluation of bioreactor landfill technology
- Comparative evaluation of process performance of composting plants in Greece and Finland
Session 2 – WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (1)
- Determination, interpretation and modeling of chlorination by-products concentrations in surface waters
- Mobility of pharmaceuticals in soil
- Validation of SPME method for the analysis of organophosphorus insecticides in natural waters
- Trifluralin photolysis: comparative rates of humic and fulvic substances (isolated from Pamvotis Lake) and photoproducts analysis
- Modelling insights into pollutant wash-off from urban catchments in Queensland, Australia
Session 3 – POLLUTION CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES (1)
- Clean up of acidic leachates using fly ash barriers. Laboratoty column studies
- Successful use of electropositive promoters in De-NOx Pt-group metals catalytic chemistry
- Assessment of electric vehicle battery technologies using fuzzy linguistic and AHP approaches
- Semiconductor-sensitized photodegradation of dichlorvos in water
- Effect of incident photon energy on the kinetics and mechanism of photocalalytic degradation of Azo-dyes in aqueous TiO2 syspensions
Session 4 – SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT (1)
- Methane production and dispersion around landfill sites
- Monitoring the composting process of different agricultural wastes and evaluation of the effects of the final products on plants
- Comparison of leaching tests for the characterization of waste
- Leaching behavior of heavy metals and anions in stabilized/solidified ash from incineration of refinery oily sludge
- and M. Chrysochoou Development of an integrated tool for contaminated site remediation implementing biological and physicochemical treatment methods
Session 5 – PLENARY - POLLUTION CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT
- Life cycle management, a bridge to more sustainable products (Keynote address)
- Comparative study of different organic and inorganic adsorbents for the removal of metals, organic matter and colour from solution
- Evaluation of treatment schemes appropriate for wastewater reuse in Greece
- Critical evaluation of environmental exposure agents implicated in the etiology of balkan endemic nephropathy
Session 6 – WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (2)
- Control of saline wedge intrusion in the estuary of Strymonas River using an air curtain
- Management of Aghia Varvara’s aquifer, using linear programming
- Distribution and origin of aliphatic and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in Saronikos gulf sediments
- The "Eurobulker" oil spill in South Evoikos Gulf: distribution and fate of aliphatic and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
- Heavy metal distribution in coastal areas of Saronic Gulf with the aid of the biological indicators Patella sp. and Siphonaria sp.
Session 7 – POLLUTION CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES (2)
- Photocatalytic oxidation of agrochemical industry liquid wastewaters
- Detoxification characteristics of selected polyporus species for bioremediation applications
- Mobilization of metals and metalloids from contaminated soil and readsorption on synthesized zeolites and zeolite-fly ash mixtures
- Recycling of metallurgical waste (slag), low grade bauxite and overburden excavation limestones in the production of high quality alumina cement
- Monitoring of the in-situ bioremediaton of petroleum waste sludge in landfarming sites
Session 8 – SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT (2)
- Evaluation of pyrite ash wastes obtained by the sulfuric acid production industry
- Thermo-chemical multi-processing of solid waste materials featuring recovery of gas, heat, metals and minerals with complete volume reduction and residue stabilisation
- M. Loizidou Design and construction of a demonstration plasma gasification / vitrification unit for waste treatment
- Heavy metals and other elements distribution in the soil of Eordea basin, W. Macedonia, Greece
- G. Shen Wheathering of lead in Fort Irwin Range soils
Session 9 – PLENARY - WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
- Decision support modeling for water quality management: a pre-pilot case study for the EU Water Framework Directive (Keynote address)
- Optimization of analytical methods for the determination of trace concentrations of toxic pollutants in drinking and surface waters
- Derivation of the irrigation water demand function: a Greek experience
- Optimization of headspace solid-phase microextraction conditions for the determination of various insecticides in tomatoes and cucumber pulp
- D. Assimacopoulos Cost-effectiveness analysis for water management in the island of Paros, Greece
Session 10 – WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (3)
- Assessment of the water quality of Lake Plastira through mathematical modelling for alternative management scenarios
- Application of the SWAT model in the Pinios river basin under different land-use scenarios
- Artificial neural network modeling of the rainfall-runoff extreme events
- Intercomparison of forecasting methods for flood warning in the River Cam catchment
- Economic valuation of irrigation water: implications from a meta-analysis
- Socioeconomic and environmental valuation of some outputs of Petrenia irrigation dam, East Halkidiki
Session 11 – POLLUTION CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES (3)
- Hydrogen sulfide separation from gas streams: selective oxidation into elemental sulfur in aqueous solutions of iron chelates
