Urban Watersheds: Geology, Contamination, Environmental Regulations, and Sustainability, Second Edition

The success of restoration and prevention efforts to reduce contaminant impacts and improve the global environment depends on understanding that the natural world beneath our feet is the point at which civilization meets the natural world. Urban Watersheds, Geology, Contamination, Environmental Regulations, and Sustainability, Second Edition presents more than 30 years of research and professional practice on urban watersheds from the fields of environmental geology, geochemistry, risk analysis, hydrology, and urban planning. It examines contaminants and the successes of environmental regulation worldwide, highlights the areas that need improvement, and provides new and enhanced methods for assessing risks to human health and the environment from negative human-induced contaminant impacts.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 608 pages
Publication date: 21 January 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Understanding the intricate interplay between the natural world beneath our feet and the human civilization that inhabits it is paramount to the success of restoration and prevention efforts aimed at mitigating contaminant impacts and improving the global environment. This is because contaminants, being inherently transboundary in nature, do not respect national borders and can have far-reaching consequences if released in the right quantities, at the right locations, and at the right times.

Contaminants often embark on their destructive journey immediately after being released, and their impact can be felt on a global scale if the release occurs in just the right circumstances. This is why an interdisciplinary approach is essential in addressing the challenges posed by urban watersheds. Urban Watersheds, Geology, Contamination, Environmental Regulations, and Sustainability, Second Edition, presents over 30 years of research and professional practice in the fields of environmental geology, geochemistry, risk analysis, hydrology, and urban planning.

By integrating geological characteristics of urbanized watersheds with the physical and chemical properties of their common contaminants, this edition aims to assess risk factors for soil, groundwater, and air. It continues to explore the urban environment and the geology beneath urban areas, evaluates the contamination affecting watersheds in urban regions, and addresses redevelopment strategies.

Key Features of the Second Edition:

Examination of contaminants and successes of environmental regulation worldwide, highlighting areas that require improvement.

Description of several advancements in investigation techniques in urban regions, providing a significant leap forward in data collection, resolution, and accuracy.

Exploration of the importance of understanding the geological and hydrogeologic environments of urban and developed regions.

Presentation of new and enhanced methods, presented as a valuable resource for professionals and researchers in the field.

By recognizing the transboundary nature of contaminants and adopting an interdisciplinary approach, we can work towards a more sustainable and resilient future for our planet.

Weight: 1120g
Dimension: 254 x 178 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032474502
Edition number: 2 ed