| Title: |
Restoration and Recovery: Regenerating land and communities
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| Resource Type: |
document --> technical publication --> proceedings / conference paper(s)
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| Country: |
United Kingdom
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| Year of publication: |
2010 |
| Author 1/Producer: |
Dr Howard Fox
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| Other Authors/Producers: |
Dr. Heather Moore, British Land Reclamation Society (BLRS)
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| Author / Producer Type: |
Professional / trade / industry associations, institutes or networks
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| Publisher: |
Whittles Publishing
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| Publisher City: |
Denbeath, Scotland
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| ISBN: |
978-184995-012-1
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EUGRIS Keyword(s): |
Brownfields
Contaminated land-->Remediation options-->Ex situ treatment technologies
Contaminated land-->Remediation options-->In situ treatment technologies
Contaminated land-->Risk assessment-->Risk assessment overview
Contaminated land-->Risk management-->Risk management overview
Contaminated land-->Wider impacts / sustainability-->Sustainable / green remediation
Sediments
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| Short description: |
EXTRACT:
Topics covered include:
◦Planning, regeneration and economics
◦Tackling contamination
◦Risk assessment
◦Difficult sites
◦Legislation and legal liability
◦Biodiversity and reclamation
◦Soils and reclamation
◦Improving water quality
◦Innovative techniques
◦Reclamation and regeneration case studies including:
Bargoed - regeneration of a town and its environs after closure of the colliery
Coed Darcy - a former oil refinery site with particular issues regarding contaminants
Ebbw Vale steelworks - a huge and complex site for decontamination and redevelopment
Brecon Beacons - soil and ecological restoration after pipeline construction
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Submitted By:
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Professor Paul Bardos WhoDoesWhat?
Last update: 13/09/2010
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