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The Open Access version of this book, available at https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/10.1201/9781003082613, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license. This book explains the concept of using phytotechnology with biomass production to improve soil quality and restore contaminated sites to a useful state that has economic and social value. Phytotechnology with Biomass Production: Sustainable Management of Contaminated Sites focuses on the application of second-generation biofuel crops, primarily Miscanthus, to slightly contaminated or marginal postmilitary and postmining soils. Based on recent and ongoing research from the United States, Ukraine, the Czech Republic, and Germany, along with case studies from other countries, this is the first comprehensive book on using phytotechnology with biomass production at contaminated sites at a global level. FEATURES Focuses on an important topic of a growing global activity: soil improvement through biomass production Includes case studies and success stories from different countries on application of Miscanthus phytotechnology to sites differently contaminated by trace elements, pesticides, and petroleum products Discusses the peculiarities of Miscanthus production on postmilitary and postmining contaminated lands and the impact of plant growth regulators, soil amendments, fertilizers, and biochar to the process Introduces soil fauna as indicators of soil health during Miscanthus phytotechnology application Presents Miscanthus value chain associated with the processing of Miscanthus biomass to different bioproducts While written primarily for faculty, students, research scientists, environmental and agricultural professionals, gardeners, farmers, landowners, and government officials, this book has value for all who are working on phytotechnology projects and phytomining to reduce risk and/or improve soil quality at contaminated sites. Phytotechnology with Biomass Production: Sustainable Management of Contaminated Sites is also a great new resource for those who are new to the topic and want to learn to apply phytotechnologies and biomass production with further conversion into energy and bioproducts.

