Sustainability and Regional Development: When Brownfields become playing fields sustainability in the mineral and energy sectors
- Authors: Dowling, Kim , Florentine, Singarayer , Martin, Rachael , Pearce, Dora
- Date: 2016
- Type: Text , Book chapter
- Relation: Sustainability in the Mineral and Energy Sectors Chapter 17 p. 305-321
- Full Text: false
- Reviewed:
- Description: Human activity has, in the recent past, resulted in substantial changes in land cover, ecosystem health, and the ability of affected ecosystems to return to their orginal state. This necessitates further human intervention to recreate the systems functions than the present. Earlier restoration activities have not been documented extensively. This hinders our efforts to identify approaches that might support further work. "From Abstract"
Building suitable restoration approaches in the Brownfields
- Authors: Florentine, Singarayer , Graz, Patrick , Doronila, Augustine , Martin, Rachael , Dowling, Kim , Fernando, Nimesha
- Date: 2016
- Type: Text , Book chapter
- Relation: Sustainability in the Mineral and Energy Sectors Chapter 13 p. 223-239
- Full Text: false
- Reviewed:
- Description: Human activity has, in the recent past resulted in substantial changes in land cover, ecosystem health, and the ability of affected ecosystems to return to their original state. This necessitates further human intervention to recreate the systems functions than the present. Earlier restoration activities have not been documented extensively. This hinders our efforts to identify approaches that might support further work. "From abstract"