TY - JOUR
T1 - Nature based solutions for contaminated land remediation and brownfield redevelopment in cities
T2 - A review
AU - Song, Yinan
AU - Kirkwood, Niall
AU - Maksimović, Čedo
AU - Zhen, Xiaodi
AU - O'Connor, David
AU - Jin, Yuanliang
AU - Hou, Deyi
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by China's National Water Pollution Control and Treatment Science and Technology Major Project (Grant No. 2018ZX07109-003 ), and the National Key Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 2018YFC1801300 ).
Funding Information:
NBS refers to actions that are “inspired by, supported by, or copied from nature” (van den Bosch and Sang, 2017). The European Commission defines NBS as “solutions that are inspired and supported by nature, which are cost-effective, simultaneously provide environmental, social and economic benefits and help build resilience. Such solutions bring more, and more diverse, nature and natural features and processes into cities, landscapes and seascapes, through locally adapted, resource-efficient and systemic interventions” (European Comission, 2017). NBS may offer environmental, social, and economic benefits for a wide variety of applications. Many existing studies have focused on frameworks and theoretical knowledge (Faivre et al., 2017; Raymond et al., 2017). More knowledge about its actual implementation is needed in order to further direct this concept (Nesshover et al., 2017). The term NBS is traditionally used among the nature conservation community in natural environment (forest, river basins, wetlands) which then “extrapolated” to urban environment in the narrow area of communal urban gardens (van der Jagt et al., 2017).This work was supported by China's National Water Pollution Control and Treatment Science and Technology Major Project (Grant No. 2018ZX07109-003), and the National Key Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 2018YFC1801300).
PY - 2019/5/1
Y1 - 2019/5/1
N2 - Urban industrialization has caused severe land contamination at hundreds of thousands of sites in cities all around the world, posing a serious health risk to millions of people. Many contaminated brownfield sites are being left abandoned due to the high cost of remediation. Traditional physical and chemical remediation technologies also require high energy and resource input, and can result in loss of land functionality and cause secondary pollution. Nature-based solutions (NBS) including phytoremediation and conversion of brownfield sites to public greenspaces, holds much promise in maximizing a sustainable urban renaissance. NBS is an umbrella concept that can be used to capture nature based, cost effective and eco-friendly treatment technologies, as well as redevelopment strategies that are socially inclusive, economically viable, and with good public acceptance. The NBS concept is novel and in urgent need of new research to better understand the pros and cons, and to enhance its practicality. This review article summarizes NBS's main features, key technology choices, case studies, limitations, and future trends for urban contaminated land remediation and brownfield redevelopment.
AB - Urban industrialization has caused severe land contamination at hundreds of thousands of sites in cities all around the world, posing a serious health risk to millions of people. Many contaminated brownfield sites are being left abandoned due to the high cost of remediation. Traditional physical and chemical remediation technologies also require high energy and resource input, and can result in loss of land functionality and cause secondary pollution. Nature-based solutions (NBS) including phytoremediation and conversion of brownfield sites to public greenspaces, holds much promise in maximizing a sustainable urban renaissance. NBS is an umbrella concept that can be used to capture nature based, cost effective and eco-friendly treatment technologies, as well as redevelopment strategies that are socially inclusive, economically viable, and with good public acceptance. The NBS concept is novel and in urgent need of new research to better understand the pros and cons, and to enhance its practicality. This review article summarizes NBS's main features, key technology choices, case studies, limitations, and future trends for urban contaminated land remediation and brownfield redevelopment.
KW - City planning
KW - Clean up
KW - NBS
KW - Nature inspired
KW - Reclamation
KW - Soil pollution
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U2 - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.01.347
DO - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.01.347
M3 - Article
C2 - 30726765
AN - SCOPUS:85060898217
SN - 0048-9697
VL - 663
SP - 568
EP - 579
JO - Science of the Total Environment
JF - Science of the Total Environment
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