Winner of the 2007 E.B. Burwell Jr. Award of the Geological Society of America Mining activity has left a legacy of hazards to the environment such as waste unstable ground and contamination which can be problematic when redeveloping land. This book highlights the effects of past mining and provides information on the types of problems it may cause in both urban and rural areas. By way of example the book also demonstrates how such problems may be anticipated investigated predicted prevented and controlled. Furthermore it shows how sites already affected by mining problems and hazards can be remediated and rehabilitated. Covering subsidence surface mining disposal of waste problems resulting from mine closure and mineral processing Mining and its Impact on the Environment is an excellent reference for practising mining and geotechnical engineers as well as students in this field.|Mining and its Impact on the Environment | Civil Engineering
