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.
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Urban Watersheds: Geology, Contamination, and Sustainable Development is a pick for geosciences and urban policy collections alike. It provides college-level audiences with a fine technical survey that considers urban watersheds, considering the science, politics, and urban policies that surround their management and maintenance. Chapters consider sustainable development within the realm of water resource management, offering a text packed with charts, diagrams, and considerations of everything from common contaminants in urban watersheds to risk factors and research topics. A 'must' for any in-depth consideration of urban watershed issues and management.
-California Bookwatch, Vol. 7(4), April 2012
... a very timely book. As the world population increasingly shifts from rural to urban areas, people need to understand how to use and protect the watersheds on which cities are built. These urban watersheds have their own set of concerns and problems. This volume is divided into three main sections as described in the subtitle: "Geology," "Contamination," and "Sustainable Development," with five main themes uniting the approach of the three sections (near-surface geology, water resources planning, industrial contamination, industrial remediation, and landscape planning). The first two sections occupy most of the book. This content tends to follow that of a typical contaminant hydrogeology textbook. However, it contains some interesting, unique chapters not typically found in such textbooks, including "Urban Geologic Mapping," "Metal Contamination in Urban Watersheds," and "Contaminant Risk Factors." The last section looks at the general impacts of urbanization and the disruptions of matter and energy flows due to human-generated and urban-related processes. This section also includes a useful chapter of case studies on contaminated sites that have undergone both successful and unsuccessful redevelopment. Summing Up: Highly r
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Höhe: 254 mm
Breite: 178 mm
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978-0-367-86600-6 (9780367866006)
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Martin M. Kaufman is a professor of earth science at the University of Michigan-Flint. He has over 25 years of experience in geographic information systems, hydrologic investigations, and watershed management.
Daniel T. Rogers is currently the director of environmental affairs at Amsted Industries Incorporated. Throughout his career, Rogers has managed and conducted hundreds of geologic and hydrogeologic investigations and remediated and successfully closed industrial sites in the United States and internationally.
Kent S. Murray is a professor of geology at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. He has over 35 years experience in environmental geology, groundwater hydrology, and low-temperature geochemistry.
The Watershed Approach. GEOLOGY. Geology of Urban Watersheds. Water and the Hydrogeology of Watersheds. Conducting Subsurface Environmental Investigations in Urban Watersheds. Urban Geologic Mapping Geologic Vulnerability. CONTAMINATION. Common Contaminants in Urban Watersheds. Contaminant Fate and Transport. Metal Contamination in Urban Watersheds. Contaminant Risk Factors. Remediation: Techniques and Cost. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. Urbanization and the Disruption of Matter and Energy Flows within Watersheds. Pollution Prevention. Case Studies: Successful and Unsuccessful Redevelopment of Contaminated Sites. Science-Based Landscape Planning in Urban Watersheds. Attaining Sustainable Urban Watersheds. Glossary of Terms. Index.
