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Soil Remediation and Rehabilitation
Helmut Meuser
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Description for Soil Remediation and Rehabilitation
Paperback. Here is a thorough survey of remediation and rehabilitation techniques and strategies for contaminated and anthropogenically disturbed land. Offers schematic depiction of treatment techniques, and introduces a range of methods for reclaiming disturbed land. Series: Environmental Pollution. Num Pages: 428 pages, 77 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: RBGB; RNF; RNP; TQK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 652.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
428
Condition
New
Series
Environmental Pollution
Number of Pages
408
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789400798229
SKU
V9789400798229
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Ref
99-15
Reviews for Soil Remediation and Rehabilitation
From the reviews: “This clear, well-written book is a very complete, accurate, and up-to-date presentation on soil contamination and treatment. Meuser … begins by discussing the mounting problem of anthropogenic sources of solid waste and its composition, and how to dispose of it in landfills. … Useful diagrams and colored photographs of construction sites/methods are provided. … Meuser also ... Read more