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20-May-2010
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Contaminated Urban Soils
Author:
Helmut Meuser
Contaminated Urban Soils, by Helmut Meuser, examines the causes, characteristics, environmental effects, and assessment of soil contamination in urban areas. The book explores how urbanization, industrialization, transportation, construction activities, waste disposal, and human land use contribute to the accumulation of pollutants in soils. It discusses major contaminants, including heavy metals and organic pollutants, and explains how sources such as industrial dust, road emissions, wastewater... see more