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基本説明
This handbook presents 10 years of research on contaminants affecting lands and waters within heavily urbanized.
Full Description
With the continuing increase in population, more people are sharing the finite resources of the urban watershed, resulting in new and increasingly complex interactions between humans and the environment. Environmental contamination is a chronic problem-and an expensive one. In urban areas, water and soil contamination poses a threat to public health and has implications for future development. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, Urban Watersheds: Geology, Contamination, and Sustainable Development offers a framework for those working to improve the urban environment and create sustainable urban watersheds. The book presents over 20 years of research and professional practice on urban watersheds from the fields of environmental geology, geochemistry, risk analysis, hydrology, and urban planning. The geological characteristics of urbanized watersheds along with the properties of their common contaminants are integrated to assess risk factors for soil, groundwater, and air. With a framework rooted in scientific knowledge, the authors demonstrate the benefits of scientifically informed planning and decision making, offering guidelines to improve watershed management practices as well as urban development and redevelopment practices.Suitable for use as a textbook and as a professional practice reference, the book includes case studies on successful and unsuccessful approaches to contaminant remediation as well as practical methods for environmental risk assessment. PowerPoint (R) presentations of selected portions of the book are available with qualifying course adoption.
Contents
The Watershed ApproachHistorical Transformation of Urbanized Watersheds by Industrial DevelopmentThe Evolution of Industry and the Rouge WatershedMajor Themes of the Watershed Approach Used in This BookOrganization of This BookPART I: GEOLOGYGeology of Urban WatershedsGeological Processes Affecting Urban WatershedsSedimentary Processes: From Removal to Rock FormationIdentification and Classification of Sedimentary DepositsSedimentary Depositional EnvironmentsDisturbanceWater and the Hydrogeology of WatershedsWater BasicsSurface Water in WatershedsGroundwater in WatershedsFundamental Concepts of GroundwaterSurface Water-Groundwater InteractionAnthropogenic Influences on Surface Water and GroundwaterConducting Subsurface Environmental Investigations in Urban WatershedsTypes and Description of Subsurface Environmental Investigations, Studies, Plans, or ReportsCommon Environmental Sampling MethodsUrban Geologic MappingGeologic Mapping in an Urban EnvironmentGeologic VulnerabilitySubsurface Vulnerability and Vulnerability Map DevelopmentMethodsMap-Building ExampleDemonstrating the Significance of Vulnerability MappingPART II: CONTAMINATIONCommon Contaminants in Urban WatershedsContaminant ToxicityVolatile Organic CompoundsPolynuclear Aromatic HydrocarbonsPolychlorinated BiphenylsSemivolatile Organic CompoundsHeavy MetalsOther ContaminantsContaminant Fate and TransportContaminant Releases into the EnvironmentPrinciples of Contaminant Fate and TransportFate and Transport of ContaminantsMetal Contamination in Urban WatershedsHeavy Metals in SoilCase Study: Metals in Soil, Rouge River WatershedCase Study: Dissolved Metals in Shallow Groundwater, Rouge River WatershedContaminant Risk FactorsSurface Risk FactorGroundwater Contaminant Risk FactorSoil Contaminant Risk FactorAir Contaminant Risk FactorDiscussion and ImplicationsRemediation: Techniques and CostRemediation OverviewCommon Soil Remediation TechnologiesSummary of Soil Remediation TechnologiesCommon Groundwater Remediation TechnologiesSummary of Groundwater Remediation TechnologiesSediment RemediationSurface Water RemediationAir RemediationCost of RemediationPART III: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTUrbanization and the Disruption of Matter and Energy Flows within WatershedsWatershed StructureWatershed FunctionUrbanization and Watersheds: Disruption of Matter and Energy FlowsPollution PreventionPollution Prevention in the United StatesImplementing Pollution Prevention Techniques: Industrial Point SourcesImplementing Pollution Prevention Techniques for Nonpoint Sources in Urbanized WatershedsCase Studies: Successful and Unsuccessful Redevelopment of Contaminated SitesCase Study 1: MichiganCase Study 2: IllinoisCase Study 3: IndianaCase Study 4: WisconsinCase Study 5: CaliforniaCase Study 6: New JerseyScience-Based Landscape Planning in Urban WatershedsThe Science: Policy GapScience-Based Landscape PlanningWatershed ManagementAttaining Sustainable Urban WatershedsSustainability and Sustainable DevelopmentA Framework for Beginning Urban Watershed ManagementLinking the First Step to the Big PictureGlossary of TermsIndex
