Vegetation and Tree Survey of a Brownfield Site Inhabited by Unhoused People in East Kalamazoo
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Authors
Perez, Kelson
Aguirre, Alejandro
Issue Date
2021
Type
Presentation
Language
en_US
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Abstract
From 1911 to the early 1970s, the
Riverview Eastside Site (RES) was used
as a coal ash disposal site for a coal-fired
power plant. In 2002, over 100 thousand
tons of coal ash were removed from the
site and a 4-6 inch cap of topsoil was
deposited over the remaining ash. The
site is now the location of a growing
encampment of unhoused peoples. The
purpose of our research was to survey the
plant life of the RES to inform future
remediation plans centered around
phytoremediation, the use of plants to
store or neutralize toxic compounds in the
soil.
Description
1 Broadside. 48"W x 36"H
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Publisher
Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College
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