This bibliography of case studies lists information published in the open literature on the investigation, remediation and redevelopment of contaminated land. It was produced during the preparation by BRE of DOE Industry Profiles and provides supplementary information to them. It contains more than 200 references.  (22 pages)

The information search covered case studies referring to land  previously used by the industries listed below:

Asbestos works

Chemical works

Collieries

Docks and railway land

Gas works and other coal carbonisation works

Industries making or using wood preservatives

Installations involving the processing of radioactive materials

Landfill and other waste disposal sites

Lead works

Metal mines, smelters, foundries, metal finishing

Munitions production and testing sites

Plants and heavy engineering installations, eg shipbuilding and shipbreaking

Power stations

Scrapyards and recycling plants

Sewage works and farms

Solvent recovery operations

Steel works

Tanneries