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Feature Environmental geophysics: a site characterization tool for urban regeneration in the post‐mining era
Author(s) -
Styles Peter
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
geology today
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.188
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1365-2451
pISSN - 0266-6979
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2451.2003.00407.x
Subject(s) - feature (linguistics) , closure (psychology) , field (mathematics) , geology , regeneration (biology) , urban regeneration , county government , mining engineering , environmental planning , environmental science , political science , philosophy , linguistics , law , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , mathematics , public administration , pure mathematics
The closure and decay of industrial activity involving mining, chemical or light industrial operations has scarred the landscape of urban areas. The Government has major initiatives in urban regeneration to remediate these ‘brown‐field sites’.