Soil Remediation and Rehabilitation

Treatment of Contaminated and Disturbed Land
2013
ISBN: 978-94-007-5750-9
Verlag: Springer Netherlands

Buch, Englisch, Band 23, 408 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 8403 g

Reihe: Environmental Pollution

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.

Zielgruppe

Graduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Meuser, Helmut

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltverschmutzung, Umweltkriminalität, Umweltrecht
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltschutz, Umwelterhaltung
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Bodenkunde, Sedimentologie
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Hydrologie, Hydrogeologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction.-Rehabilitation of soils in urban environments.-Rehabilitation of soils in mining and raw material extraction areas.-Treatment of contaminated land.-Soil containment.-Soil decontamination.-Groundwater, soil vapour and surface water treatment.-Approaches without complex technical applications.-Remediation planning.-Outlook.-Index.