Restoration and Management of Derelict Land : Modern Approaches.
Title:
Restoration and Management of Derelict Land : Modern Approaches.
Author:
Wong, Ming H.
ISBN:
9789812795380
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (329 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- The Editors -- Contributors -- Section 1. Basic Principles -- Chapter 1: Introduction - An Ecological Perspective -- Chapter 2: Degradation of Land and Its Relation to Public Health -- Chapter 3: Health Risk Assessment -- Chapter 4: The Importance of Soil -- Chapter 5: Physical Limitations -- Chapter 6: Soil Degradation and Nutrients -- Chapter 7: Problems of Toxicities -- Chapter 8: The Significance of Microbes -- Section 2. Practical Techniques -- Chapter 9: Handling of Soils and Cover Materials -- Chapter 10: Remediation of Chemical Limitations -- Chapter 11: The Development of Nitrogen Capital -- Chapter 12: The Use of Tolerant Plants and Hyperaccumulators -- Chapter 13: The Handling of Microbes -- Chapter 14: The Problems of Domestic Wastes -- Chapter 15: The Treatment of Modern Landfills -- Chapter 16: Using Natural Processes -- Section 3. Current Approaches -- Chapter 17: Ecosystem Degradation and Restoration Ecology in China -- Chapter 18: Reclamation After Tin Mining in Malaysia -- Chapter 19: Metal Mine Tailings in China -- Chapter 20: Control of Agricultural Land Degradation in Sri Lanka -- Chapter 21: Coastal Land Degradation and Restoration Strategies in the Philippines -- Chapter 22: The Assessment and Management of Acid Sulfate Soils in Bangladesh in Relation to Crop Production -- Chapter 23: Land Degradation in Suburban Agrarian Environment and Entry of Toxic Metals into Food Chains -- Chapter 24: Species Tolerance to Acidic Waste Ore Rock of Iron-Mining Areas along Yangtze River Anhui Province -- Chapter 25: The Role of Legumes in the Reclamation of Metal Mined Land in China -- Section 4. A Framework for the Process of Rehabilitation and Restoration of Degraded Land -- Index.
Abstract:
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.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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