Section 1. Engineering applications for environmental management -- Section 2. Process control, simulations and intensification for environmental management -- Section 3. Ecotoxicology, environmental safety and bioremediation -- Section 4. Biotechnology for environmental management -- Section 5. Climate-change-related effects on the environment and ecological systems -- Section 6. Natural resources, agriculture and the environment -- Section 7. Smart technologies for environmentally friendly energy production -- Section 8. Remote sensing and GIS for environmental monitoring and management -- Section 9. Environmental impacts of natural hazards and environmental risk assessment -- Section 10. Sustainable management of marine and coastal environments -- Section 11. Sustainable management of the urban environment, the indoor and built environment -- Section 12. Ecosystems and biodiversity conservation -- Section 13. Environmental-change-related impacts on human, animal, and ecosystem health.

This edited book includes more than four hundred short papers that were presented during the fourth edition of EMCEI, which was held in Sousse, Tunisia in November 2022. By presenting a wide range of environmental topics and new findings relevant to a variety of problems in the Mediterranean region and its surroundings, the book addresses emerging environmental issues along with new challenges by focusing on innovative approaches that contribute to achieving a sustainable environment in these regions. The book appeals to anyone working in the subject area and especially students interested in learning more about new developments in environmental research initiatives in light of the worsening environmental degradation of the Mediterranean and surrounding areas, making environmental and resource protection an increasingly important issue that impedes sustainable development and social well-being. The book addresses emerging environmental issues along with new challenges by focusing on innovative approaches that contribute to achieving a sustainable environment in and around the Mediterranean Sea and by highlighting to decision makers from relevant sectors the environmental considerations that should be integrated into their own activities.