Land Restoration and Reclamation: Principles and Practice

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Longman, 1996 - Science - 230 pages
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This concise yet comprehensive text provides a coherent and practical framework for the study and practice of land restoration and reclamation. It sets out the fundamental workings of the natural environment - terrestrial ecosystems, nutrient cycling and soil structure and gives an account of how these may be assessed, how they become degraded and the variety of processes available for reclamation and restoration; ranging from agro-forestry to the re-establishment of fully self-sustaining ecosystems.

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Contents

Land as a resource
3
Assessment strategies
31
Green field sites
72
Copyright

5 other sections not shown

Common terms and phrases

acid agricultural areas assessment biological biomass Bradshaw bulk density carbon Chadwick characteristics chemical clay colliery spoil colonization compaction concentrations conservation contaminated land crops cycling decontamination degraded derelict land disturbance drainage earthworms ecological ecosys ecosystem effect engineering environment environmental erosion establishment factors fertilizer function grass grassland grazing ground groundwater Gwent County habitat impact industrial investigation land reclamation land-use landfill layer leachate leaching legumes limitations materials metallophyte metals microbial mineral mining monitoring National Rivers Authority natural nitrogen ratio nutrients off-site on-site open-cast organic matter oxidation phosphate plant growth pollution potential production programme quarries reclamation scheme restoration result root sampling seed self-sustaining slopes soil structure South Yorkshire species spoil heaps stability subsoil substrate succession surface surveys sward Table target techniques topsoil toxic treatment trees United Kingdom vegetation waste waterlogging Welsh Development Agency wildlife woodland Yorkshire

About the author (1996)

Margaret Harris is Assistant Director at the Center for Voluntary Organization in the London School of Economics.

Paul Birch is Director of VisionJuice, a creativity and organizational change consultancy. He is a visiting lecturer at Henley Management College and Oxford University and author of nine books. He is formerly Head of Business Planning at British Airways.

About the Author:
John Palmer has been European Editor of the Guardian since 1975, and has traveled and lectured extensively in Europe and the United States. He is a policy consultant to a group of European television companies on a proposed series on the future of Europe.

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TitleLand Restoration and Reclamation: Principles and Practice
AuthorJames A. Harris
ContributorsPaul Birch, John P. Palmer
Editionillustrated, reprint
PublisherLongman, 1996
Original fromthe University of Michigan
DigitizedFeb 24, 2010
ISBN0582243130, 9780582243132
Length230 pages
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