Soil Remediation and Rehabilitation

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xix

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2. Introduction

   • Helmut Meuser

   Pages 1-3

3. Rehabilitation of Soils in Urban Environments

   • Helmut Meuser

   Pages 5-36

4. Rehabilitation of Soils in Mining and Raw Material Extraction Areas

   • Helmut Meuser

   Pages 37-126

5. Treatment of Contaminated Land

   • Helmut Meuser

   Pages 127-162

6. Soil Containment

   • Helmut Meuser

   Pages 163-199

7. Soil Decontamination

   • Helmut Meuser

   Pages 201-278

8. Groundwater, Soil Vapour and Surface Water Treatment

   • Helmut Meuser

   Pages 279-346

9. Approaches Without Complex Technical Applications

   • Helmut Meuser

   Pages 347-356

10. Remediation Planning

    • Helmut Meuser

    Pages 357-381

11. Outlook

    • Helmut Meuser

    Pages 383-386

12. Back Matter

    Pages 387-406

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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.

• Decontamination
• Groundwater remediation
• Rehabilitation of mining areas
• Soil remediation
• Treatment of contaminated land
• terrestrial pollution
• hydrogeology

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 covers treatment of contaminated groundwater. Diagrams are clear and well labeled throughout. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Graduate students through professionals/practitioners.” (A. S. Casparian, Choice, Vol. 51 (3), November, 2013)

• , Faculty A&L, University of Applied Sciences Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany

  Helmut Meuser

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