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In urban environments, the rehabilitation measures which do not directly concern soil contamination are strongly limited, but, nevertheless, there are some instruments which can improve the soil characteristics. These instruments are introduced in this chapter. They are mainly associated with urban brownfields, whose redevelopment is particularly important for the public authorities. The possibilities to integrate contaminated and uncontaminated brownfields into a proper town planning process in the context of defined quality criteria are described. Environmentally friendly methods such as de-sealing and roof planting are portrayed, irrespective of the current land use as brownfield, residential area or active industrial area. A high value is set on the rainwater management in urbanised and subsequent large-scale, sealed terrains. Moreover, this chapter includes the new discussion about so-called urban mining, which originates from the increasing shortage of resources. Whether urban deposits such as landfills are interesting for use as secondary raw material and what technology can be applied to realise this innovative approach is also discussed in the chapter.
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Meuser, H. (2013). Rehabilitation of Soils in Urban Environments. In: Soil Remediation and Rehabilitation. Environmental Pollution, vol 23. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5751-6_2
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