Twenty years of research and development on soil pollution and remediation in China. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Yongming Luo, Chen Tu, editors.
• Editors: Luo, Yongming; Du, Zhen
• Contents: Intro; Preface; Contents; Contributors; Part I: General Reviews; Contamination Processes and Bioremediation of Typical Persistent Toxic Substances in Agricultural Soils in China; 1 Introduction; 2 Soil Contamination Characterizations and Processes; 2.1 Sources, Bonding Mechanism, and Bioavailability of HMs and POPs Pollutants; 2.2 Chemical Speciation Detection and Spatial Distribution Predicting of HMs in Edible Crops; 2.3 Soil Ecotoxicity and Ecological Risk Assessment on Different Scales from Genes to Communities; 3 Phytoremediation of Heavy Metals Contaminated Soils. 3.1 Sustainable Remediation of Cadmium/Zinc Contaminated Soils in Long-Term Field Trials by a Newly Discovered Cadmium/Zinc Hy ... 3.2 Hyperaccumulation Processes and Detoxification Mechanisms of Cd and Zn in Sedum plumbizincicola; 3.3 Mechanisms of Organic Chelate-Enhanced Phytoremediation of HMs Contaminated Soil; 4 Bioremediation of Persistent Organic Pollutants; 4.1 Bioremediation of PAHs Contaminated Soil with Bacterial Degradation and Fungal Laccase Oxidation; 4.2 Reductive Dechlorination of PCBs by Legume-Rhizobium Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation Association. 4.3 Prepared Bed Bioremediation of Oily Sludge in an Oil Field by Stimulating Indigenous Microbes5 Conclusions; References; Ecological Restoration of Man-Made Habitats, with Emphasis on Metal-Contaminated Sites and Domestic Landfills; 1 Introduction; 2 Restoration of Metal-Contaminated Sites; 2.1 Use of Terrestrial Plants for Soil Remediation; 2.1.1 Environmental Impacts; 2.1.2 Choice of Suitable Plant Species; 2.1.3 Physiological Aspects; 2.1.4 Organic Amendments; 2.1.5 Chelating Agents to Enhance Metal Uptake by Plants; 2.1.6 Soil Organisms, in Particular Rhizospheric Microbes. 2.1.7 Earthworms2.1.8 Bacteria; 2.1.9 Fungi; 2.1.10 Interactions of Plants with Different Soil Organisms; 2.2 Use of Wetland Plants for Water Purification; 2.2.1 Purifying Nutrients in Wastewater; 2.2.2 Purifying Heavy Metals in Wastewater and Mine Effluents; 2.2.3 Uptake of As and Cd by Paddy Rice; 2.2.4 The Use of AMF for Lowering As Uptake in Rice Grain; 2.2.5 Wetland Plants for Purifying Other Contaminants in Wastewater; 3 Restoration of Completed Landfills; 3.1 Restoration of Old Landfills (``Open DumpsÂÁ̂)́; 3.2 Restoration of ``Engineered LandfillsÂÁ̂́ 3.3 Biochar as an Organic Amendment4 Conclusions; References; Green and Sustainable Remediation Movement in the New Millennium and Its Relevance to China; 1 Introduction; 2 The Green and Sustainable Remediation Movement; 2.1 Sustainable Land Management; 2.2 Green Remediation; 2.3 Green and Sustainable Remediation Methods; 3 Green and Sustainable Remediation in China; 3.1 Background; 3.2 Research Progress in China Relevant to GSR; 3.3 A Survey of Remediation Practitioners; 4 Conclusions; References; 20th Anniversary for Soil Environment Protection in China; 1 Foreword.
• Publisher Details: Singapore : Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 628.5/5; Soil remediation -- China; Soil pollution -- China; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Environmental -- General; Soil pollution; Soil remediation; Environment; Soil Science & Conservation; Pollution, general; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology; Environmental Management; Sustainable Development; China; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9789811060298; 9811060290
• Related ISBNs: 9789811060281; 9811060282
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed January 24, 2018).
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