Land Reclamation : an end to dereliction? /: an end to dereliction?. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Editor, M.C.R. Davies.
• Editors: Davies, M. C. R
• Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; SECTION 1 : PLANNING AND LAND USE; Derelict Land -- Recent Developments and Current Issues; An Evaluation of Surveys of Soil Contamination in the City of Swansea, South Wales; A View of Two New Government Initiatives, Scottish Enterprise and Central Scotland Woodland Company; The Use of Derelict Land -- Thinking the Unthinkable; Planning for Reclamation; Treating Dereliction, The Lessons Learned; The Reclamation of Hard Rock Quarries: Policy and Planning Implications Considerations in the Redevelopment of Derelict Land: Experiences of an Urban Development CorporationRoumanian Concepts and Achievements; SECTION 2 : ENGINEERING TECHNIQUES; Keynote Address; Landform Replication as an Approach to the Reclamation of Limestone Quarries; Garden Festival Wales -- Ebbw Vale 1992; Albion Lower Tip Landslide -- Control of Groundwater Levels Using Well Points and Bored Drains; Gas Control Measures for Development of Land Affected by Landfill Gas; Redevelopment of Cymmer Colliery, Porth; The Application of Strata 3 to the Assessment of Contaminated Land -- A Case Study Windsor Park Housing Scheme : The Reclamation of an Ex-Gasworks Site in BecktonADLIS -- An Air Photo Land Information System for Derelict Land Studies; Reclamation of a Backfilled Sand Pit; Clean Cover Reclamation: The Need for a Rational Design Methodology; Evaluating the Potential for Subterranean Smouldering; The Use of Dynamic Compaction in Land Reclamation; The Subsurface Drainage of Disturbed Soils; Engineering Techniques for Environmental Control of the Coastal Zone; Subsidence and Drainage on Abandoned South Wales Mines Sites -- Hazards and Engineering Solutions Reclaiming the Fertile Lands of the Lake Faguibine SystemA Case History -- Brett Gravel's Faverstam Quarry; SECTION 3 : CONTAMINATED LAND; Behaviour of Pollutants in Soils; Redevelopment of a Former Steelworks; Environmental Assessments of Reclaimed Land in the United States of America; Risk Analysis as a Guide to Optimal Reclamation in Strategies for Contaminated Land; An Assessment of the Efficiency of Remedial Treatment for Metal Polluted Soil; Land Contamination by Hazardous Gas -- The Need for a Coordinated Approach; A Review of Methods to Control Acid Generation in Pyritic Coal Mine Waste Ranking of ""Problem"" Sites and Criteria for Clean-up of Contaminated SitesReclamation of the Former Laporte Chamical Works, Ilford, Essex; Topsoil from Dredgings: A Solution for Land Reclamation in the Coastal Zone; Slurry Trench Cut-Offs for Gas and Leachate Control; Burning Chemical Waste Site: Investigation, Assessment; Redevelopment of a Gas Works Contaminated Site; Landfill Gas Problems; Reclamation of Gas Works Site for Housing Development in Salisbury : A Case Study; SECTION 4 : BIOTECHNOLOGY; Evaluation of Composted Sewage Sludge/Straw for the Revegetation of Derelict Land In Situ Biological Treatment of Contaminated Land -- Feasibility Studies and Treatment of a Creosote Contaminated Site
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 333.73/153; Soil mechanics; Environmental sciences; Environmental sciences; Soil mechanics; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781482286687; 1482286688
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