The current chapter illustrates aspects of sustainable soil management, the
basic concepts for site investigation based on the calculation of the risk associated with
the various chemicals that affect the structure, quality, and functions of the soil, as well
as the highlighting of the most important remedial strategies used to reduce pollution.
As a result, the soil can be used for a variety of industrial and civil purposes.
Sustainable soil management is a concept based on technical-scientific and economic
knowledge. Simultaneously, policy actions are taken to maintain and increase soil
productivity, protect biodiversity, reduce risk, and protect natural resource potential by
preventing soil quality degradation and supporting ecosystem services. In the decisionmaking process for Assessing Human Health Risk for contaminated sites, the
development of the site's conceptual model is recommended for a better understanding
of the evolution of the respective site's situation. The development of a Conceptual Site
Model (CSM) is useful for assessing the contamination risks of any site because it
identifies the sources of hazards, potential receptors (people, ecology, and
infrastructure), and exposure pathways.
Keywords: Soil pollution, Risk assesment, Risk-Based Land Management (RBLM), Heavy metals, Conceptual Site Model (CSM), Remediation technologies, Electrochemical remediation.
