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, 1995
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1995 |
| Series: | Springer Series on Environmental Management
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| 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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| Physical Description: | XVII, 358 p online resource |
| ISBN: | 9781461225201 |