| Soil Remediation and Rehabilitation: Treatment of Contaminated and Disturbed Land 2013 Edition Contributor(s): Meuser, Helmut (Author) |
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ISBN: 9400798229 ISBN-13: 9789400798229 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $161.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Environmental - General - Nature | Environmental Conservation & Protection - General - Science | Life Sciences - Ecology |
| Dewey: 628.55 |
| Series: Environmental Pollution |
| Physical Information: 0.87" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.31 lbs) 408 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Ecology |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book provides a comprehensive overview of remediation and rehabilitation techniques and strategies for contaminated and anthropogenically disturbed land. Rehabilitation approaches in the urban environment, such as brownfield redevelopment and urban mining, are discussed. In relation to contaminated land, techniques for soil containment and decontamination of soil, soil vapour and groundwater are comprehensively and systematically presented. Complicated treatment techniques are schematically depicted and can be readily understood. Agricultural, silvicultural and environmentally sustainable rehabilitation strategies for reclaiming disturbed land/terrain in former mining or natural-resource extraction areas, such as open-cast mines, quarries, harvested peatlands, and subsided mining terrain (sinkholes), are introduced. This book will be a useful tool for students, researchers, private consultants and public authorities engaged in the treatment of contaminated or disturbed land. |