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An ecologically oriented database to guide remediation and reuse of contaminated sites
Author(s) -
Greenberg Michael,
Miller K. Tyler,
Lowrie Karen,
Carletta Mary Anne,
Burger Joanna
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
remediation journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.762
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 1520-6831
pISSN - 1051-5658
DOI - 10.1002/rem.10095
Subject(s) - environmental remediation , reuse , recreation , land use , environmental planning , environmental science , environmental resource management , database , computer science , contamination , engineering , civil engineering , waste management , ecology , biology
This article presents a database developed to determine the potential reuse of contaminated sites for primarily ecologically and culturally basedactivities. The database consists of 172 quantitative and qualitative measures of on‐site land suitability, ecological, cultural, and recreationalvalue, and off‐site suitability, economic, and demographic information. Using sites owned by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) as acase study, the article evaluates the quality of available data and suggests ways of using it for planning ecologically sensitive remediation activitiesand future land use. This type of database can be developed and used by anyone who needs to select, review, or evaluate site remediation and future landuse options. Also discussed are the challenges associated with compiling and using data that has been generated by many sources over several years.© 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.