- Volatile organic compounds elimination in an activated pine-bark charge of a biofilter using cultivated associations of natural microorganisms
- Mercury and PCBs adsorption on activated carbons: experimentation and modelling
- Removal of heavy metals by adsorptive filtration
- Pilot-plant experiments for the removal of THMs, HAAs and DOC from drinking water by GAC adsorption – Galatsi Water Treatment Plant, Athens
- Utilization of Mn-Fe solid wastes from electrolytic MnO2 production, in the manufacture of ceramic building products
Session 12 – SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT (3)
- Municipal charges in Greece as a tool for waste charging: a statistical analysis of possible correlations with the population and the number of households in municipalities
- Life cycle assessment based tools for the development of integrated waste management strategies for cities and regions with rapid growing economies
- Tomorrow’s city and its waste. European research provides tools for a better global management of municipal waste
- Variable pricing schemes in urban waste management - a way to enhance the reduction of waste for final disposal and polluter responsibility. First experiences from the EU co-financed international research co-operation “PAYT”
- The urban structure unit approach – a suitable frame for environmental and spatial urban investigations
- IN-SUSTAIN: Optimising “production-use-consumption” interactions
Session 13 – PLENARY - WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT - ECOSYSTEMS
- Current trends in the improvement of discharge quality in Scotland (Keynote address)
- Local recycling of wastewater and wet organic waste - a step towards the zero emission community
- Alkalisation and nutrient influx from the air as damaging factors for sub-boreal ecosystem
- Coastal eutrophication in the Mediterranean marine environment: a short review
- Assessment of two different approaches to conservation of biodiversity
Session 14 – WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT (1)
- Pb2+ removal from liquid phase using chelating resin: the effect of operating variables and application of the shrinking core model
- Phosphorus removal from synthetic wastewater using spent alum sludge
- Microbial community structure in the activated sludge process
- The effects of a common antibacterial pharmaceutical (Triclosan) on biological wastewater treatment processes
- Decolorization of azo-reactive dyes and cotton-textile wastewater using anaerobic digestion and acetate-consuming bacteria
Session 15 – GLOBAL POLLUTION
- Sky luminance distribution in Central Europe and the Mediterranean during summer period
- Basin’s contribution to atmospheric fossil methane (case study: Black Sea)
- The potential consequences of climate change on Kotychi Lagoon
- Modelling study of fine aerosol and photooxidants during winter at the Mediterranean
Session 16 – ECOSYSTEMS (1)
- G.P. Sakellaropoulos Toxic properties of cyanide, chromium and organotin compounds and their interactions on Daphnia Magna
- Greening an industrial estate: towards a methodological transformation
- Benthic foraminiferal biofacies associated with Middle to Early Late Miocene oxygen deficient conditions in the Eastern Mediterranean
- Landscape ecology and wildfire prevention in the Mediterranean. An application in Catalonia, Spain
- Multi-stakeholder processes in ecosystem management: A critical approach
Session 17 – PLENARY - GLOBAL CHANGE - AIR POLLUTION
- Recent advances in urban air pollution research (Keynote address)
- Global warming and the relationship of plant canopy structure to latitude
- On the distribution of aerosol over the greater Athens area
- Chemical composition of PM10 in the atmosphere of Athens, Greece
- Modeling indoor particulate matter using a comprehensive mathematical model
- Env. Economics, Env. Performance)
Session 18 – WASTE WATER TREATMENT (2)
- Mathematical modelling of primary sludge anaerobic hydrolysis
- A mathematical model for the estimation of anaerobic sludge activity
- Fate of the sewage organic load in a sewerage system
- Ecotoxicological evaluation of wastewater and sludge samples from the wastewater treatment plant of Thessaloniki, Greece
- Anaerobic / aerobic treatment of peach canning wastewater
- Process performance evaluation of the primary settling tanks in New York City WPCPs
Session 19 – AIR POLLUTION
- A comprehensive tool for the prediction and management of air quality in Thessaloniki
- Public awareness and behaviour related to environmental and traffic management measures
- Gas to particle partitioning of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in two remote sites of Western Greece
- D.N. Asimakopoulos An experimental study of the vertical structure of the marine atmospheric boundary layer
- Application of the model ADREA-I to the ESCOMPTE pre-campaign case
- Organic and elemental carbon particulate continuous field measurement in Athens urban area
Session 20 – ECOSYSTEMS (2)
- Biogeochemical processes in a mountain forest environment
- Epiphytal ostracode and benthic foraminiferal assemblages: investigating their role as environmental health proxies in the marine ecosystems of SE Andros island (Middle Aegean Sea, Greece)
- Spatial pattern and connection of tree diameter classes in Pinus halepensis m. stands after wildfire
- A common data standard for life-history traits of the Northwest European Flora
- Organochlorine contaminants in eggs of the yellow-legged gull (Larus cachinnans michahellis) in the North Eastern Mediterranean: is this gull a suitable biomonitor for the region?
