Contaminated Land and its Reclamation - Hardcover

Hester, R. E; Harrison, R. M.

9780727725950: Contaminated Land and its Reclamation

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0727725955 ISBN 13: 9780727725950

Publisher: Thomas Telford Ltd, 1997

This book deals with developments of a legal, technical and professional nature and relates these to the methods of risk assessment and their application. Key developments in the UK over the past twenty years, including the Environmental Protection Act (EPA) 1990, the European Commission Green Paper on Environmental Liability, the consultation paper "Paying for our Past" and the "Framework for Contaminated Land" are discussed.

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Review:

"...An important point of reference for students and informative reading for professional practitioners and managers in the industry." * Journal of the Institution of Environmental Sciences, 6:5 1997 *

About the Author:

Ron Hester is an emeritus professor of chemistry at the University of York. In addition to his research work on a wide range of applications of vibrational spectroscopy, he has been actively involved in environmental chemistry and was a founder member of the Royal Society of Chemistry's Environment Group. His current activities are mainly as an editor and as an external examiner and assessor on courses, individual promotions, and departmental/subject area evaluations both in the UK and abroad.

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