Contaminants and the Soil Environment in the Australasia-Pacific Region : Proceedings of the First Australasia-Pacific Conference on Contaminants and Soil Environment in the Australasia-Pacific Region, Held in Adelaide, Australia, 18–23 February 1996

The Australasia-Pacific Region supports approximately 50% of the world's population. The last half-century has witnessed a rapid increase in the regional population, agricultural productivity, industrial activities and trade within the region. Both the demand for increased food production and the desire to improve the economic conditions have affected regional environmental quality. This volume presents an overview of the fate of contaminants in the soil environment; current soil management factors used to control contaminant impacts, issues related to sludge and effluent disposals in the soil environment; legal, health and social impacts of contaminated land, remediation approaches and strategies to manage contaminated land, some of the problems associated with environmental degradation in the Australasia-Pacific Region and steps that we need to take to safeguard our environment. Front Matter....Pages i-xviii Soil contamination issues: past, present and future, a personal perspective....Pages 1-27 The fate of non-metal contaminants in the soil environment....Pages 29-67 Fate of contaminants in the soil environment: metal contaminants....Pages 69-93 Transport and fate of organic contaminants in the subsurface....Pages 95-124 Adverse impacts of agriculture on soil, water and food quality....Pages 125-181 Issues in the disposal of industrial and urban wastes....Pages 183-212 Exploration, mining and mineral processing....Pages 213-266 Legal responses to the problem of soil contamination — the Australian experience....Pages 267-280 Health risk assessment and management of contaminated sites in Australia....Pages 281-307 Listen and learn - developing effective communications strategies to deal with communities affected by contaminated sites....Pages 309-322 Sources, potential adverse effects and remediation of agricultural soil contaminants....Pages 323-359 Technologies for enhanced remediation of contaminated soils and aquifers: overview, analysis, and case studies....Pages 361-410 Remediation of inorganics and organics in industrial and urban contaminated soils....Pages 411-449 Contaminants and the Australian soil environment....Pages 451-484 Contaminants and the soil environment in China....Pages 485-499 Trace metal contamination of the Hong Kong soil environment: a review....Pages 501-511 Soil contaminants in India: an overview....Pages 513-542 Soil contamination issues in the Republic of Korea (South Korea)....Pages 543-562 Contaminants and the soil environment in Malaysia....Pages 563-578 Contaminants and the soil environment in New Zealand....Pages 579-628 Contaminants and the soil environment of Pakistan....Pages 629-646 Contaminants and the soil environment in Papua New Guinea: an overview....Pages 647-657 Contaminated soils in the South Pacific Islands....Pages 659-675 Contaminants and the soil environment in Sri Lanka....Pages 677-690 Contamination of rural and urban soils in Taiwan....Pages 691-709 Back Matter....Pages 711-717