Overview

This standard work on contaminated site management covers the whole chain of steps involved in dealing with contaminated sites, from site investigation to remediation. An important focus throughout the book is on Risk Assessment. In addition, the book includes chapters on characterisation of natural and urban soils, bioavailability, natural attenuation, policy and stakeholder viewpoints and Brownfields. Typically, the book includes in-depth theories on soil contamination, along with offering possibilities for practical applications. More than sixty of the world’s top experts from Europe, the USA, Australia and Canada have contributed to this book. The twenty-five chapters in this book offer relevant information for experienced scientists, students, consultants and regulators, as well as for ‘new players’ in contaminated site management

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Author:   Frank A. Swartjes
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   2011 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 5.80cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   3.880kg
ISBN:  

9789048197569

ISBN 10:   9048197562
Pages:   1104
Publication Date:   17 January 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

PART I: INTRODUCTION 1. INTRODUCTION TO CONTAMINATED SITE MANAGEMENT 2. CHARACTERISTICS OF NATURAL AND URBAN SOILS  PART II: SITE INVESTIGATION 3. A PRACTICAL APPROACH FOR SITE INVESTIGATION 4. STATISTICAL SAMPLING STRATEGIES FOR SURVEY OF SOIL CONTAMINATION  PART III: HUMAN HEALTH ASPECTS 5 HUMAN HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT 6. EXPOSURE THROUGH SOIL AND DUST INGESTION 7. ORAL BIOAVAILABILITY 8. UPTAKE OF METALS FROM SOIL INTO VEGETABLES 9. UPTAKE OF ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS FROM SOIL INTO VEGETABLES AND FRUITS 10. VAPOR INTRUSION 11. HUMAN EXPOSURE PATHWAYS 12. HAZARD ASSESSMENT AND CONTAMINATED SITES  PART IV: ECOLOGICAL ASPECTS 13. INTRODUCTION TO ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT 14. ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT OF DIFFUSE AND LOCAL SOIL CONTAMINATION USING SPECIES SENSITIVITY DISTRIBUTIONS 15. SITE-SPECIFIC ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT16. BIOAVAILABILITY IN SOILS  PART V: GROUNDWATER-RELATED ASPECTS 17. GROUNDWATER-RELATED RISK ASSESSMENT 18. LEACHING OF CONTAMINANTS TO GROUNDWATER 19. CONTAMINANT FATE AND REACTIVE TRANSPORT IN GROUNDWATER  PART VI: RISK MANAGEMENT 20. SUSTAINABILITY AND REMEDIATION 21. IN SITU REMEDIATION TECHNOLOGIES 22. NATURAL ATTENUATION  PART VII: FRAMEWORKS 23. BRINGING SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF CONTAMINATED SITES INTOPRACTICE – THE ROLE OF POLICY AND REGULATIONS 24. A STAKEHOLDERS’ PERSPECTIVE ON CONTAMINATED LAND MANAGEMENT 25. SUSTAINABLE BROWNFIELD REGENERATION

Reviews

'This is an ambitious book that deals with contaminated sites from beginning to end. It provides an excellent framing for the assessment and management of sites and provides chapters with enough detail to provide a reader with a launching point to delve into the literature. It is very well suited to an upper year/graduate level course in contaminated site management because it deals with all four disciplines involved in contaminated site managements provides substantive introduction to the key issues in these disciplines that influence site management and remediation. I highly recommend adding this book to your library.' Steven Siciliano, Professor of Soil Toxicology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK. Canada. 'More than sixty of the world's top experts from Europe, the USA, Australia and Canada have contributed to this book. The twenty five chapters in this book offer relevant information for experienced scientists, students, consultants and regulators, as well as for 'new players' in contaminated site management.' Science of the Total Environment, Elseviers, Review by Jerome O. Nriagu, University of Michigan, U.S. 'Every EPA in Romania should buy this book and use it as a bible.' Dr. Marie-Jeanne Adler, Ddirector of the National Institute of Hydrology and Water Management, Bucharest, Romania 'Thanks for having assembled this on behalf of the contaminated land community. A perfect balance of theoretical underpinning and practical application of science, which is exactly the gap that was missing among current books on the subject'. Prof. Simon Pollard, Cranfield University, UK 'The book provides in-depth analysis in environmental standard development, environmental economics and policy. We believe that the book will give high-level theoretical guidance for effective management of contaminated sites in China'. Prof. Fasheng Li, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, P.R.China 'I strongly recommend this book for graduate students and researchers working with Environmental Soil Science'. Prof. Luis Alleoni, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil 'The book provides in-depth analysis in environmental standard development, environmental economics and policy. We believe that the book will give high-level theoretical guidance for effective management of contaminated sites in China'. Prof. Fasheng Li, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, P.R.China 'I strongly recommend this book for graduate students and researchers working with Environmental Soil Science'. Prof. Luis Alleoni, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil

From the reviews: This book takes on the formidable task of bringing the interdisciplinary and diverse aspects ... of contaminated site investigation together in one place. ... Each chapter of this book is written as a 'stand alone' subject discussion ... . The stand alone chapter design does allow readers to pick and chose which chapters they wish to read and in what sequence. ... I found the discussions on viewing soils as a valuable and potentially nonrenewable resource to be an important and critical topic. (Mark Sprenger, Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management, Vol. 8 (1), January, 2012)

From the reviews: 'More than sixty of the world's top experts from Europe, the USA, Australia and Canada have contributed to this book. The twenty five chapters in this book offer relevant information for experienced scientists, students, consultants and regulators, as well as for 'new players' in contaminated site management.' Science of the Total Environment, Elseviers, Review by Jerome O. Nriagu, University of Michigan, U.S. This book takes on the formidable task of bringing the interdisciplinary and diverse aspects ... of contaminated site investigation together in one place. ... Each chapter of this book is written as a 'stand alone' subject discussion ... . The stand alone chapter design does allow readers to pick and chose which chapters they wish to read and in what sequence. ... I found the discussions on viewing soils as a valuable and potentially nonrenewable resource to be an important and critical topic. (Mark Sprenger, Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management, Vol. 8 (1), January, 2012)

'This is an ambitious book that deals with contaminated sites from beginning to end. It provides an excellent framing for the assessment and management of sites and provides chapters with enough detail to provide a reader with a launching point to delve into the literature. It is very well suited to an upper year/graduate level course in contaminated site management because it deals with all four disciplines involved in contaminated site managements provides substantive introduction to the key issues in these disciplines that influence site management and remediation. I highly recommend adding this book to your library.'Steven Siciliano, Professor of Soil Toxicology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK. Canada.. Steven.siciliano@usask.ca

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