Soil Remediation and Rehabilitation [electronic resource] : Treatment of Contaminated and Disturbed Land /
Meuser, Helmut.author.
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.   The more traditional approaches, such as soil washing, bioremediation, and pump-and-treat, are introduced, but the younger fields of remediation, like phytoremediation, funnel-and-gate, and steam-enhanced extraction, are also taken into consideration.   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, open-pit mines and subsided mining terrain (sinkholes), are introduced.   Since this book gives a complete and systematic overview of all types of soil, soil vapour and groundwater remediation techniques, as well as rehabilitation approaches for soils/terrain in mining areas, it will be a useful tool not only for universities and research institutes, but also for private consultants and public authorities engaged in the treatment of contaminated or disturbed land.
Description based upon print version of record.
Soil Remediationand Rehabilitation; Foreword; Acknowledgement; Contents; Abbreviations; Chapter 1: Introduction; References; Chapter 2: Rehabilitation of Soils in Urban Environments; 2.1 Brownfield Redevelopment; 2.1.1 Instrument of the Town Planning; 2.1.2 Dealing with Contaminated Areas; 2.1.3 Quality Criteria; 2.2 Environmentally Friendly Approaches; 2.2.1 De-sealing; 2.2.2 Rainwater Management; 2.2.3 Roof Planting; 2.3 Urban Mining; 2.3.1 Shortage of Resources; 2.3.2 Potentials of Landfills; 2.3.3 Technique of Landfill Excavation; References
Chapter 3: Rehabilitation of Soils in Mining and Raw Material Extraction Areas3.1 Open-Cast Coal Mines; 3.1.1 Examples of Open-Cast Mining Areas; 3.1.2 Effects of Large-Scale Mining Operations; 3.1.3 Agricultural Rehabilitation; 3.1.4 Silvicultural Rehabilitation; 3.1.5 Creation of Nature Reserves; 3.1.6 Creation of Mining Lakes; 3.2 Mining Heaps; 3.2.1 Coal Mining Heaps; 3.2.2 Salt Mining Heaps; 3.2.3 Metallic Ore Mining Heaps; 3.3 Quarries and Open Pit Mines; 3.3.1 Uncontaminated Quarries and Mining Pits; 3.3.1.1 Quarries; 3.3.1.2 Unconsolidated Rock Pits
3.3.2 Contaminated Metallic Ore Mining Pits3.3.3 Tailings; 3.4 Subsided Mining Terrain; 3.5 Peatlands; 3.5.1 Peat Harvesting; 3.5.2 Sphagnum Bog Restoration; 3.5.2.1 Principles; 3.5.2.2 Water Management; 3.5.2.3 Land-Forming; 3.5.2.4 Plant Management; 3.5.2.5 Nutrient Management; 3.5.3 Wooded Peatland Restoration; 3.5.4 Fen Restoration; References; Chapter 4: Treatment of Contaminated Land; 4.1 Overview of Soil Remediation Measures; 4.1.1 Containment and Decontamination Approaches; 4.1.2 Immediate Response Action; 4.2 Site and Soil Management; 4.2.1 Site Management
4.2.2 Excavation and Stockpiling4.2.3 Transportation; 4.2.4 Reuse of the Excavated Material and Back filling; 4.3 Site Clearance Operation; 4.3.1 Selective Deconstruction; 4.3.2 Separation and Treatment of Hazardous Material; 4.4 Working Safety; 4.4.1 Sources of Danger to Human Health; 4.4.2 Safety Measures; References; Chapter 5: Soil Containment; 5.1 Surface Cover; 5.1.1 Geotextile-Based and Bentonite-Based Cover Systems; 5.1.2 Sealing; 5.2 Side Barriers Installation and Encapsulation; 5.2.1 Side Barriers; 5.2.2 Encapsulation; 5.3 Solidification; 5.3.1 Cement-Based Solidification
5.3.2 Asphalt Batching5.3.3 Vitrification; 5.4 Stabilisation; References; Chapter 6: Soil Decontamination; 6.1 Soil Preparation; 6.2 Soil Washing; 6.2.1 Technical Devices Used; 6.2.1.1 Stationary Washing Plants; 6.2.1.2 Mobile Washing Systems; 6.2.1.3 In situ Soil Washing; 6.2.2 Required Soil Properties and Treatable Contaminants; 6.2.3 Solubilising Agents; 6.3 Bioremediation; 6.3.1 Principles of Bioremediation; 6.3.2 Kinetic of the Pollutant Degradation; 6.3.3 Technical Devices Used; 6.3.3.1 Regeneration Pit (Biopile); 6.3.3.2 Bioreactor Technique; 6.3.3.3 In situ Treatment
6.3.3.4 Landfarming
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.   The more traditional approaches, such as soil washing, bioremediation, and pump-and-treat, are introduced, but the younger fields of remediation, like phytoremediation, funnel-and-gate, and steam-enhanced extraction, are also taken into consideration.   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, open-pit mines and subsided mining terrain (sinkholes), are introduced.   Since this book gives a complete and systematic overview of all types of soil, soil vapour and groundwater remediation techniques, as well as rehabilitation approaches for soils/terrain in mining areas, it will be a useful tool not only for universities and research institutes, but also for private consultants and public authorities engaged in the treatment of contaminated or disturbed land.
Soil science.
Soil conservation.
Geology.
Landscape ecology.
Environmental pollution.
Hydrogeology.
Environmental management.
Soil Science & Conservation.
Geology.
Landscape Ecology.
Terrestrial Pollution.
Hydrogeology.
Environmental Management.