Dealing with Contaminated Sites: From Theory towards Practical Application

Oversized heavy hardcover, xxviii + 1114 pages, NOT ex-library. Moderate external handling wear, signs of regular shelfwear, small indentations to board edges. Interior is clean and bright with unmarked text, free of inscriptions and stamps, firmly bound. Issued without a dust jacket. -- Contents: Part I: Introduction 1. Introduction to Contaminated Site Management 2. Characteristics of Natural and Urban Soils; Part II: Site Investigation 3. A Practical Approach for Site Investigation 4. Statistical Sampling Strategies for Survey of Soil Contamination; Part III: Human Health Aspects 5 Human Health Risk Assessment 6. Exposure Through Soil and Dust Ingestion 7. Oral Bioavailability 8. Uptake of Metals from Soil into Vegetables 9. Uptake of Organic Contaminants from Soil into Vegetables and Fruits 10. Vapor Intrusion 11. Human Exposure Pathways 12. Hazard Assessment and Contaminated Sites; Part IV: Ecological Aspects 13. Introduction to Ecological Risk Assessment 14. Ecological Risk Assessment of Diffuse and Local Soil Contamination Using Species Sensitivity Distributions 15. Site-specific Ecological Risk Assessment 16. Bioavailability in Soils; Part V: Groundwater-related Aspects 17. Groundwater-related Risk Assessment 18. Leaching of Contaminants to Groundwater 19. Contaminant Fate and Reactive Transport in Groundwater; Part VI: Risk Management 20. Sustainability and Remediation 21. In Situ Remediation Technologies 22. Natural Attenuation; Part VII: Frameworks 23. Bringing Sustainable Management of Contaminated Sites into Practice: The Role of Policy and Regulations 24. A Stakeholder's Perspective on Contaminated Land Management 25. Sustainable Brownfield Regeneration; Index.…