Sustainable ecological restoration of brownfield sites through engineering or managed natural attenuation? A case study from Northwest England

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 40, Issue , 2012, Pages 70-79

  Hartley, W ^a   Dickinson, N M ^b   Riby, P ^c   Shutes, B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brownfield land; Canal sediment; Carbon; Ecological restoration; Metal(loid)s; Natural attenuation

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BROWNFIELD LAND; BROWNFIELD SITES; CONTAMINATED CANALS; DUST PARTICULATES; ECOLOGICAL IMPROVEMENT; ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION; ENGINEERING WORKS; ENGLAND; GREEN WASTE COMPOST; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HIGH COSTS; HOTSPOTS; MOBILISATION; NATURAL ATTENUATION; NATURAL PROCESS; RESTORATION PRACTICES; RESTORATION PROJECT; TRACE ELEMENT MOBILITY; VEGETATION COVER;

ARSENIC; BIOACTIVITY; CARBON; COMPOSTING; CONTAMINATION; ECOLOGY; GEOTEXTILES; GROUNDWATER; HEAVY METALS; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; IMPURITIES; LEACHING; RESTORATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOIL CEMENT; SOILS; STABILIZATION; TRACE ELEMENTS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; ARSENIC; BIOACTIVITY; DREDGING; DUST; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ELEMENT MOBILITY; ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; GROUNDWATER; HEAVY METAL; LAND RECLAMATION; MOBILIZATION; POLLUTION EFFECT; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; STABILIZATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WASTE;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84855272293     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2011.12.020     Document Type: Article

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