- Spatial and temporal variability of the ecological system of a seasonal solar saltworks (Kalloni in Lesvos island): implications for salt production
Session 21 – ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE
- Economic and environmental evaluation of farm integrated management: the case of kiwi production farms in Pieria, Greece
- Life cycle environmental impact assessment of a solar heater
- Influence of location on the environmental impact of a domestic solar thermosiphonic system during its life cycle
- Self–evaluating and benchmarking environmental performance of businesses: a web–based approach
- The organizational structure of the Environmental Department of Athens International Airport “Eleftherios Venizelos” and its role as a regulator
Session 22 – BUILT ENVIRONMENT ISSUES
- The effect of ventilation on the indoor environment quality in a natural ventilated office building, a case study
- M. Petrakis Studying indoor air quality in a typical residential apartment in Athens, Greee
- Thermal comfort evaluation in office spaces using a CFD model
- Sustainability of urban Areas. The case of Saint John’s social housing settlement
- The impact of temperature variances on thermal inertia factors of opaque elements of the building envelope
Session 23 – VARIOUS TOPICS
- Aqueous geochemistry of groundwater in a region affected by Balkan endemic nephropathy
- Incidence of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in soft cheese in Greece
- Solid-phase microextraction to determine the migration of phthalates from plastic ware to drinking water
- Study of environmental impact and natural attention of explosives
- Simulated solar degradation of dichlofluanid using TiO2 suspensions
Session 24 – PLENARY - CLOSURE
- On-road nanoparticle measurements (Keynote address)
- An experimental and theoretical investigation of parameters affecting nanoparticle formation in diesel exhaust sampling
- Classification of EU countries with respect to multiple environmental indicators
Posters A: SOLID WASTE and LIFE CYCLE MANAGEMENT
SWM
- Non-fossil fuels in energy generation
- Nutritional value of fish by-products, and their utilization as fish silage in the nutrition of poultry
- Utilization of boric acid wastes as an additive in lightweight concrete
- Geological criteria and methodology for landfill sites selection
- Removal of heavy metals from solid waste and the application of the latter to agriculture
- Potential for recycling waste paper in wood composites using isocyanate binder
- G. Perkoulidis Simulation modelling software for integrated solid waste management at Prefectual level
- Characteristics of wastes from electric and electronic equipment in Greece: results of a field survey
- Chemical recycling of PET by glycolysis. Alkyl resins derived from the glycolised PET
- Evaluation of domestic – waste collection system of Nikaia municipality. Improvements proposals
- Effect of photo accelerators on the degradation of polystyrene foam
- Factors influencing municipal waste arising and composition
- The occurrence of slags and wastes of the past mining and metallurgical activities within beachrocks of the Southwestern Lavreotiki Peninsula; the environmental impact
- Solid waste management in the Northern Aegean Region – Current situation and prospects
- and D.C. Papamantellos New process environmental friendly concept for the recycling of R/K E-filter dust in the ferronickel production
- Innovative technical and environmental aspects in planning, constructing and operating the sanitary landfill of Larissa
- Experimental results of reclaimed polysterene utilisation in wood products
LCM
- Classification and analysis of software support tools for environmentally friendly product design
- Hydrogen production from the wind: prospects for Oklahoma
- Life cycle assessment of a bio-electricity system in Greece
- Office building refurbishment based on assessment of energy and natural resource conservation
- The use of LCA for the application of ISO 14000 in cotton processing industry
- Analysis of environmental parameters in closed-loop supply chains design
Posters B: WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT and POLLUTION CONTROL TECHNOLOGY
WWM
- Trace metal distribution in urban effluents of Mytilene: results from a five years monitoring program
- Direct activated sludge centrifuge dewatering
- Short-cut design of ion exchange and adsorption fixed bed operations for wastewater treatment
