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Soil clean‐up policies in the Federal Republic of Germany
Author(s) -
Bachmann G.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
soil use and management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.709
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1475-2743
pISSN - 0266-0032
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-2743.1991.tb00868.x
Subject(s) - clean up , unification , environmental science , environmental protection , environmental policy , soil contamination , political science , environmental planning , soil water , soil science , chemistry , chromatography , computer science , extraction (chemistry) , programming language
. Soil clean‐up policies have been a major focus of environmental concern in the Federal Republic of Germany. With the unification of the two Germanies there is an increased need for these policies. The paper briefly describes the nature of the soil contamination problem, and the development of a soil clean‐up programme. Clean‐up policies are evaluated by comparison with practices in the USA.