Biodiversity and ecosystem services on post-industrial land /
"Mining, especially in open pits, as well as other industrial activities claim large land areas and leave them in a barren and contaminated state once the operation is completed. Decontaminating such post-industrial sites and restoring them with a functioning ecosystem has become a prime challe...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Hoboken, NJ :
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.,
2025.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "Mining, especially in open pits, as well as other industrial activities claim large land areas and leave them in a barren and contaminated state once the operation is completed. Decontaminating such post-industrial sites and restoring them with a functioning ecosystem has become a prime challenge for countries world-wide, in particular those with limited arable soil and forest resources. Ecological engineering helps this process along, by managing the microbiology and plant cover for a speedy recovery of essential ecosystem services"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxvii, 385 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781394187409 1394187408 9781394187393 1394187394 9781394187416 1394187416 |