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Showing 1 to 20 of 53 for “"Land reclamation"”.
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Biochar in Land Reclamation, Biosolids Applications and Prescribed Fires
… amendment and in-situ through controlled landscape burning. The first was a greenhouse pot study, which involved combining biochar with spoil from an Appalachian surface coal mine to grow trees. Biochar combined with mine soil produced a much higher growth rate for trees, and pure biochar …
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An investigation into the use of synthetic zeolites for in situ land reclamation.
… to quantify the effect of different zeolites for land remediation. For this approach, it was necessary to measure the metal concentration in the soil and the soil solution in zeolite-amended soils and to determine the zeolite specific isotherms of all the metals studied. Cation exchange studies …
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SIMULATED MINE LAND RECLAMATION IMPACT ON BIOMASS PARTITIONING AND NUTRIENT CONTENTS IN LOBLOLLY PINE
<p>Forest productivity on reclaimed mine land is hindered by soil compaction. Different techniques have been used to alleviate the effect of compaction to various degrees of success. The Forestry Reclamation Approach (FRA) was developed in the Appalachians and has been used to improve forest …
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The impact of land reclamation on tidal dynamics and suspended-sediment dynamics in Jiaozhou Bay, Qingdao, China
… thesis contains three parts: 1) the impact of land reclamation on tidal dynamics; 2) the impact of land reclamation on suspended-sediment dynamics; 3) the impact of wave-current interaction on suspended-sediment dynamics. Over the past few decades, there has been large-scale land reclamation in …
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Assembling Zibi: How Profits, Property, and Policing Undermined Algonquin Urban Land Reclamation at Asinabka in Canada’s National Capital Region
… of solidarity work with a group of Algonquin land defenders and settler allies struggling to reclaim Asinabka, an Algonquin sacred place in the heart of Canada’s National Capital Region, this dissertation examines how settler colonialism’s urban strategies are (re)organizing in response to the …
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Transformation of Carbon, Nitrogen and Phosphorus in Deep Row Biosolids Incorporation-Hybrid Poplar Plantation in Coastal Plain Mined Land Reclamation Sites
… especially appropriate for reclaiming disturbed land because of the extremely high application rates used. Nutrient additions in excess of the vegetation requirements, especially in coarse-textured soils, can potentially impair water quality. Increasing C and N additions with biosolids DRI can …
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Flood potential of Poyang Lake, China
… regions, including evolution and distribution of land use change, distribution of potential flood regions, and effects of Three Gorges Dam, through two approaches. First, I summarize background information of geography and historical floods of Poyang Lake, and review previous researches related …
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SWAMP BANDIT: The Legend of John Ashley and Florida's Notorious Ashley Gang
… untamed, and just beginning to be drained for land reclamation. Ashley makes local as well as national headlines, several of which are quoted in this story. Known as a “crack-shot” with a gun, he becomes a folk-hero to the local “Crackers,” native Floridians who keep from starving by fishing …
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Tenoroc State Recreation Area: a conceptual master plan study
Reclamation has been required since the mid-1970s in Florida and many other states that mine land for phosphate. While often controversial, land reclamation has involved a variety of technologies and regulations which often reflect the complexity of economical ecological and political forces …
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Alberta bound : the interface between Alberta's environmental policies and the environmental management of three Albertan oil sands companies
… Syncrude is seen as a relative leader in land reclamation but has taken the least action with regard to climate change. Shell Canada's Muskeg River Mine, draws from the resources of their parent company, Royal Dutch Shell, to proactively frame climate change management but has no public …
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Water urbanism in Lagos: A case study of Makoko community
… rich urbanism for coastal cities such as Lagos. Land reclamation techniques, primarily hydraulic sand-filling technology, are employed to create land in Lagos. Historically, land reclamation in Lagos has been utilised to accommodate the city's expanding population by recovering formerly …
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Ecology of the infauna of Spurn Bight mudflats : an area proposed for reclamation
… important for wildfowl and subject to land reclamation proposals, was studied in the form of a short term extensive survey of the wole area followed by a year long intensive study of the dynamics of the major species.Two-way cluster analysis of species and sample stations revealed three …
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Dynamics of particle clouds in ambient currents with application to open-water sediment disposal
… in many applications around the world, including land reclamation, dredging, and contaminated sediment isolation. Timely examples include the land reclamation campaign currently underway in Singapore and the Boston Harbor Navigation Improvement Project. Both of these projects required the precise …
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A Landfill Reclamation Project: an Observatory that Observes the Self
… see into and understand the inner workings of a landscape- is an absolutely essential ingredient to sustainability" -Robert Thayer from "Green World, Green Heart" Current land filling practices that bury waste and debris below layers of earth and synthetic caps do not take into account the …
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Análise das variações morfodinâmicas por funções ortogonais empíricas - Praia do Flamengo (RJ)
Flamengo Beach has been modified because of the land reclamation which resulted in the advancement of the original coastline, and may be exposed to beach erosion. This research is motivated to know the morphodynamics of this beach in order to provide information for making decision in the coastal …
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Creative Participation: Rethinking Reclamation
… is then applied to the practical problem of Mine Land Reclamation in Southern West Virginia. Creative Participation, at its heart, is a way to reconnect man with the reality of his connection to the rest of the world, rather than his separation and control of it.
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Impacts of coastal realignment on intertidal sediment dynamics: Freiston Shore, the Wash
The impacts of land reclamation and managed realignment on saltmarsh and the adjacent intertidal flats at Freiston Shore (The Wash) are investigated. The hydrodynamic and sediment dynamics over the intertidal flats and a managed realignment site are discussed, with an extensive set of hydrodynamic, …
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Urban Archipelago reconsidered : a new metabolism in Tokyo Bay for contemporary coastal urbanism
… rise, longterm shoreline erosion, storm surges, land liquefaction, and subsidence. City-building on reclaimed land is an ambitious form of development yet prevalent around the world, especially where an economic growth agenda is pursued aggressively against the availability of land resources. …
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Effects of calcium, sulphur and potassium concentration in overburden on quality of strip mine drainage
Planned strip-mined land reclamation that minimizes damage of the environment is vital for preservation of water quality, especially with present increased emphasis on coal production. Analysis of overburden is becoming mandatory in order to plan effective placement of material in spoil piles. One …
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Forgotten Pueblos: La Alianza Federal de Mercedes and the Cultural Politics of Indo-Hispano
… Mexico for the recovery of Mexican and Spanish land grants that had been lost in the aftermath of the Mexican-American War in the mid-19th century. This dissertation draws from a diverse collection of archived writings and publicity materials produced by La Alianza over the span of its roughly …
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