Contaminated Urban Soils

by Helmut Meuser

Book Overview

With more than 50% of the world's population already living in towns and cities, migration from rural areas continuing at an alarming rate in developing countries and suburbanisation using more and more land in developed countries, the urban environment has become supremely important with regard to human health and wellbeing. For centuries, urbanisation has caused relatively low level soil conta- nation mainly by various wastes. However, from the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9400732910
• ISBN13: 9789400732919
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"