The use of vegetation as a natural strategy for landfill restoration

Vaverková, Magdalena Daria; Radziemska, Maja; Bartoň, Stanislav; Cerdà, Artemi; Koda, Eugeniusz

doi:10.1002/ldr.3119

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“…• T3: Vegetation-based techniques [93,94] offer a natural healing process to the stream [64,95], positively impacting (as previously mentioned in the description of the group of techniques T2) on water quality, wildlife habitat, flood reduction, the aesthetic value of a stream and financial valuation of the riparian regions [57,58,64,87,88,[95][96][97]. Furthermore, the physical vegetative coverage on streambanks protects the soil according to the combined effects of roots, stems, and foliage [61]. These effects are also related to improving streambank stabilization through soil-root interaction [61], decreasing flow velocities and dissipating flow energy by redistributing the flow pattern and direction [57], and reducing surface erosion [60,61].…”

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Multi-Criteria Decision Method for Sustainable Watercourse Management in Urban Areas

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The rapid urban growth followed by disordered occupation has been generating significant impacts on cities, bringing losses of an economic and social nature that directly interfere with the well-being of the population. In this work, a proposal for local urban infrastructure problems associated with watercourse management is presented, comparing Sustainable Drainage System (SuDS) techniques and Low-Impact Development (LID) concepts with alternative traditional interventions. The study addresses sustainable alternatives to cope with the urbanization of the Cehab’s open channel, which is an important urban watercourse tributary of the Muriaé River, at the municipality of Itaperuna, Rio de Janeiro—Brazil. The multi-criteria decision-making method called Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) was applied here. The results highlighted the better performance of sustainable techniques when compared to the traditional ones, with an overall advantage of the geogrids and geocells for this case study. The obtained TOPSIS coefficients-C for these techniques were higher (0.59488, for Reach 1; and 0.68656, for Reach 2) than those for the others. This research, therefore, presented an important urban watercourse management methodology that can be further applied to guide sustainable investments and help the decision-making associated with the development of territories.

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“…Their results show achieved improvements in soil properties and plant rejuvenation in degraded grasslands. The impact of vegetation succession on the restoration of closed municipal solid waste landfills is examined by Vaverková, Radziemska, Bartoň, Cerdà, and Koda (), and Robson, Golos, Stevens, and Reid () use hydrogeochemical and ecophysiological data to assess the impact of sandy topsoil to revegetate mineral tailings and to restore biodiversity impoundments in postmining settings. Vegetative recovery in mine‐affected areas is also investigated by Nikolic, Kostic, and Nikolic (), showing natural revegetation processes after mine closure and dam/embankment construction.…”

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Nature‐based solutions for meeting environmental and socio‐economic challenges in land management and development

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Nature-based solutions for meeting environmental and socioeconomic challenges in land management and development 1 | BACKGROUND Population growth and urbanization have brought people into direct conflict with many aspects of nature. This conflict has elicited important challenges such as climate change, ecosystem degradation, and increasing socioeconomic disasters from major natural hazards. As urban expansion subsumes rural landscapes, it co-opts available raw materials (e.g., food and energy), and in the process pushes life-sustaining ecosystem services to the limit (Kabisch et al., 2016;Kalantari, Ferreira, Keesstra, & Destouni, 2018). The ensuing changes in environmental conditions have enormous consequences for both people and places (Keesstra et al., 2018). Changes in climate and hydrology, for example, not only directly implicate societal well-being (flooding, sea level rise, weather-related disasters), but also have indirect implications on ecosystem processes, geophysical processes, biogeochemical cycles, and the general regulation of earth systems (Maes & Jacobs, 2017). Without a clear understanding of these implications and social-ecological interactions and feedbacks, it is impossible to

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“…The results can be used for the formulation of changes in the management of waste landfilling, reclamation of landfills, and ecosystem restoration, which can reduce the production of allergenic pollen. Landfill restoration with vegetation has several benefits, including the creation of habitats for local wildlife [53][54][55][56][57]. However, evaluating the landfill vegetation from the view of the potential production of allergenic pollen, we can see that especially the ruderal plant species blooming during summer and autumn play an important role.…”

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Influence of a Municipal Solid Waste Landfill on the Surrounding Environment: Landfill Vegetation as a Potential Risk of Allergenic Pollen

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When the landfill use comes to end, important subsequent steps include aftercare, safety assurance, and ecological regeneration. Landfill revegetation is cost-effective and eco-friendly approach in the management of landfill areas, which serves the purpose of stabilization and provides a pleasant landscape. There are various vegetation types that can be planted, yet grass species are often used for low-cost reasons. Plants can be important sources of air pollution, particularly by grass pollen. The main goal of our study was to identify plant species that produce allergenic pollen. Long-term vegetation monitoring took place on three sites in the growing seasons of years 2008–2018. Studied objects were landfills located in the Czech Republic. The vegetation was assessed using a floristic survey of identified plant species. Plant species that produced allergens were recorded. During the monitoring, 298 plant species were determined. Plant species with allergenic pollen have a considerable share in the landfill vegetation. Thus, landfills are potential sources of various kinds of allergenic pollen. Moreover, our results indicated that there are three periods of pollen production: early spring, late spring, and early summer; late summer; and autumn. The second period is typical for the production of highly allergenic pollen by grasses. Most detected plant species with allergenic pollen are common for all monitored sites, which demonstrates that the vegetation of landfills is a significant source of allergenic pollen.

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The use of vegetation as a natural strategy for landfill restoration

Cited by 40 publications

References 33 publications

Multi-Criteria Decision Method for Sustainable Watercourse Management in Urban Areas

Multi-Criteria Decision Method for Sustainable Watercourse Management in Urban Areas

Nature‐based solutions for meeting environmental and socio‐economic challenges in land management and development

Influence of a Municipal Solid Waste Landfill on the Surrounding Environment: Landfill Vegetation as a Potential Risk of Allergenic Pollen

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