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Rehabilitation of abandoned quarry sites could alleviate the effects of environmental dereliction and could meet the social demand for improvement of the quality of life in urban centers. Nevertheless, reclamation benefits are often overlooked in assessment procedures, since they are hard to estimate, at least in monetary terms. This paper examines the economic value of rehabilitation works, using an environmental economics framework. The survey is based on the Contingent Valuation Method (CVM), using as a case study an abandoned quarry site in the center of Athens, Greece. According to the estimates, recreation of the mined area produces an important economic value, which is associated with residents' preferences. The results provide quantitative information that may be used in a beneficial way to justify environmental policy and to provide additional Government funding towards environmental treatment of derelict land. (C) 2003 Published by Elsevier Science B.V.

The objective of this article is threefold: To re-evaluate the concept of wilderness as a place to be experienced by human beings as part of their outdoor recreational needs; to investigate if reclaimed post-industrial urban quarries can fulfil these needs, and to investigate the legislative frameworks in South Africa within which such reclamation and re-use can be undertaken. The objective is not to present detailed case studies of post-industrial urban quarries that have been rehabilitated or redeveloped for a different land use, but rather to demonstrate the potential of such quarries. The majority of South Africa's population is urbanised and has hardly any prospect, due to various constraints, of ever visiting natural or even 'man-made wilderness' areas for recreational purposes. The currently held concept of wilderness is critically evaluated and the need to change our perception of wilderness is discussed. The biophysical and socio-economic nature, as well as the legal framework, within which the redevelopment potential of our ubiquitous post-industrial urban quarries must be viewed, are examined to determine whether they can be reclaimed as outdoor recreation places and a new 'urban wilderness'. It is shown, through a literature review and examining five case studies, that reclaimed quarries can satisfy urban dwellers' innate need for outdoor recreational spaces and natural or wilderness areas, albeit man-made and despite the procedural challenges posed by the requirements of the South African regulatory urban spatial planning frameworks and Acts.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of plates -- List of figures -- List of tables -- List of species boxes -- Acknowledgements -- Series introduction -- 1 Introduction -- Impacts of physical factors -- Ecological aspects -- Colonisation and establishment -- Adaptations and characteristics -- Geographical influences -- 2 The Ecology of Urban Habitats -- Terrestrial urban habitats -- Woods, trees and parklands -- Parks, gardens and allotments -- Playing fields, golf courses and other grasslands -- Demolition sites -- Industrial wasteland, spoil heaps, quarries and mines -- Refuse tips -- Road verges and railways -- Walls, buildings and paved areas -- Churchyards and cemeteries -- Aquatic urban habitats -- Marshes and reedbeds -- Streams, rivers and canals -- Ponds, lakes and reservoirs -- Sand and gravel pits -- Sewage works -- Coastal features -- 3 Management and Conservation -- Pollution -- Heavy metals and woodlands -- Lichens and sulphur dioxide pollution -- Freshwaters and pollution -- Noxious species -- Noxious plants -- Noxious animals -- Managing noxious species -- Habitat management -- Ecological guidelines -- Reclamation and restoration of derelict land -- Strategies for nature conservation -- Urban wildlife and city people -- 4 Case Studies -- Reclaiming limestone quarry faces in Derbyshire -- Ecological parks in London -- Habitat initiatives in Merseyside -- Landlife -- Sutton Mill Dam -- Mersey Community Forest -- The Forth and Clyde Canal in Glasgow -- A stormwater retention basin in the West Midlands -- Coastal habitats in Cardiff -- 5 Practical Work -- Experimental design -- Health and safety -- Distribution of pavement plants -- Flora of urban wasteland -- Distribution of tar-spot fungus on sycamore trees -- Colonisation of stones by invertebrate animals.

This research have the objetive propose a study methodology to evaluate airquality in a mining activity based on the confiability and analysis of meteorological,topographic and emission data, which are entered into the dispersion model. Themethodology was applied to the emissions the particulate material with a sizesmaller than 10 μm (PM10) generated from the operation of open pit quarries, nearGeneral Roca town (Argentina); and then evaluates their dispersion and possibleimpact on human health and / or the environment. The seasonal variations of thedispersion were analyzed and the Gaussian dispersion model used is AERMOD. Theresults showed that PM10 dispersion in different atmospheric conditions andemissions in 2010, don ́t influence urban areas near quarries and don ́t that exceedthe legal limit. From the analysis of the seasonal variations of the dispersion changeswere observed in the extension of the plume and in the maximum hourlyconcentration, especially in the autumn and winter seasons. The results of themodeling (maximum hourly concentration values) were compared with aerosolconcentration data, obtained by remote sensors; Resulting in a determinationcoefficient (R2 ~ 0.7). The proposed work methodology can be incorporated as acontrol tool in government agencies for the evaluation and management of airquality so as to prevent unsatisfactory scenarios. ; El presente trabajo tiene como objetivo proponer una metodología de estudio para evaluar calidad de aire en una actividad minera a partir del estudio de confiabilidad y análisis de los datos meteorológicos, topográficos y de emisiones, que se ingresan al modelo de dispersión. La metodología se aplicó a las emisiones de material particulado con tamaño menor a 10 μm (PM 10 ) generadas a partir de la explotación en canteras de yeso, cercanas a General Roca (Argentina); para luego evaluar su dispersión y su posible afectación a la salud humana y/o al ambiente. Se analizó las variaciones estacionales de la dispersión y se utilizó el modelo gaussiano de ...

