After a relatively short, but very important absence from the publishing world, theJournal of Environmental Engineering and Science (JEES) has returned in a powerful new format with a new publisher. The Institution of Civil Engineers has a worldwide reputation as a leader in engineering and science publishing. ICE Publishing acquired the rights to JEES after an evaluation of its outstanding reputation for quality, and world renowned Editorial Board made up of Associate Editors. The Editorial Board had recognized a need for rapid publication journal to meet the needs of the thousands of engineers and researchers trying to improve environmental and public health conditions worldwide.JEES first began publishing in 2002 and continued for seven years and seven volumes before being folded into the Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering through an unfortunate change of funding policy. Whatever the evaluation of past history may reveal, the future promised to hold fantastic, exciting and meaningful things on the horizon.
The wonders and hazards disclosed through science are continuously exposing impacts and changes which require examination, evaluation and mitigation to ensure sustained biodiversity. The development of new approaches to mitigation, and the evaluation of their performance, often becomes an engineering challenge which must incorporate the impact from many technical disciplines. Life on Earth continues to adjust and change as the Earth itself undergoes changes due to its distance from the sun, energy emissions from the sun, temperature and compression changes due to gravity, and surface changes affected by humans, and such, it is important to examine the science and engineering proposed to improve the overall quality of life for all living things that make-up the biodiversity that the Earth embodies.
The transition from relying on only our human senses to detect harmful or dangerous conditions, to the use of scientific techniques, has reached astounding rates in recent years. The application of this new knowledge to the benefit of life is highly desirable and often yields excellent improvements. But in reality we have further to go in both the science and the engineering of environmental, biodiversity and public health protection.
The social and political aspects of human population expansion are beyond the scope of this journal, but the need to provide an acceptable quality of life remains constant. The acquiring of new knowledge, and the effort to bring it to the forefront of a diverse community of professionals, all of whom are seeking to improve the human environment in particular, and the natural environment in general, requires that complete, accurate and detailed accounts and explanations be presented that meet the scrutiny of their peers.
Purpose and concept
The Journal of Environmental Engineering and Science will publish papers on all aspects of environmental engineering and applied environmental science including: assessment, treatment and remediation of air, land, groundwater and water contamination; management, treatment and disposal of municipal, industrial and hazardous wastes; waste recycling and minimization; drinking water criteria and treatment; environmental biotechnology; indoor air quality; recreational environmental quality; environmental impact and risk assessment. Consolidation of this wide range of environmental research topics would seek to
promote more interdisciplinary research collaboration to address the multi-faceted nature of environmental problems
provide an attractive and effective forum for the dissemination of interdisciplinary environmental research
encourage greater application of the scientific and technological advances of current applied environmental research
promote greater consistency in the application of the knowledge and advances occurring in relevant fields to the solution of environmental problems.
The Journal of Environmental Engineering and Science is designed to publish refereed manuscripts. By providing a forum for environmental research, JEES will continue to aid in the nurturing of the growing environmental research community.
Rationale and need
Although environmental problems are inherently multidisciplinary in nature, the scientific and technical academic communities are organized along conventional disciplinary lines. There has been growing interaction in environmental research among disciplines such as: biochemistry, botany, chemistry, chemical, civil, environmental, geotechnical and mechanical engineering, entomology, forest science, geography, geology, health sciences, mathematics, microbiology, soil science and zoology. However, these disciplines must generally rely upon refereed journals that are published within the more conventional disciplinary lines. JEES will allow cross over between these disciplines to improve the broad base of expertise commonly required in dealing with complex environmental issues.
Authors
The field of environmental engineering and science includes researchers in a wide variety of disciplines such as
environmental engineering (agricultural, civil, geological and geotechnical, chemical, and mechanical) and applied sciences (forestry and soil science)
physical and analytical sciences (chemistry, geology, geography, mathematics, and physics)
life sciences (biochemistry, botany, entomology, entomology, microbiology, parasitology and zoology)
health sciences (public health protection, epidemiology and toxicology).
