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Progress in Sustainable Remediation
Author(s) -
Bardos Paul
Publication year - 2014
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.21412
Subject(s) - documentation , sustainability , environmental planning , divergence (linguistics) , human health , business , risk analysis (engineering) , political science , environmental resource management , engineering , management science , computer science , economics , geography , ecology , medicine , linguistics , philosophy , environmental health , biology , programming language
In the past decade or so, management of historically contaminated land has largely been based on prevention of unacceptable risks to human health and the environment, to ensure a site is “fit for use” (i.e., achieves suitability for beneficial uses). More recently, interest has been shown in including sustainability as a decision‐making criterion. Sustainability concerns include the environmental, social, and economic consequences of risk‐management activities themselves, and also the opportunities for wider benefit beyond achieving risk‐reduction goals alone. This article provides a global roundup of progress by these initiatives and their key documentation. It reviews common themes and points of divergence. The information is based on a literature review and surveying the various networks involved, with a particular focus on recent developments in the United Kingdom. The global roundup updates a previous global roundup presented in Europe in 2013 at Aquaconsoil 2013 (Bardos et al., 2013a, 2013b). © 2014 Paul Bardos