"This book offers original theoretical and empirical insight into the social, cultural and ecological politics of rapidly changing urban spaces such as old factories, rail yards, verges, dumps and quarries. These environments are often disregarded once their industrial functions wane, a trend that cities are experiencing through the advance of late capitalism. From a sustainability perspective, there are important lessons to learn about the potential prospects and perils of these disused sites. The combination of shelter, standing water and infrequent human visitation renders such spaces ecologically vibrant, despite residual toxicity and other environmentally undesirable conditions. They are also spaces of social refuge. Three case studies in Milwaukee, Paris and Toronto anchor the book, each of which offers unique analytical insight into the forms, functions and experiences of post-industrial urban greenspaces. Through this research, this book challenges the dominant instinct in Western urban planning to "rediscover" and redevelop these spaces for economic growth rather than ecological resilience and social justice. This book will be of great interest to students and researchers of Urban Planning, Ecological Design, Landscape Architecture, Urban Geography, Environmental Planning, Restoration Ecology, and Aesthetics"--

"This book offers original theoretical and empirical insight into the social, cultural and ecological politics of rapidly changing urban spaces such as old factories, rail yards, verges, dumps and quarries. These environments are often disregarded once their industrial functions wane, a trend that cities are experiencing through the advance of late capitalism. From a sustainability perspective, there are important lessons to learn about the potential prospects and perils of these disused sites. The combination of shelter, standing water and infrequent human visitation renders such spaces ecologically vibrant, despite residual toxicity and other environmentally undesirable conditions. They are also spaces of social refuge. Three case studies in Milwaukee, Paris and Toronto anchor the book, each of which offers unique analytical insight into the forms, functions and experiences of post-industrial urban greenspaces. Through this research, this book challenges the dominant instinct in Western urban planning to "rediscover" and redevelop these spaces for economic growth rather than ecological resilience and social justice. This book will be of great interest to students and researchers of Urban Planning, Ecological Design, Landscape Architecture, Urban Geography, Environmental Planning, Restoration Ecology, and Aesthetics"--

Urban environmental history comprises both human and ecological experience; the two were and are inseparable, and their interaction is dynamic. This essay explores the human and bioregional history of the Penrith Lakes Scheme at Castlereagh in outer Western Sydney as a case study in integrating the two approaches. Conceived in the late 1960s, the Scheme is a quintessential `hybrid landscape`, aiming to rehabilitate 2,000 hectares of open-cut gravel quarries by creating huge artificial lakes and landforms. But it destroyed a rich palimpsest of earlier farming and Aboriginal landscapes, both of which had also transformed the environment. By focusing on this place over time, it is possible to track the succession of Aboriginal, settler, industrial and urban histories, to explore the shifting meanings of this environment, the different ways they knew and shaped this country, and the politics and strategic uses of different types of environmental knowledge. © 2007 The White Horse Press.

