Assessment and prioritisation of environmental risks at regional scale: the Zambian Copperbelt case study

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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Assessment and prioritisation of environmental risks at regional scale: the Zambian Copperbelt case study
Original language description
At a regional scale, in an environmental risk assessment procedure, exposure pathways and effective amount of exposed population are two key variables. The Zambian Copperbelt Province was chosen as a study area to develop and test a Geographical Information System (GIS) aided technique to prioritise risk for human health. The distribution of metals in top- and bottom-soil was used to assess the degree of contamination and (1) both (1) soil/dust and (2) food ingestion were selected as the most relevant pathways in the migration process of contaminants from source to human receptors. The impact of different land uses on the exposure pathways was also considered in the risk assessment procedure. Finally, a simple method to assign a priority score to contaminated land in the planning of the remediation at a regional scale was proposed based on the best costbenefit ratio principle.
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Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year
2014
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Article name in the collection
Addressing environmental and health impacts of active and abandoned mines in Sub-Saharan Africa. Proceedings of the Closing Workshop of the IGCP/SIDA Projects 594 and 606,Prague, Czech Republic, May 26?28, 2014
ISBN
978-80-7075-858-8
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Number of pages
3
Pages from-to
9-11
Publisher name
Czech geological survey
Place of publication
Prague
Event location
Praha, Česká republika
Event date
May 26, 2014
Type of event by nationality
WRD - Celosvětová akce
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