Contaminated Land And Its Reclamation -- Contents -- Overview: Context, Calculating Risk and Using Consultants -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Identifying Contamination -- 3 Risk Assessment -- 4 An Approach to Site Investigation -- 5 Remediation Strategy -- 6 Use of Consultants -- UK Government Policy and Controls -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Development of UK Policy -- 3 The Legal Framework -- 4 International Collaboration -- 5 Conclusions -- 6 Acknowledgement -- Remediation Methods for Contaminated Sites -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Need for Remediation -- 3 Definitions of Types of Remediation -- 4 Removal to Landfill -- 5 Containment -- 6 Physical Processes -- 7 Biological Processes -- 8 Chemical Processes -- 9 Stabilization/Solidification -- 10 Thermal Processes -- 11 Process Integration -- 12 Selecting the Best Practicable Environmental Option -- 13 Research Trends -- 14 Conclusions -- Land Reclamation after Coal-mining Operations -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Reclamation of Deep-mine Spoils -- 3 Reclamation of Opencast Coal-mining Sites -- 4 Conclusions -- 5 Acknowledgements -- Remediation of Lead-, Zinc- and Cadmium-contaminated Soils -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Geochemical Considerations -- 3 Soil Remediation -- 4 Summary -- 5 Acknowledgements -- Risk Assessment and Management Strategies -- 1 The Background to Land Reclamation in Wales -- 2 Emergence of Contaminated Land as a Reclamation Issue -- 3 The WDA Manual -- 4 Site Experience at Queensferry -- 5 Future Challenges -- Legal Liabilities and Insurance Aspects of Contaminated Land -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Basis of Insurance Policies -- 3 History of Environmental Insurance -- 4 USA Experience -- 5 UK Insurance Response to Environmental Liabilities -- 6 Land Owners and Environmental Liabilities -- 7 Environmental Insurance -- 8 Environmental Consultants -- 9 Laboratories -- 10 Contractors -- 11 Conclusion.

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