Risk-based contaminated land investigation and assessment /

This book provides a unique, practical guide to the effective conduct of risk assessments for contaminated sites. The risk-based approach requires recognition of site investigation as a component of (not merely an adjunct to) risk assessment and a systematic gathering of quality data relevant to mak...

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Autor principal: Petts, Judith
Altres autors: Smith, Mike, Cairney, T. (Thomas)
Format: Llibre
Idioma:English
Publicat: Chichester ; New York : Wiley, c1997.
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  • 1. Contaminated Land Risk Management: Policies and Issues
  • 2. Contaminated Land Risk Assessment: An Overview
  • 3. Site Investigation in Risk Assessment: An Overview
  • 4. Preliminary Investigations for Hazard Identification
  • 5. Site Investigation in Risk Assessment: Soil Contamination
  • 6. Investigation of the Water Environment
  • 7. Gas and Vapour Investigations
  • 8. Qualitative Risk Assessment
  • 9. Risk Ranking and Semi-quantified Assessment
  • 10. Site-specific, Quantified Risk Assessment
  • 11. Risk Assessment and Contaminated Land: Conclusions.