Urban Watersheds: Geology, Contamination, and Sustainable Development

Neuausgabe 2011
ISBN: 978-1-4398-5274-3
Verlag: CRC PR INC

Buch, Englisch, 583 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 257 mm, Gewicht: 1089 g

With the continuing increase in population, more people are sharing the finite resources of the urban watershed, resulting in new and increasingly complex interactions between humans and the environment. Environmental contamination is a chronic problem—and an expensive one. In urban areas, water and soil contamination poses a threat to public health and has implications for future development. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, Urban Watersheds: Geology, Contamination, and Sustainable Development offers a framework for those working to improve the urban environment and create sustainable urban watersheds.

The book presents over 20 years of research and professional practice on urban watersheds from the fields of environmental geology, geochemistry, risk analysis, hydrology, and urban planning. The geological characteristics of urbanized watersheds along with the properties of their common contaminants are integrated to assess risk factors for soil, groundwater, and air. With a framework rooted in scientific knowledge, the authors demonstrate the benefits of scientifically informed planning and decision making, offering guidelines to improve watershed management practices as well as urban development and redevelopment practices.

Suitable for use as a textbook and as a professional practice reference, the book includes case studies on successful and unsuccessful approaches to contaminant remediation as well as practical methods for environmental risk assessment. PowerPoint® presentations of selected portions of the book are available with qualifying course adoption.

Zielgruppe

Professionals involved in watershed management and brownfield redevelopment, environmental management, risk analysis, hydrology, and urban planning; as well as government officials, environmental regulators, local and regional watershed coalitions, urban and regional planners, consultants, and environmental compliance managers; as well as senior undergraduates in watershed management, environmental science, and environmental geology.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kaufman, Martin M.

Rogers, David T.

Murray, Kent S.

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geologie Hydrologie, Hydrogeologie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Forschung und Information Risikobewertung, Risikotheorie
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Geochemie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Umweltgeologie, Geoökologie
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Limnologie (Süßwasser)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The Watershed ApproachHistorical Transformation of Urbanized Watersheds by Industrial DevelopmentThe Evolution of Industry and the Rouge WatershedMajor Themes of the Watershed Approach Used in This BookOrganization of This Book
PART I: GEOLOGY
Geology of Urban WatershedsGeological Processes Affecting Urban WatershedsSedimentary Processes: From Removal to Rock FormationIdentification and Classification of Sedimentary DepositsSedimentary Depositional EnvironmentsDisturbance
Water and the Hydrogeology of WatershedsWater BasicsSurface Water in WatershedsGroundwater in WatershedsFundamental Concepts of GroundwaterSurface Water–Groundwater InteractionAnthropogenic Influences on Surface Water and Groundwater
Conducting Subsurface Environmental Investigations in Urban WatershedsTypes and Description of Subsurface Environmental Investigations, Studies, Plans, or ReportsCommon Environmental Sampling Methods
Urban Geologic MappingGeologic Mapping in an Urban Environment
Geologic VulnerabilitySubsurface Vulnerability and Vulnerability Map DevelopmentMethodsMap-Building ExampleDemonstrating the Significance of Vulnerability Mapping
PART II: CONTAMINATION
Common Contaminants in Urban WatershedsContaminant ToxicityVolatile Organic CompoundsPolynuclear Aromatic HydrocarbonsPolychlorinated BiphenylsSemivolatile Organic CompoundsHeavy MetalsOther Contaminants
Contaminant Fate and TransportContaminant Releases into the EnvironmentPrinciples of Contaminant Fate and TransportFate and Transport of Contaminants
Metal Contamination in Urban WatershedsHeavy Metals in SoilCase Study: Metals in Soil, Rouge River WatershedCase Study: Dissolved Metals in Shallow Groundwater, Rouge River Watershed
Contaminant Risk FactorsSurface Risk FactorGroundwater Contaminant Risk FactorSoil Contaminant Risk FactorAir Contaminant Risk FactorDiscussion and Implications
Remediation: Techniques and CostRemediation OverviewCommon Soil Remediation TechnologiesSummary of Soil Remediation TechnologiesCommon Groundwater Remediation TechnologiesSummary of Groundwater Remediation TechnologiesSediment RemediationSurface Water RemediationAir RemediationCost of Remediation
PART III: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Urbanization and the Disruption of Matter and Energy Flows within WatershedsWatershed StructureWatershed FunctionUrbanization and Watersheds: Disruption of Matter and Energy Flows
Pollution PreventionPollution Prevention in the United StatesImplementing Pollution Prevention Techniques: Industrial Point SourcesImplementing Pollution Prevention Techniques for Nonpoint Sources in Urbanized Watersheds
Case Studies: Successful and Unsuccessful Redevelopment of Contaminated SitesCase Study 1: MichiganCase Study 2: IllinoisCase Study 3: IndianaCase Study 4: WisconsinCase Study 5: CaliforniaCase Study 6: New Jersey
Science-Based Landscape Planning in Urban WatershedsThe Science: Policy GapScience-Based Landscape PlanningWatershed Management
Attaining Sustainable Urban WatershedsSustainability and Sustainable DevelopmentA Framework for Beginning Urban Watershed ManagementLinking the First Step to the Big Picture
Glossary of TermsIndex

Über Autor(innen)

Martin M. Kaufman is a professor of earth science at the University of Michigan-Flint. He has over 25 years of experience in geographic information systems, hydrologic investigations, and watershed management.

Daniel T. Rogers is currently the director of environmental affairs at Amsted Industries Incorporated. Throughout his career, Rogers has managed and conducted hundreds of geologic and hydrogeologic investigations and remediated and successfully closed industrial sites in the United States and internationally.

Kent S. Murray is a professor of geology at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. He has over 35 years experience in environmental geology, groundwater hydrology, and low-temperature geochemistry.