Geoenvironmental sustainability

著者

• Yong, R. N. (Raymond Nen)
• Mulligan, Catherine N.
• 福江, 正治 フクエ, マサハル

書誌事項

Geoenvironmental sustainability

Raymond N. Yong, Catherine N. Mulligan, Masaharu Fukue

CRC Taylor & Francis, c2007

注記

Includes bibliographical references and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

Industrialization, urbanization, agriculture, and resource exploitation are activities associated with a developing society. Geoenvironmental Sustainability focuses on such a society's geoenvironment and the natural capital that defines it. The book explains these elements in systematic detail, particularly with respect to their relationship to five thematic areas known as WEHAB: water and sanitation, energy, health, agriculture, and biodiversity - all factors identified as key areas of concern by the 2002 Johannesburg World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD). This significant reference addresses topics that include land environment sustainability pertaining to its interaction with the impacts generated by industrial and urbanization activities - in particular with various waste discharges; the magnitude of the problem of urbanization and industries; nonrenewable natural resources, typical case histories, and examples of sustainability actions; and the geoenvironmental perspective of the present status of where we are in the geoenvironmental sustainability framework, with a view that points toward where we need to go. Providing a geoenvironmental perspective on the sustainability of the environment, Geoenvironmental Sustainability is an essential resource for those who are poised to meet the challenge of mitigating manmade threats associated with development.

目次

SUSTAINABLE SOCIETY AND GEOENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT Introduction Geoenvironment, Ecosystems, and Resources Geoenvironment as a Natural Resource Base WEHAB and the Geoenvironment Sustainability Concluding Remarks References CONTAMINATION AND GEOENVIRONMENTAL LAND MANAGEMENT Introduction Contamination and Geoenvironmental Impacts Wastes, Pollutants, and Threats Surface and Subsurface Soils Pollutant Transport and Land Contamination Geoenvironmental Land Management Concluding Remarks References SUSTAINABLE WATER MANAGEMENT Introduction Uses of Water and Its Importance Characterization of Water Quality, Management, and Monitoring Sustainable Water Treatment and Management Concluding Remarks References URBANIZATION AND THE GEOENVIRONMENT Introduction Land Uses by Urbanization Impact of Urbanization on WEHAB Impact Avoidance and Risk Minimization Mitigation and Remediation of Impacts Concluding Remarks References NATURAL RESOURCES EXTRACTION AND LAND USE IMPACTS Introduction Sulfide Minerals and Acid Mine Drainage Resource Extraction and Land Use Sustainable Land Use Remediation and Treatment of Mining Sites and Wastes Concluding Remarks References FOOD PRODUCTION AND THE GEOENVIRONMENT Introduction Land Use for Food Production Impact of Food Production on WEHAB Tools for Evaluating Sustainability in Agriculture Changes in Agricultural Practices to Reduce Impact Concluding Remarks References INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY AND THE GEOENVIRONMENT Concept of Industrial Ecology Industry Activities and Geoenvironmental Interactions Mineral Mining and Processing Downstream Industries Agro-Processing Industries Petrochemical and Chemical Industries Service Industries Contaminating Discharges and Wastes Concluding Remarks References COASTAL MARINE ENVIRONMENT SUSTAINABILITY Introduction Coastal Marine Environment and Impacts London Convention and Protocol Quality of Marine Sediments Rehabilitation of Coastal Marine Environment Creation of a Natural Purification System Sea Disposal of Waste Coastal Erosion Concluding Remarks References CONTAMINANTS AND TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS Introduction Indicators Assessment of Interaction Impacts Pollutant Transport and Fate Surface Complexation and Partitioning Persistence and Fate Prediction of Transport and Fate of Pollutants Concluding Remarks References POLLUTANT IMPACT MITIGATION AND MANAGEMENT Introduction Soils for Pollution Mitigation and Control Natural Attenuation Capability of Soils Natural Attenuation and Impact Management Lines of Evidence Evidence of Success Engineered Mitigation Control Systems Concluding Remarks References TOWARD GEOENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY Introduction Exploitation and State of Renewable Natural Resources Water and Soil Quality Indicators Sustainability Attempts Concluding Remarks: Toward Geoenvironmental Sustainability References INDEX

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA82236705
• ISBN:
  • 9780849328411
• LCCN: 2006040225
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Boca Raton, FL
• ページ数/冊数: 387 p., [2] p. of plates
• 大きさ: 27 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : TD171.9
  • DC22 : 333.7
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Environmental geotechnology
  • LCSH : Sustainable development