- Evaluation of the efficiency of Sparti’s upgraded and expanded sewage treatment plant
- Decontamination of fish waste and water hyacinth mixture: batch studies
- Impact of the feed fraction of an SBR-system in the nitrification-denitrification process
- Removal of odorous compounds in wastewater with a stripping process
- and P. Vyrlas Irrigation of ornamental shrubs with treated municipal wastewater
- Continuous BOD monitoring in the effluent of an activated sludge treatment plant
- S. Lopez-Fernandez Nitrous oxide and denitrification N-losses from an irrigated sandy loam soil fertilised with organic N fertilisers in Central Spain
PCT
- Photocatalytic decomposition of aqueous solution of Lindane in the presence of PW12O403-
- Effect of the application of pig slurry on soil pollution in a Mediterranean climate
- Adsorption of lead and zinc ions from aqueous solutions by volcanic ash soil (VAS)
- Utilization of biological parameters as early indicators of soil restoration in a long-term field experiment with municipal waste compost
- Incorporation of a solid industrial manganese waste into the soil improves yield of crops
- D. C. Papamantellos Investigation of the safe disposal of sintered oil fired power station solid residues
- Removal of PCBs from polluted and spiked soils and sediments using surfactants
- Selective catalytic reduction of NO by C3H6 over bimetallic Rh-Ag/Al2O3 and Rh-Ru/Al2O3 catalysts
- A Novel, highly efficient and environmentally friendly process for combined heat and power production from biomass
- M.V. Navarro PAH pollution control technology
- Plasma waste treatment: process design and energy optimization
- Treatment of acidic industrial wastewaters and simultaneous production of an exploitable solid product
- Properties on the utilization of lignite combustion residues from the Thermal Power Plan of Megalopolis, in Greece
Posters C: WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT, WATER QUALITY, GROUNDWATER and MARINE POLLUTION
WRM
- Vulnerability of groundwater to agricultural activities pollution
- GIS Integration of ASTER stereo imagery for the support of watershed management
- Chemical speciation of elements in sediment samples collected at lakes Volvi and Koronia, N. Greece
- Nitrogen transformations in pig slurry amended soils under aerobic incubation
- The broadcasting on Internet of water DPSIR indicators. Experiment on the Nestos delta, Greece
- Intercomparison of meteorological drought indices for drought assessment and monitoring in Greece
- Water balance modeling for the evaluation of surface water resources
- An environmental impact assessment decision analysis system for irrigation systems
- Sustainable water resources management in Neotectonic basin systems
- Determining the effects of various land uses within Michigan State University’s watershed on water quality in the Red Cedar river
- Estimating rainfall at ungauged locations using topographical and geographical features by means of multiple linear regression
- The fluctuation of nutrients and organic carbon in the waters of some rivers in the western Greece
- GFIS (Geographic Forecasting Information System): a case study in water resources management
- Estimating potential evapotranspiration and its spatial distribution in Greece using empirical methods
- Quantifing surface runoff in the water district of Western Macedonia using multiple regression analysis and G.I.S.
WQ
- Microbiological risk assessment of Agios Georgios source supplies in Northwestern Greece based on faecal coliforms determination and sanitary inspection survey
- Quantification of total chromium and hexavalent chromium in water by electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry
- Water quality of irrigation wells in eastern Tessaloniki region
- Difference in the treatment for particulates removal from surface and ground waters - the cases of Sidirokastro and Velvendo
GW
- Quality of groundwater in western Thessaly. The problem of nitrate pollution
MP
- Polluted water effluent in the sea
- Nutrient and trace metal distribution in Astakos Bay, Aetoloakarnania, Greece
Posters D: ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND POLICY - ECOSYSTEMS
EL-EP
- The impact of the environmental policy and management planning on the shareholder value: evidence from the Greek market
- Shared waters - shared responsibility. Application of the principles of burden sharing in the Mediterranean
- Rural niche products from less favoured areas: a viable policy or transient emergency solution?
