Sustainable remediation and redevelopment of brownfield sites

D Hou, A Al-Tabbaa, D O'Connor, Q Hu… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2023 - nature.com
Widespread pollution from industrial activities has driven land degradation with detrimental
human health effects, especially in urban areas. Remediation and redevelopment of the …

Critical review of decision support tools for sustainability assessment of site remediation options

L Huysegoms, V Cappuyns - Journal of Environmental Management, 2017 - Elsevier
In Europe alone, there are more than 2, 5 million potentially contaminated sites of which
14% are expected to require remediation. Contaminated soil and groundwater can cause …

Environmental and socio-economic sustainability appraisal of contaminated land remediation strategies: A case study at a mega-site in China

Y Song, D Hou, J Zhang, D O'Connor, G Li, Q Gu… - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
Green and sustainable remediation (GSR) has become a global trend in the contaminated
land remediation field. Growing numbers of countries have adopted GSR procedures …

A sustainability assessment framework for agricultural land remediation in China

D Hou, Z Ding, G Li, L Wu, P Hu, G Guo… - Land Degradation & …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
China has an extensive agricultural land degradation issue due to pollution, with 19· 4% of
its agricultural land being contaminated. The government has released an ambitious Soil …

Rock fracture grouting with microbially induced carbonate precipitation

JM Minto, E MacLachlan… - Water Resources …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Microbially induced carbonate precipitation has been proposed for soil stabilization, soil
strengthening, and permeability reduction as an alternative to traditional cement and …

Thermal conductive heating coupled with in situ chemical oxidation for soil and groundwater remediation: A quantitative assessment for sustainability

Z Yang, C Wei, X Song, X Liu, Z Tang, P Liu… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
Thermal conductive heating (TCH), broadly applied to remove volatile and semi-volatile
organic contaminants from subsurface, is often considered unsustainable due to its high …

Life cycle assessment comparison of thermal desorption and stabilization/solidification of mercury contaminated soil on agricultural land

D Hou, Q Gu, F Ma, S O'Connell - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2016 - Elsevier
A life cycle assessment (LCA) was conducted to comprehensively evaluate and compare the
cleanup methods of (1) thermal desorption and (2) soil stabilization/solidification (S/S) in …

Application of life cycle assessment as a tool for evaluating the sustainability of contaminated sites remediation: a systematic and bibliographic analysis

C Visentin, AW da Silva Trentin, AB Braun… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
As the discussion surrounding sustainable remediation has advanced, numerous tools have
been developed to evaluate the sustainability of remediation technologies, including life …

Evaluating life cycle environmental impacts of coal fly ash utilization in embankment versus sand and landfilling

S Curpen, N Teutsch, K Kovler, S Spatari - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023 - Elsevier
Coal fly ash (CFA) disposal is controversial because constituents of potential concern such
as heavy metals in the ash can be released to the ground and reach aquifers, which poses …

Assessment of site contaminated soil remediation based on an input output life cycle assessment

C Chen, X Zhang, J Chen, F Chen, J Li, Y Chen… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2020 - Elsevier
Soil pollution is expanding, and soil remediation projects are underway around the world. To
make the soil remediation more sustainable, soil remediation project impact assessments …