Restoration and Recovery of an Industrial Region : Progress in Restoring the Smelter-Damaged Landscape Near Sudbury, Canada /
Sudbury, Ontario is one of the world's most polluted areas. A century of industrial activities has resulted in thousands of acidified lakes and vast areas of denuded land. This book describes, in a manner accessible to a wide audience, the damage and the efforts at environmental restoration at...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Springer New York,
1995.
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| Series: | Springer series on environmental management.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Sudbury, Ontario is one of the world's most polluted areas. A century of industrial activities has resulted in thousands of acidified lakes and vast areas of denuded land. This book describes, in a manner accessible to a wide audience, the damage and the efforts at environmental restoration at Sudbury which resulted in its winning a United Nations award in 1992 for land reclamation. The book has been written by a distinguished group of contributors, ranging from experts in acid rain and land reclamation to environmental engineers and toxicologists. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvii, 358 pages 221 illustrations) |
| ISBN: | 9781461225201 (electronic bk.) 1461225205 (electronic bk.) |
| ISSN: | 0172-6161 |