| Urban Land: Degradation - Investigation - Remediation 2003 Edition Contributor(s): Genske, Dieter D. (Author) |
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ISBN: 3540438459 ISBN-13: 9783540438458 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $161.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2003 Annotation: Urban land is developed, utilised, abandoned and left to degradation in many different ways. These processes are closely related to four aspects of human activities: the extraction of resources, their transformation into goods, the production of waste and the conflicts that arise when population grows and demands increase while resources remain limited. Urban land is developed and deteriorates in the course of these activities, while cities keep spreading, consuming the green spaces surrounding them. Sustainable city development aims at protecting the environment by reusing urban terrain. The author brings together the different aspects of this transdisciplinary endeavour by discussing the causes of degradation, the strategies of investigation and the techniques of remediation of urban land. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Nature | Natural Resources - Political Science | Public Policy - City Planning & Urban Development - Science | Environmental Science (see Also Chemistry - Environmental) |
| Dewey: 333.77 |
| LCCN: 2002030949 |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 7" W x 10" (1.85 lbs) 336 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Urban land is an environmental key topic considering the increasing urbani- sation of our world. The amounting pressure on resources especially in the urban environment demand awareness across technical and political sectors and solid concepts for workable solutions. This book will address those people, who are key in coping with the challenges of sustainable urban land use management: Professionals in the growing field of urban land recycling and graduate students from different disciplines including urban planning, environmental sciences and geotechnics. Processes that lead to urban land degradation include the extraction of resources, their transformation into goods, the production of waste and conflicts in the allocation of land. Industrial soil pollution, soil sealing and urban sprawl pose serious challenges to resource management in urban environments. The possible implications are not necessarily restricted to the urban area but do have feedback into the countryside. The reduction of arable land in urban peripheries often causes enhanced pressure on back-country natural ecosystems such as forests, grass- and wetlands. Urban land recycling especially in the developing world is to be seen in the context of poverty alleviation and sustainable development. Ifwe don't get a proper sustainable use of urban land, as well as of water and other natural resources that relate to them, sustainable development will not be reached. |