Soil Remediation and Rehabilitation, 2013 Treatment of Contaminated and Disturbed Land Environmental Pollution Series, Vol. 23

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.

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.

Presents both traditional and recent advances in remediation Complicated techniques are easily explained Treatment facilities and processes are depicted using over 150 diagrams and photographs