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This is by far the most comprehensive book on sustainability science and practice out there. It should be a core reference for anyone interested in this field. It is also a key source for solutions to creating a sustainable and desirable future for humans and the rest of nature. - Robert Costanza, Professor, VC's Chair in Public Policy, Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University, Founding director of the Gund Institute for Ecological Economics, Australia Sustainability Principles and Practice is an outstanding overview of a wide-ranging global discussion that will lead either to human survival or planetary failure. What is sustainable? How are practitioners bringing principles of sustainability into various industries and disciplines? Every thinking person needs to find their place in the sustainability transition, and this book helps by mapping the territory reliably and fairly. -- Richard Heinberg, Senior Fellow, Post Carbon Institute, USA Sustainabilty Principles and Practice is like an expertly crafted salad--nutritionally dense and filled with flavor! This is an intense, comprehensive introduction to sustainability. You'll have to chew, but when you're finished you'll be full of new knowledge and definitely satiated! Erik Assadourian, Sustainability Researcher and Educator, USA A thorough and dependable guide to the most important issues of our time and what must be done by the rising generation . . . highly recommended for courses across the curriculum. - David W. Orr, Paul Sears Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Oberlin College, USA Praise for the previous editions Achieving sustainability is the single most important challenge facing humanity, and yet few people realize it. If every student read this text the chances of civilization averting a collapse would be substantially improved. Paul Ehrlich, Stanford University, USA Everyone thinks they know what sustainability is, but few people truly understand it--and fewer still can explain it well. Robertson cuts through the greenwash and the cliches with a top-notch exploration of the topic in all its complexities. It's an enjoyable read that's both thoroughly grounded in science and steeped in wonder at our fascinating, fragile planet. Daniel Lerch, Post Carbon Institute, USA Margaret Robertson has produced the closest thing yet to a comprehensive textbook on what is a crucial subject. The book provides a grounding in the key challenges while also communicating the potential solutions in a clear and positive fashion. It is equipped to become an essential go-to text for both students of sustainability and those working in the field. James Evans, University of Manchester, UK This book provides much needed and relevant information on the theory and practice of sustainability. It is comprehensive and useful with practical applications in a wide range of human endeavors. Stephen R. Kellert, Yale University, USA This book provides a comprehensive overview of the state of our earth systems and what we can do to positively impact change. The book can be used for both undergraduate and graduate education, and across a variety of disciplines. I learned something new at every turn of the page. Kevin Dooley, Arizona State University, USA The great strength of Robertson's book is its breadth of coverage. From marketing to life cycle costing to the latest science on climate change, Sustainability Principles and Practice serves as a welcoming guide into the often jargon-laden field of sustainability. --Jay Antle, Johnson County Community College, USA This book is a solid and well-crafted introduction to the field, conveying both the substance and the heart of sustainability work with style and grace. It will help students and other new entrants to the field get oriented to the special interdisciplinary challenges of sustainability, and to its core mission: helping us learn to be better caretakers of our planetary future. --Alan AtKisson, President & CEO AtKisson Inc., USA & AtKisson Europe AB, Sweden. President, ISIS Academy GmbH, Germany. Member, President's Science and Technology Advisory Council (PSTAC), European Commission This is an important book. Robertson has a keen sense of the situation and an even keener sense of alternatives and means to achieve them. The author gives it to you the way it is and then provides some important pointers to resilient futures. This book contains both a diagnosis and a treatment. Read it. --Simon Bell, Open University, UK An organized, engaging, and even inspiring collection of ideas that--if internalized and used to inform policies--would enable societies to thrive within a healthy environment. I wish this book had been available when I was first learning about social and environmental systems. --Robert Dietz, Editor, The Daly News, Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy A comprehensive and practical map of the evolving field of sustainability. This well-organized and thoroughly researched textbook provides both students and educators with a useful guide to the essential sustainability topics. Robertson delivers an important work that will help to define the knowledge base in the sustainability field. --Andres R. Edwards, Founder, EduTracks, USA. Author of The Sustainability Revolution and Thriving Beyond Sustainability Robertson places sustainability in the connectedness between human culture and the living world. She links technical knowledge with tools for developing positive solutions and putting them into effect, including working collaboratively in organizations with other people. --Bruce K. Ferguson, University of Georgia, USA Robertson has distilled the essential background information that students, our rising decision-makers, need so that they can follow her clearly defined roadmap to a sustainable future for the planet. --Lee Kump, Pennsylvania State University, USA Sustainability Principles and Practice covers a broad range of topics, principles and concepts--at several scales from energy, water, pollution, ecosystems, food, and cities--to a charge to future 'agents for change' at policy, institutional, and personal, experiential levels. A must-have book to refresh your knowledge and to make a better world. --Alison Kwok, University of Oregon, USA From now on when someone asks me what is sustainability, I will tell them to read Margaret Robertson's book, Sustainability Principles and Practice, which presents clearly and thoroughly the multi-faceted concept of sustainability in a very readable form. --Norbert Lechner, Auburn University, USA Everyone thinks they know what sustainability is, but few people truly understand it--and fewer still can explain it well. Robertson cuts through the greenwash and the cliches with a top-notch exploration of the topic in all its complexities. It's an enjoyable read that's both thoroughly grounded in science and steeped in wonder at our fascinating, fragile planet. --Daniel Lerch, Post Carbon Institute, USA Robertson's incisive analysis is both global and specific, comprehensive and inclusive. There is careful blending of facts and values, what is and what ought to be. You will find yourself engaged. I guarantee it. --Holmes Rolston, III, Colorado State University, USA This book grabbed my attention and kept me engaged. The focus on creating solutions is refreshing. This publication will enhance and deepen the work of any general reader, student or faculty member working to bring sustainability into the curricula. --Debra Rowe, Oakland Community College, USA This book masterfully integrates human and natural systems and the relationships between them into a grand and detailed picture of the world we live in. It provides a highly accessible introduction to sustainability suitable for anyone who cares about where we are going as a species, translating this knowledge into practical action. --Arran Stibbe, University of Gloucestershire, UK This is a comprehensive, useful account of what sustainability is all about and what is needed for building it. It describes the many facets that collectively determine the degree to which a system, at any scale, is sustainable, and explains how they interact. It is a valuable guide and reference for anyone wishing to get involved in the practice of sustainability. --Brian Walker, CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, Australia. Author of Resilience Thinking Sustainability champions practice systems thinking, connecting the dots between green buildings, sustainable cities, corporate CSR, and all the global sustainability megaforces besieging us. This book is their indispensable primer and wonderfully practical handbook to ensure they are effective change agents. It is a coherent encyclopedia of sustainability issues, with answers. --Bob Willard, Sustainability Advantage, Canada

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Larry E. Erickson is professor of chemical engineering at Kansas State University where he has been involved in hazardous substance teaching and research for more than 30 years. He teaches CHE 650 Hazardous Waste Engineering Seminar and CHE 670 Sustainability Seminar. He directed the Great Plains/Rocky Mountain Hazardous Substance Research Center from 1989- 2003 and the Center for Hazardous Substance Research from 1985-2018. He has helped to provide leadership for the NATO project New Phytotechnology for Cleaning Contaminated Military Sites. He has published several books and helped as coauthor of over 400 professional publications. His B.S.ChE. and PhD are in chemical engineering from Kansas State University. Valentina Pidlisnyuk is a professor in the Department of Environmental Chemistry and Technology at Jan Evangelista Purkyne University where she teaches classes in environmental chemistry, sustainable management of contaminated sites, and phytoremediation. Her research has a focus on phytoremediation with biomass production including growing miscanthus in contaminated soils. She has provided leadership as director of the NATO SPS project New Phytotechnology for Cleaning Contaminated Military Sites, and has organized workshops on phytoremediation of polluted military sites and environmental analytical chemistry with international participation. She has edited several books and is coauthor of over 350 professional publications. Her M.S. and PhD are in chemistry, and her professorship is in environmental science.

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