Meet the editor

Dr. Ivan Uher is working as an Associate Professor at Pavol Jozef Šafarik University, Slovakia. His research includes the following fields: aging, physiology in sport and exercise, health and nutrition, lifestyle in prevention and treatment of health problems, and quality of life. He has more than 100 publications in scientific journals and books and has held lectures, seminars, and workshops in various conferences.

Contents

**Preface XI**

**Chapter 1 1**

**Chapter 2 17**

**Chapter 3 29**

**Chapter 4 59**

**Chapter 5 81**

**Chapter 6 99**

**Chapter 7 115**

**Chapter 8 137**

Effects of Climate Change on City Life: Case Study in the City

Investigating Effects of Climate Change on Health Risks in Nigeria

*by Iveta Cimboláková, Ivan Uher, Katarína Veszelits Laktičová, Mária Vargová, Tatiana Kimáková and Ingrid Papajová*

*by Mária Vargová, Katarína Veszelits Laktičová, Rudolf Hromada, Iveta Cimboláková, Ivan Uher, Ingrid Papajová and Korim Peter*

*by Naoko Kumagai-Takei, Suni Lee, Kei Yoshitome, Nagisa Sada,* 

Toward an Economic and Environmental Sustainability of the

Seasonal Changes of Soil Organic Carbon and Microbial Biomass

Sugar Industry Wastes as Wealth of Organic Carbon for Soil

*by Anbalagan Krishnaveni, Sivakumar Chinnasamy,* 

Immune Alteration Caused by Fibrous and Particulate Environmental

of Ambon, Indonesia East Region

Heavy Metals and the Environment

Sanitation and the Environment

*Yasumitsu Nishimura and Takemi Otsuki*

Health Systems of Western Countries

Carbon in Different Forest Ecosystems *by Emre Babur and Turgay Dindaroglu*

*Jamuna Elumalai and Pandiyan Muthaiyan*

*by Andrés J. Ursa Herguedas*

Substances

*by Ilevbare Femi Monday*

*by Gun Mardiatmoko and Jan Wilem Hatulesila*

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## **Chapter 9 161**

Review of Environmental and Public Health Impact of Automobile Wastes and Automobile Transportation in Nigeria *by John Kanayochukwu Nduka, Henrietta Ijeoma Kelle, Emeka Chima Ogoko and Perpetua Chioma Okafor*

Preface

We often fail to acknowledge that knowledge is multiplicative, and technologies are synergistic. Humankind is far more innovative than we give it credit. Over the past hundred years, generation after generation has witnessed the appearance of innovative technologies. At first, we were shocked, and then we barely notice the global changes in our environment. Advances in the field of environmental health taught us much about human health hazards. In that respect, environmental health and the natural environment requires us to redefine our approach, at the

The present book examines the issues of potential risk (e.g., environmental contaminants, climate, and seasonal changes benefits of decomposition process on the soil also discussing collective defense, universal vulnerability, and global responsibility that can build a safer future for the humanity). We intended to present thoughts, processes, and techniques to convey environmental risks and susceptibility, make public the comprehensive interactions between nature and

The first two chapters evaluate global challenges of climate change in the Eastern region of Indonesia and Nigeria. Particularly its health risks, discomfort for urban and rural communities, emphasizing governmental responsibility to raise awareness, following necessary steps, especially for the most vulnerable social groups. The third and the forth chapters deal with environmental contaminants that play a crucial role in the transmission of pathogens. The chapters examine the structure of sanitation (i.e., methods, stages of disinfection, environmental factors) that influence the effectiveness of disinfection, addressing nonmonotonic dose-response relationships (hormesis). Also, the authors attempted to quantify the relationship between exposure of heavy metals on the organism via the

The fifth chapter looks into specific environmental substances such as asbestos fibers and silica particles that yield various health issues. This chapter summarizes the effect of those substances on the human immune system and outlines future direction in the research and practice. The sixth chapter emphasizes a holistic

They were focusing on collective defense, universal vulnerability, and global solidarity, where the international public health action can build a safer future for humanity. The seventh chapter looks into seasonal changes of soil microbial biomass, and soil organic carbon in the karst ecosystem. The author of this chapter presents the most important factors of soil quality and health factors managing soil carbon in forest soils and provides us with how seasonal changes affect soil organic carbon and microbial biomass carbon. The eighth chapter describes sugar industry wastes as an organic plant material that returns to the soil and, through the decomposition process, provides nutrients and habitat to organisms living in the soil and, at the same time, binds soil particles and improves the water holding capacity of the soil. The last chapter looks into the impact of automobile and automobile transportation

and its detrimental effect on the environment and public health in Nigeria.

approach to the most common health issues of our civilization.

same time readiness to engage in a multiplicity of approaches.

human pursuits.

atmosphere, hydrosphere, and pedosphere.
