Description
Book SynopsisEnvironmental Consultancy Recognition of contaminated land as a potential environment risk problem has come relatively late. However, in the 1990s there is an international agreement that dealing with such problems benefits from a risk management approach. 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 making judgements about risks. This is an integrated and multidisciplinary subject. The book provides an understanding of the regulatory and social context in which contaminated land risks are managed; the interdisciplinary requirements, as well as the methodologies and their limitations for investigation and assessment. The opening chapters provide risk assessment and management background, stressing pragmatic approaches to the former. The c
Table of ContentsContaminated Land Risk Management: Policies and Issues.
Contaminated Land Risk Assessment: An Overview.
Site Investigation in Risk Assessment: An Overview.
Preliminary Investigations for Hazard Identification.
Site Investigation in Risk Assessment: Soil Contamination.
Investigation of the Water Environment.
Gas and Vapour Invesitgations.
Qualitative Risk Assessment.
Risk Ranking and Semi-Quantified Assessment.
Site-Specific, Quantified Risk Assessment.
Risk Assessment and Comtaminated Land: Conclusions.
References.
Index.
