Urban rivers as pollutant sinks and sources: a public health concern for recreational river users?
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Lundy, L., Faulkner, H., Tapsell, S. and Downward, S. 2008. Urban rivers as pollutant sinks and sources: a public health concern for recreational river users? Water Air and Soil Pollution:Focus. 8 (5-6), pp. 543-553. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11267-008-9178-6
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Title | Urban rivers as pollutant sinks and sources: a public health concern for recreational river users? |
Authors | Lundy, L., Faulkner, H., Tapsell, S. and Downward, S. |
Abstract | Although the area of urban river sediment quality has received increasing attention over the last ten years, the presence of contaminated sediments in urban rivers and the potential risk to public health it poses has yet to be rigorously addressed within the urban river restoration context. This is an issue of particular concern at the current time, as the opening-up of urban rivers is being strongly promoted by many legislative and non-legislative bodies as a multi-benefit approach to tackling a range of urban challenges; from decreasing the risk of flooding to increasing the quality-of-life in urbanised areas. This paper brings together these two contrasting concepts; urban rivers as pollutant sinks and sources (presentation of data on urban river sediment quality) and urban rivers as sites of flood alleviation, amenity, recreation and wildlife value (review of the drivers and initiatives behind the increasing implementation of urban river rehabilitation schemes). |
Research Group | Flood Hazard Research Centre |
Publisher | Springer |
Journal | Water Air and Soil Pollution:Focus |
ISSN | 1567-7230 |
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2008 | |
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Deposited | 22 Feb 2010 |
Output status | Published |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1007/s11267-008-9178-6 |
Language | English |
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