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Eco-Restoration of Mine Land
Vimal Chandra Pandey (Author), Jitendra Ahirwal (Author), Roopali Roychowdhury (Author), Ritu Chaturvedi (Author)
9781119872252, Wiley
Hardback, published 9 December 2022
240 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.717 kg
Eco-Restoration of Mine Land An authoritative introduction to the ecosystem-based approach for restoring land after coal and mineral mining operations. Mining activities, in particular where metal ores have been mined, often leave behind vast areas of dumps and disused mine lands that have become environmental hazards. Soil degradation and poisoning are major environmental concerns in these areas, requiring comprehensive and long-term interventions in order to restore those lands to an ecologically productive state. Eco-Restoration of Mine Land provides a comprehensive overview of ecosystem-based solutions for remediating polluted soil and re-establishing vegetation in disused mine lands, synthesizing cutting-edge research, experiential knowledge, and longstanding best practices to offer a holistic introduction to the science of mine land restoration. Eco-Restoration of Mine Land readers will also find: Eco-Restoration of Mine Land is a valuable guide for researchers and advanced students in the environmental and ecological sciences, as well as professionals working in environmental remediation, providing a much-needed survey of this increasingly critical subject.
Chapter 1: Mine Land and Its Environmental Impacts 1.1 Introduction Chapter 2: Soil Contamination, Risk Assessment and Phytoremediation of Mine Land 2.1 Introduction Chapter 3: Bio-Geotechnologies in Mine Land Restoration 3.1 Introduction Chapter 4: Carbon Sequestration Potential of Restored Coal Mine Soils 4.1. Introduction Chapter 5: Assessing Mine Restoration Success Using Biological Soil Quality Indicators Chapter 6: Ecosystem Services on Restored Mine Land
1.2 Environmental impacts of mine land and ecological disruption
1.3 Economic valuation of impacts on the environment
1.4 Environment protection and policy implication
1.5 Management and Reclamation
1.6 Progressive Reclamation
1.7 Conclusion
2.2 Soil contamination
2.3 Risk assessment
2.4 Phytoremediation of mine land
2.5 Conclusion
3.2 Potential Approaches for Mine Land Restoration
3.3 Insights and Lessons Learned for the Practice of Mine Land Restoration
3.4 Conclusion
4.2 Generation and management of mine waste
4.3 Carbon sequestration in reclaimed mine soils
4.4 Carbon fractionation: Importance and challenges in coal mining areas
4.5 Carbon indices
4.6 Mine soil amendments
4.7 Carbon sequestration in revegetated coal mine soils: a chronosequence approach
4.8 Conclusion
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Revegetation of mine lands
5.3 Reclaimed mine soil quality indicators
5.4 Development and use of soil quality indices
5.5 Conclusion
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Rehabilitated mine land
6.3 Ecosystem services on rehabilitated coal mine land
6.4 Restored mine land and United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
6.5 Important case studies of mine restoration
6.6 Policy restructuring for fusing circular economy and mine land restoration
6.7 Conclusion
Subject Areas: Earth sciences [RB]
