Developing decision support tools for the selection of “gentle” remediation approaches |
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Authors: | Kene Onwubuya Markus Puschenreiter Brian Bone Phillip Teasdale Pavel Tlustos Steve Waite Bernd Marschner |
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Affiliation: | a University of Brighton, Brighton, BN2 4GJ, UK b University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences (BOKU), A-1180, Vienna, Austria c Lulea University of Technology, 97187 Lulea, Sweden d The Environment Agency, 10 Warwick Road, Olton, B92 7HX, Solihull, UK e UMR BIOGECO INRA 1202, University of Bordeaux 1, 33405 Talence, France f Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, 16521 Prague 6—Suchdol, Czech Republic g AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, A-1220 Vienna, Austria h Ruhr-University Bochum, 44780 Bochum, Germany i Saxon State Agency for Environment, Agriculture and Geology, D-01109 Dresden, Germany |
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Abstract: | A range of tools have been proposed to support decision making in contaminated land remediation. From a European perspective it is clear, however, that there are considerable national differences in the decision support process, and more generally in the extent to which this process supports the selection of less invasive, alternative remediation options such as phytoremediation, in situ immobilisation etc. (referred to here as “gentle” remediation technologies). In this paper we present results from the recently completed European Union ERANET SNOWMAN project SUMATECS (Sustainable Management of Trace Element Contaminated Sites), and critically review available decision support tools in terms of their fitness for purpose for the application of gentle remediation technologies. Stakeholder feedback indicates a lack of knowledge amongst stakeholders of currently available decision support tools. We propose that decision support which focuses on gentle remediation is more strongly incorporated into existing, well-established (national) decision support tools / decision-frameworks, to promote more widespread use and uptake. |
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Keywords: | Decision support tools Contaminated land Land remediation Gentle remediation Immobilisation Phytoremediation |
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