- Wildlife trade in Greece: how to improve the implementation of the European Union CITES Regulations
ECO
- The E-organization of human resources' data and its potential in Regional Forest Administration in Greece
- Climatic variations during Sapropel deposition in Gavdos island, eastern Mediterranean Sea: a key for understanding formation processes
- Caesium-137 distribution in the soil in a semi-natural ecosystem in Greece
- Nature protection policy and protected areas: the case of National Parks
- Environmental studies on Arundo Donax
- Environmental problems in Lake Vistonis Thrace region, Northern Greece
- Paleoecological restrictions and applications in Micropaleontology
- Forest engineering and environment protection
- Root system modification of pinus brutia ten. species under adverse ecological conditions
- Toxic effects of the antifouling biocide Irgarol 1051 and its principal metabolite on the green alga dunaliella tertiolecta
- The use of fused satellite data (ERS-2 &SPOT-2XS) for mapping of environmentally sensitive areas in erosion: the case study in Korinthos area (NE Peloponnese, S. Greece)
- Forest restoration in an National Park: modelling suitability of native woodland using GIS and spatial data
- The effect of irrigation level and the previously cultivated plant species on 134Cs uptake by the vegetative part of sunflower plants
- Implementation of ecological engineering plans in Greek wetlands
- Evaluation of three multi-criteria decision-making methods in ecosystem management
- First report on the concentrations of PGE (Pt, Pd) biomonitored in Athens
- Effects of acid precipitation and alfisols in the East European Russian Taiga
- A comparative ecological study of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in South and North Evoikos gulfs
Posters E: GLOBAL CHANGE, AIR POLLUTION, ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION AND HUMAN HEALTH, ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS, ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE
GC
- Estimate of emissions scenarios effects on climate parameters in the Balkan Region
- Wind-scatterometer observation over Amazon rainforest
AP
- Predicting environmental concentrations of airborne pollutants in terrestrial receptors: the case of mercury
- Chemistry and morphology of fly ash samples from the main lignite power stations of Northern Greece
- Estimating the energy related air pollutants production in Greece, for the next decade
- Impact of gasoline quality on engine performance and emissions
- The presence of volcanic ash in western Greece and its association with the eruption of the Aetna volcano, Italy. Consequences on the environment.
- The CH3O2+ClO atmospheric reaction: theoritical description and role in stratospheric ozone budget
- M.V. Navarro Atmospheric pollution in the Zaragoza urban area
- Characterization of indoor/outdoor particulate matter physico-chemical characteristics in two residential houses in Oslo, Norway
- Selection of an optimum site to construct and develop an airport in the North Aegean using multi criteria analysis
- An algorithm for DEM conversion to wrapped interferometric phase
- Estimation of particulate matter concentrations in the Greater Athens area by means of the UAM-AERO model
- Analysis of suspended particulate levels in an industrial area of Greece over a multi-year period
- Study of time series of air pollution in the city of Kavala, Greece
- Natural and artificial radionuclides distribution in soil in the vicinity of coal fired plants of West Macedonia, Greece
EP
- Urban planning and risk management
- Environmental performance measurement at sectoral level: electricity, gas and water
- Strategies for the integration of management standard and systems
- Environmental accounting: a decision-making tool for companies
- Environmental management of a coastal urban area: the ECOSIM project
- Financial and environmental analysis of typical three phased olive mills in Greece
HEALTH
- Lead and copper contamination in small arms firing ranges
- Associations between primary air pollutants and cardiovascular mortality in Athens
EE
- Multi objective optimization in energy systems: the case of Lesvos island
- The contribution of different GPS type's in sustainable management (Case: Mountain Chortiatis – Kissos)
- Technical-economic and financial analysis for renewable energy chains: the case of bio-energy
- The importance of University forest at Pertouli, Trikala, Central Greece, to local economy and qualitative environment