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Investigation, Remediation and Protection of Land Resources

¹ INTERA Engineering Ltd., Heidelberg, Ontario, N0B 1Y0, Canada

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The title of this most interesting book reflects the evolution of the practice of engineering geology to the subject matter of this journal, Environmental and Engineering Geoscience. Dieter Genske has taught at a number of European universities and is the author of the 2005 Springer textbook Ingenieurgeologie: Grundlagen und Anwendung (Engineering Geology: Fundamentals & Applications). From the extensive reference list at the end of the book, it is clear that Dr. Genske has worked extensively during this decade on the topic of this book—the characterization and rehabilitation of contaminated and disused urban landscapes.

Because we in North America are similarly attempting to restore "brownfields" sites, Genske's discussion of this matter in the context of European, particularly German, projects is a window that should bring light and fresh air to our community of professional environmental and engineering geoscientists. The back cover promotes the reading of the book by another community: "anyone in the area of land remediation," i.e., environmental managers and civil engineers. It contains more than 200 figures, . . . [Full Text of this Article]