Industrial mining heritage and the legacy of environmental pollution in the Derbyshire Derwent catchment: Quantifying contamination at a regional scale and developing integrated strategies for management of the wider historic environment

Kossoff, David; Hudson‐Edwards, Karen A.; Howard, Andy J.; Knight, David

doi:10.1016/j.jasrep.2016.02.007

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“…The onset of urban land contamination in the UK can be traced back to over 200 years (Kossoff et al, 2016;Pizzol et al, 2016;Swartjes, 2011). There had been concerted efforts from the Government, regulators, the regulated and policy makers to ensure that the legacy of contaminated land and associated risks is addressed (Forton et al, 2012).…”

Section: Contaminated Land Management In the Ukmentioning

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Management of petroleum hydrocarbon contaminated sites in Nigeria: Current challenges and future direction

2017

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Sites affected by petroleum hydrocarbons from oil exploitation activities have been identified as a major environmental and socioeconomic problem in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. The current Nigerian regulatory instruments to manage these contaminated sites are fragmented and the roles and responsibilities of government agencies, such as the Department for Petroleum Resources (DPR), and the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA), are not well defined. This lack of coordination has led to ineffective land contamination policy and poor enforcement more generally. Appropriate, risk-based policy instruments are needed to improve regulatory capacity, and to enhance the regulator's ability to manage new and existing petroleum hydrocarbons contaminated sites. Lessons can be learned from countries like the United Kingdom (UK) and the United States America (USA) that have experience with the management and clean up of historically contaminated land. In this paper, we review the status of petroleum hydrocarbon contaminated sites management in Nigeria and identify the gaps in existing policy and regulation. We review the contaminated land policies and regulation from the UK and the USA, and identify lessons that could be transferred to the Nigerian system. Finally, we provide a series of recommendations (e.g. source-pathway-receptor approach, soil screening criteria, clean-up funding, liability) that could enhance contaminated land legislation in Nigeria.

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Section: Contaminated Land Management In the Ukmentioning

confidence: 99%

Management of petroleum hydrocarbon contaminated sites in Nigeria: Current challenges and future direction

2017

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“…Additionally, mining and smelting operations play a critical role in the accumulation of heavy metals in local soils, especially in areas with resource-dependent economies. For example, the mining of polymetallic ores provides not only the targeted metals but also vast amounts of by-products, such as tin and copper associated with sulfide ore [ 2 ]. The areas affected by mining are always seriously polluted by heavy metals, which are emitted from the mining waste and tailings and are transported by runoff and human activities [ 1 , 3 ].…”

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Apportionment and Spatial Pattern Analysis of Soil Heavy Metal Pollution Sources Related to Industries of Concern in a County in Southwestern China

Chen

Lei

Zhang

et al. 2022

IJERPH

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Soil heavy metal pollution is frequent around areas with a high concentration of heavy industry enterprises. The integration of geostatistical and chemometric methods has been used to identify sources and the spatial patterns of soil heavy metals. Taking a county in southwestern China as an example, two subregions were analyzed. Subregion R1 mainly contained nonferrous mining, and subregion R2 was affected by smelting. Two factors (R1F1 and R1F2) associated with industry in R1 were extracted through positive matrix factorization (PMF) to obtain contributions to the soil As (64.62%), Cd (77.77%), Cu (53.10%), Pb (75.76%), Zn (59.59%), and Sb (32.66%); two factors (R2F1 and R2F2) also related to industry in R2 were extracted to obtain contributions to the As (53.35%), Cd (32.99%), Cu (53.10%), Pb (56.08%), Zn (67.61%), and Sb (42.79%). Combined with PMF results, cokriging (CK) was applied, and the z-score and root-mean square error were reduced by 11.04% on average due to the homology of heavy metals. Furthermore, a prevention distance of approximately 1800 m for the industries of concern was proposed based on locally weighted regression (LWR). It is concluded that it is necessary to define subregions for apportionment in area with different industries, and CK and LWR analyses could be used to analyze prevention distance.

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“…The ESs in mining areas are likely to change more dramatically, with the extension in time and space of disturbances in the coming decades [15]. This will further be accentuated as a result of the climate change (e.g., drought, temperature, and precipitation), which can expand the disturbance impacts through altering the ESs change rate [16,17]. The disturbance impacts (i.e., the condition, size, severity, and frequency of disturbance over extended spatial and temporal scales) can be reflected by the changes in ESs at spatiotemporal scales, as the actual contribution of mining and restoration to ES change is subject to change over time and space [18][19][20].…”

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Spatiotemporal Variability of Human Disturbance Impacts on Ecosystem Services in Mining Areas

Liu

et al. 2022

Sustainability

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Human activities pose significant impacts on ecosystem services (ESs) in mining areas, which will continually increase over time and space. However, the mechanism of ES change on spatiotemporal scales post-disturbance remains unclear, especially in the context of global climate change. Here, we conducted a global literature review on the impact of two of the most frequent disturbance factors (mining and restoration) on 27 different ESs, intending to synthesize the impacts of human disturbance on ESs in mining areas via a meta-analysis, and analyze the spatiotemporal variability of ESs after disturbance. We screened 3204 disturbance studies published on the Web of Science between 1950 and 2020 and reviewed 340 in detail. The results of independence test showed that human disturbance had a significant impact on ESs in the mining areas (p < 0.001). The impacts (positive and/or negative) caused by mining and restoration differed considerably among ESs (even on the same ESs). Additionally, spatiotemporal scales of human disturbance were significantly related to spatiotemporal scales of ES change (p < 0.001). We found that the positive and negative impacts of disturbances on ESs may be interconversion under specific spatiotemporal conditions. This seems to be associated with spatiotemporal variability, such as the temporal lag, spatial spillover, and cumulative spatiotemporal effects. Climate changes can lead to further spatiotemporal variability, which highlights the importance of understanding the changes in ESs post-disturbance on spatiotemporal scales. Our research presents recommendations for coping with the twofold pressure of climate change and spatiotemporal variability, to understand how ESs respond to human disturbance at spatiotemporal scales in the future, and manage disturbances to promote sustainable development in mining areas.

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Industrial mining heritage and the legacy of environmental pollution in the Derbyshire Derwent catchment: Quantifying contamination at a regional scale and developing integrated strategies for management of the wider historic environment

Cited by 11 publications

References 70 publications

Management of petroleum hydrocarbon contaminated sites in Nigeria: Current challenges and future direction

Management of petroleum hydrocarbon contaminated sites in Nigeria: Current challenges and future direction

Apportionment and Spatial Pattern Analysis of Soil Heavy Metal Pollution Sources Related to Industries of Concern in a County in Southwestern China

Spatiotemporal Variability of Human Disturbance Impacts on Ecosystem Services in Mining Areas

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