Managing Contaminated Sites: Problem Diagnosis and Development of Site Restoration - Hardcover

Asante-Duah, D. Kofi

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0471966339 ISBN 13: 9780471966333

Publisher: Wiley, 1997

Synopsis

Contaminated sites and facilities may pose significant risks to the local populations because of the potential health and environmental effects associated with environmental contamination problems. Also affected are property owners and financiers due to reduced property values and possible financial liabilities. The effective management of contaminated sites is therefore an important environmental issue, requiring careful planning. This book addresses the issues relevant to the investigation and management of contaminated sites, emphasising problem diagnosis/characterisation and the development of site restoration/corrective action programs. The book focuses on methodologies that will allow scientifically justifiable/defensible, technically feasible, and economically viable corrective action assessment and response decisions to be made. This includes methods for developing effectual site restoration tasks, methods for evaluating the progress of corrective action programs, and the application of risk assessment methods as a decision-making tool. The goal of the book is to synthesise technically sound principles and techniques that can be applied globally to contaminated sites in different regions of the world.

About this title

From the Publisher:

This book addresses the issues relevant to the investigation and management of contaminated sites, emphasising problem diagnosis/characterisation and the development of site restoration/corrective action clean-up programmes. This includes methods for the development site restoration tasks, methods for evaluating the progress of corrective action programmes, and the application of risk assessment methods as a decision making tool. The focus of the book is to synthesise technically sound principles and techniques that can be applied globally to contaminated sites in different regions of the world.

About the Author:

D. Kofi Asante-Duah is the author of Managing Contaminated Sites: Problem Diagnosis and Development of Site Restoration, published by Wiley.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0471966339
• ISBN 13: 9780471966333
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 254