International Journal of Environmental Protection

Editor: Prof. Yung-Tse Hung ISSN online: 1478-9868 ISSN print: 1478-9876 8 issues per year Subscription price IJEWM is a refereed reference and authoritative source of information in the field of environmental and waste management Together with its sister publications IJEP, IJETM and IJGEnvI, it provides a comprehensive coverage of environmental issues. It covers both engineering/technical and management solutions.

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Editor

• Hung, Yung-Tse, Cleveland State University, USA
  (yungtsehungyahoo.com)

Managing Editors

• Abdel Rahman, Rehab O., Atomic Energy Authority of Egypt, Egypt
• Al-Khatib, Issam A., Birzeit University, Palestinian Territory, Occupied
• Aziz, Hamidi Abdul, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
• Deng, An, University of Adelaide, Australia
• Gupta, Sudhir Kumar, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India
• Salman, Hana, Tishreen University, Syrian Arab Republic
• Sato, Chikashi, Idaho State University, USA

Regional Editors Asia Oceania and Africa

• Yamamoto, Toshiaki, Osaka Prefecture University, Japan
• Yeh, Ruth Yu-Li, Ming Hsin University of Science and Technology, Taiwan

Regional Editors Europe

• Bechtold, Thomas, Leopold-Franzens-University Innsbruck, Austria
• Jeżowiecki, Janusz, Wrocław University of Technology, Poland

Regional Editors North and South America

• Coury, José Renato, Universidade Federal de So Carlos, Brazil
• Yuan, Pao-Chiang, Jackson State University, USA

Forum Editor

• Kuo, Chin Y., Cleveland State University, USA

Editorial Board Members

• Andreadakis, Andreas, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
• Bidoglio, Giovanni, Institute for Environment and Sustainability, Italy
• Bodzek, Michal, Silesian University of Technology, Poland
• Brune, David Edward, Clemson University, USA
• Buitrón, Germán, National University of Mexico, Mexico
• Cai, Wei-Min, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
• Chen, Guohua, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Hong Kong SAR, China
• Cornel, Peter, Technische Hochschule Darmstadt, Germany
• Fan, Maohong, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
• Feng, Chuanping, University of Geosciences (Beijing), China
• Ferreira De Melo, Luís Manuel, University Porto, Portugal
• Futamura, Shigeru, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology AIST, Japan
• Gómez, José Luis Campos, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
• Hao, Fanghua, Beijing Normal University, China
• Hosomi, Masaaki, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan
• Idris, Azni Hj., Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
• Inyang, Hilary I., The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA
• Jin, Bo, University of South Australia, Australia
• Lau, Anthony K., University of British Columbia, Canada
• Leduc, Roland, Universit de Sherbrooke, Canada
• Matis, Konstanstinos A., Aristotle University, Greece
• Mizuno, Akira, Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan
• Moo-Young Jr., H. Keith, California State University, Los Angeles, USA
• Naidu, Ravi, University of South Australia, Australia
• Okada, Mitsumasa, Hiroshima University, Japan
• Oszlányi, Július, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia
• Otten, Lambert, University of Guelph, Canada
• Pirkonen, Pentti Matias, VTT, Finland
• Portier, Ralph J., Louisiana State University, USA
• Reinhart, Debra R., University of Central Florida, USA
• Selivanovskaya, Svetlana Yu., Kazan State University, Russian Federation
• Smith, Chris J., CSIRO Land and Water, Australia
• Subramanium, V., Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
• Sverdlikov, Anatoliy I., Research and Development Institute for Municipal Facilities and Services, Ukraine
• Tang, Don Tsye-Lang, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, USA
• Tay, Kok-Leng, Environment Canada, Canada
• Thorneloe, Susan, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, USA
• Van Leeuwen, Hans, Iowa State University, USA
• Wallace, Gordon T., University of Massachusetts - Boston, USA
• Zheng, Zheng, Nanjing University, China

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