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Barriers and Bridges to Risk Assessment and Management of Contaminated Sites in Urban Areas: Upper Silesia Case Study

This study examines the contamination problem in the Upper Silesia region and explores the inventory, assessment, and understanding of the problem. It focuses on the identification and characterization of contamination sources, assessment parameters, legal and institutional aspects, and management options. The study aims to improve risk assessment and management procedures for contaminated sites.

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Barriers and Bridges to Risk Assessment and Management of Contaminated Sites in Urban Areas: Upper Silesia Case Study

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  1. Barriers and bridges to risk assessment and management of contaminated sites in urban areas Upper Silesia case study Janusz Krupanek Instytut Ekologii Terenów Uprzemysłowionych

  2. 1. Overview of Upper Silesiacontamination problem

  3. Upper Silesia region

  4. Upper Silesia - main features

  5. 2. Inventory, assessment and understanding of the problem

  6. Basic assessment criteria • Impact • Economical activity profiles • Environmental management profiles • Risk • Pathways characteristics • Vulnerability of receptors • Uncertainty • Information availability and reliability methodological constraints

  7. Identification of contamination sources

  8. Characterisation of contamination sources

  9. Economical activities Source: Panorama Firm

  10. Spatial distribution of economical activities Aglomeration Source: Panorama Firm

  11. Main industries

  12. Waste management facilities Lanfills of communal wastes Communal mixed agricultural Lanfills of industrial wastes Chemical Energy Metal Mining other

  13. Post-industrial sites Number of post-industrial sites no- data Source: Silesian Voivodship Marshal Office

  14. Hazardous waste management Aglomeration Source: Silesian Voivodship Waste Management Plan

  15. Pathways and receptors - assessment parameters

  16. Land use pattern

  17. Human receptors

  18. Groundwater resources Main groundwater aquifers

  19. Protected ecosystems Landscape Protection Park Buffer Zone Natural reserve Existing Proposed

  20. Risk estimationsand priorities

  21. 3. Legal, institutional, environmental, social and economical aspects

  22. Environmental and infrastructural aspects • Environmental buffer consisting of soil/ground (quaternary layer) and surface waters • Anthropogenic buffer composed of infrastructure – built up cover, sewerage and storm systems, relatively high level of water treatment • Changes in the environment: including land degradation, groundwater contamination,changes in the groundwater regime, geological structures, land deformations, river system changes and pollution

  23. Socio-economical factors

  24. Legal–institutional aspects

  25. 4. Management options and approaches

  26. Policy instruments

  27. Sectoral oriented tools

  28. Conclusions

  29. Possibilities and actions • Rising awareness of the problems and integration of the efforts on local and regional level • Strengthening understanding of the problem with respect to economical activities and risks – regional and local model of assessment and management • Improvement in the monitoring, information and control system • Development of institutional capacity and support systems • Implementation of procedures for cost-efficient risk assessment and management

  30. Thank you for attention

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