Eco-restoration of mine land / / Vimal Chandra Pandey [and three others]

• Autore: Pandey Vimal Chandra
• Pubblicazione: Hoboken, New Jersey : , : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, , [2023]; ©2023
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (242 pages)
• Disciplina: 628.55
• Soggetto topico: Soil remediation; Abandoned mined lands reclamation
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Chapter 1 Mine Land and its Environmental Impacts -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Environmental Impacts of Mine Land and Ecological Disruption -- 1.2.1 Soil Erosion -- 1.2.2 Loss of Soil Fertility and Desertification -- 1.2.3 Loss of Biodiversity -- 1.2.4 Air Quality -- 1.2.5 Emission of Greenhouse Gas and Climate Change -- 1.2.6 Water Quality Deterioration -- 1.2.7 Sedimentation in Streams and Rivers -- 1.2.8 Groundwater Regime -- 1.2.9 Noise Pollution -- 1.2.10 Human Health -- 1.2.11 Formation of Mine Dumps -- 1.2.12 Visual Impacts -- 1.2.13 Social Impacts -- 1.2.14 Other Issues -- 1.3 Economic Valuation of Impacts on Environment -- 1.4 Environment Protection and Policy Implication -- 1.5 Management and Reclamation -- 1.6 Progressive Reclamation -- 1.7 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2 Soil Contamination, Risk Assessment, and Phytoremediation of Mine Land -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Soil Contamination -- 2.3 Risk Assessment -- 2.3.1 Ecological Risk Assessment -- 2.3.2 Human Health Risk Assessment -- 2.4 Phytoremediation of Mine Land -- 2.5 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3 Bio-Geotechnologies in Mine Land Restoration -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Potential Approaches for Mine Land Restoration -- 3.2.1 Phytoremediation -- 3.2.2 Phytomining -- 3.2.3 Silvicultural Approach -- 3.2.4 Aided Phytostabilization -- 3.2.5 Microorganisms in Remediation -- 3.2.6 PGPR-Assisted Phytoremediation -- 3.2.7 Transgenic Plants and CRISPR -- 3.2.8 Engineered Soils Using Amendments -- 3.2.9 Fly Ash Application -- 3.2.10 Nanoparticle Application -- 3.2.11 Geotechnologies -- 3.3 Insights and Lessons Learned for the Practice of Mine Land Restoration -- 3.4 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4 Carbon Sequestration Potential of Restored Coal Mine Soils. ; 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Generation and Management of Mine Waste -- 4.3 Carbon Sequestration in Reclaimed Mine Soils -- 4.4 Carbon Fractionation: Importance and Challenges in Coal Mining Areas -- 4.4.1 Physical Fractionation -- 4.4.2 Chemical/Thermal Oxidation Methods -- 4.4.3 Biological Stability of Soil Carbon -- 4.5 Carbon Indices -- 4.6 Mine Soil Amendments -- 4.7 Carbon Sequestration in Revegetated Coal Mine Soils: A Chronosequence Approach -- 4.8 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5 Assessing Mine Restoration Success Using Biological Soil Quality Indicators -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Revegetation of Mine Lands -- 5.3 Reclaimed Mine Soil Quality Indicators -- 5.3.1 Soil Organic Matter -- 5.3.2 Soil Microbial Biomass -- 5.3.3 Soil Enzymes Activity -- 5.3.4 Mycorrhizal Fungi -- 5.3.5 Soil Respiration -- 5.4 Development and Use of Soil Quality Index -- 5.5 Overview -- References -- Chapter 6 Ecosystem Services on Restored Mine Land -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Rehabilitated Mine Land -- 6.2.1 Need for Mine Site Reclamation -- 6.2.2 Reclamation of Mine Lands: From Spoils to Soils -- 6.2.3 Reclamation Planning -- 6.3 Ecosystem Services on Rehabilitated Coal Mine Land -- 6.3.1 Provisional Services -- 6.3.2 Regulatory Services -- 6.3.3 Supporting Services -- 6.3.4 Cultural Services -- 6.4 Restored Mine Land and United Nations Sustainable Development Goals -- 6.4.1 Sustainable Development Goals Which Have Direct Benefits -- 6.4.2 A Blueprint for Land Revival and Spin-offs for Multiple SDGs -- 6.5 Important Case Studies of Mine Restoration -- 6.5.1 Case Studies of Mine Rehabilitation from Australia -- 6.6 Policy Restructuring for Fusing Circular Economy and Mine Land Restoration -- 6.6.1 Mileage of Circular Economy -- 6.7 Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index -- EULA.
• Titolo autorizzato: Eco-restoration of mine land
• ISBN: 1-119-87226-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910829941603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II