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THE RESTORATION AND MANAGEMENT OF DERELICT LAND
Modern Approaches
edited by Ming H Wong (Hong Kong Baptist University, China) & Anthony D Bradshaw (University of Liverpool, UK)
This book gives a broad coverage of modern restoration and the management needed after restoration. It deals with relevant topics such as restoration ecology; restoration planning; ecological and ecotoxicological risk assessment; management and adaptive management; restoration in the broader context of sustainable development; as well as case studies and examples related to the Asian region. Major emphasis is placed on the Asian region, but the techniques described in the book can also be applied to other regions. It concludes with an important overview of the steps that must be taken in the management of any project.
The Restoration and Management of Derelict Land serves as an important reference for undergraduate and postgraduate students, professors, decision-makers and engineers in environmental science and management.
Contents:
- Basic Principles:
- Degradation of Land and Its
Relation to Public Health (J C Ng)
- Physical Limitations (L C Bell)
- Problems of Toxicities (Z H Ye et al.)
- The Significance of Microbes (A G Khan)
- Practical Techniques:
- Remediation of Chemical Limitations (L C Bell)
- The Development of Nitrogen Capital (A D Bradshaw)
- The Handling of Microbes (A G Khan)
- The Treatment of Modern Landfills (N M Dickinson)
- Current Approaches:
- Ecosystem Degradation and Restoration Ecology in China (H Ren et al.)
- Reclamation After Tin Mining in Malaysia (C P Lee & E B Yeap)
- Metal Mine Tailings in China (H W Dai et al.)
- Control of Agricultural Land Degradation in Sri Lanka (R B Mapa)
- and other papers
Readership: Undergraduates, postgraduates, professionals/engineers
(mining), landscape personnel, botanists, microbiologists, environmental scientists and decision-makers.
“... the content is, overall, of a high standard ... this volume is a useful overview of land degradation and remediation.”
| Land Degradation and Development |
| 328pp |
Pub. date: Jan 2003 |
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