Polluted brownfield site converted into a public urban park: A place providing ecosystem services or a hidden health threat?

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Alternative codes found

RIV/62156489:43410/21:43919802 RIV/00216305:26310/21:PU141237

Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.112669" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.112669</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.112669" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.112669</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Polluted brownfield site converted into a public urban park: A place providing ecosystem services or a hidden health threat?

Original language description

The conversion of old brownfield sites into places once again serving society is becoming an upward global trend, especially in urban areas. Due to the increasingly growing pressure on the expansion of urban green spaces, such sites can become, for instance, urban parks. The aim of the study was to assess whether the solution is appropriate and if it does not pose a potential health risk. Heavy pollution of soils was found out by means of the example of the urban park newly established in a reclaimed area of a historic mining town. The high average values in the topsoil were found out mainly in As (132 mg/kg), Cd (6.8 mg/kg), Pb (535 mg/kg) and Zn (1604 mg/kg). The assessment of the non-carcinogenic health risk has revealed possible As-related adverse health effects in children even at irregular park visits. According to the carcinogenic risk assessment, As, Cd, Cr and Ni can be ranked in the category of an acceptable total risk for regulatory purposes. The health status of park vegetation as a significant component of the urban ecosystem was also assessed. Soil phytotoxicity brought about severe damage to the seedlings, with a mortality rate of up to 84% locally. The results indicate that heavily polluted brownfield sites with historic mining-related activities are not suitable for establishing urban parks even after reclamation and nature-based solutions may not be invariably appropriate. Based on the findings, the management steps that ought to be implemented in the process of brownfield redevelopment into the urban park even after its establishment have been highlighted in order to minimize the health risk to park visitors while providing the required ecosystem services by vegetation.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10511 - Environmental sciences (social aspects to be 5.7)

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2021

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Journal of Environmental Management

ISSN

0301-4797

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

291

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1 August

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

10

Pages from-to

112669

UT code for WoS article

000685077000007

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85105286833