Ajuts: The work described in this paper was funded by the Catalan Waste Agency (ARC) and the General Directorate for Mobility Infrastructures of the Department of Territory and Sustainability of the Government of Catalonia. ; Soil rehabilitation in the context of the restoration of quarries, dumping sites, or road slopes often requires the prior addition of organic amendments to improve the substrates used for Technosol construction. Bio-wastes coming from advanced Mechanical-Biological Treatment Plants, mainly compost-like-outputs (CLO) and digestates (DGT), are new and suitable sources of organic matter potentially useful as organic amendments for this purpose, in an approach clearly fulfilling the principles of circular economy. In order to assess the suitability of these materials, a complete physicochemical and biological evaluation was carried out, including an ecotoxicological evaluation to discard hazardous effects on key soil fauna groups. Field experiments were also carried out on several road slopes and a dumping site. The stability degree of organic matter and the impurities content could be restricting parameters for the use of CLO in soils. Low stability degree decreased plant development in the initial stages of restoration. Moreover, the high heterogeneity in terms of physicochemical parameters of the different CLOs assessed is a serious constraint to making generalizations about its use. In contrast, composition of DGTs was more stable between plants and batches, and presented low impurities and high N contents that make them more suitable for applying to soil and promoting plant development. Regarding the application rates, DGT application at 20 g kgSoil rehabilitation in the context of the restoration of quarries, dumping sites, or road slopes often requires the prior addition of organic amendments to improve the substrates used for Technosol construction. Bio-wastes coming from advanced Mechanical-Biological Treatment Plants, mainly compost-like-outputs (CLO) and digestates (DGT), are new and suitable sources of organic matter potentially useful as organic amendments for this purpose, in an approach clearly fulfilling the principles of circular economy. In order to assess the suitability of these materials, a complete physicochemical and biological evaluation was carried out, including an ecotoxicological evaluation to discard hazardous effects on key soil fauna groups. Field experiments were also carried out on several road slopes and a dumping site. The stability degree of organic matter and the impurities content could be restricting parameters for the use of CLO in soils. Low stability degree decreased plant development in the initial stages of restoration. Moreover, the high heterogeneity in terms of physicochemical parameters of the different CLOs assessed is a serious constraint to making generalizations about its use. In contrast, composition of DGTs was more stable between plants and batches, and presented low impurities and high N contents that make them more suitable for applying to soil and promoting plant development. Regarding the application rates, DGT application at 20 g kg−1 clearly improved plant growth after sowing, without compromising recruitment. However, application at 80 g kgSoil rehabilitation in the context of the restoration of quarries, dumping sites, or road slopes often requires the prior addition of organic amendments to improve the substrates used for Technosol construction. Bio-wastes coming from advanced Mechanical-Biological Treatment Plants, mainly compost-like-outputs (CLO) and digestates (DGT), are new and suitable sources of organic matter potentially useful as organic amendments for this purpose, in an approach clearly fulfilling the principles of circular economy. In order to assess the suitability of these materials, a complete physicochemical and biological evaluation was carried out, including an ecotoxicological evaluation to discard hazardous effects on key soil fauna groups. Field experiments were also carried out on several road slopes and a dumping site. The stability degree of organic matter and the impurities content could be restricting parameters for the use of CLO in soils. Low stability degree decreased plant development in the initial stages of restoration. Moreover, the high heterogeneity in terms of physicochemical parameters of the different CLOs assessed is a serious constraint to making generalizations about its use. In contrast, composition of DGTs was more stable between plants and batches, and presented low impurities and high N contents that make them more suitable for applying to soil and promoting plant development. Regarding the application rates, DGT application at 20 g kg−1 clearly improved plant growth after sowing, without compromising recruitment. However, application at 80 g kg−1 did not ameliorate seed germination and plant growth, in either CLO or DGT treatments, and increased N-leaching and toxicity risk to soil mesofauna in DGT amended Technosols. did not ameliorate seed germination and plant growth, in either CLO or DGT treatments, and increased N-leaching and toxicity risk to soil mesofauna in DGT amended Technosols. clearly improved plant growth after sowing, without compromising recruitment. However, application at 80 g kg−1 did not ameliorate seed germination and plant growth, in either CLO or DGT treatments, and increased N-leaching and toxicity risk to soil mesofauna in DGT amended Technosols.

Thesis (Doctoral)--Izmir Institute of Technology, City and Regional Planning, Izmir, 2014 ; Includes bibliographical references (leaves: 240-253) ; Text in English; Abstract: Turkish and English ; Full text release delayed at author's request until 2017.08.11 ; Land use planning is both a technical and a political process in which many different groups with multiple interests are affected by planning decisions. While every land use planning decision has a potential of creating conflicts, Locally Unwanted Land Uses (LULUs) are the most conflict facing subjects in urban land use planning because of their negative externalities such as health effects, economic costs and harms to environment. This thesis aims to find out the reasons of and solutions for the conflicts in the planning processes of LULUs. The thesis focuses on conflicts about three LULU types including solid waste facilities, fisheries and quarries in zmir, Turkey. Qualitative research design is used with techniques including document analyses, media search and in-depth interviews. In the case studies, the conflicts are analyzed with a proposed analysis method including issues for understanding and resolving conflicts. These issues are used to discuss characteristics and reasons of conflicts and existing and proposed conflict resolution methods. It is found that the reasons of conflicts are not only the negative effects of LULUs such as odor, pollution and noise but also procedural deficiencies such as lack of knowledge and lack of trust. The findings in case studies supported the theoretical works concerning limitations for the success of participatory processes seeking for consensus. Conflict resolution attempts including symbolic benefits rather than considering exact interests of local people should be rethought.

Economically, a quarry operation has a greater competitive advantage over its rival firms the closer it locates to the urban market. However, an active quarry operation typically generates environmental disamenities and when placed in an urban-suburban setting, it causes serious land use conflicts. The residents' desire for a clean environment and peaceful surroundings comes into conflict with quarry activity. Over time, the residents demand the local municipal government to control active quarry operations, who in turn may establish zoning ordinances. This action restricts the productive capacity of the industry, which causes an increase in production costs. As the conflict escalates, the quarry operator, for economic reasons, is encouraged to locate further from the urban-suburban setting. This practicum has analyzed this type of land use conflict between the local residents of Rockwood Municipality, Manitoba and the quarry industry, and has estimated the relocation costs at selected deposits near Winnipeg. In June, 1979, Clean Environment Commission public hearings, under the authority of the Clean Environment Act, were held to prescribe limits on discharge of contaminants into the environment from crushed stone quarries located in Rockwood Municipality. As a result of these hearings, emission standards on all phases of production were established on all active quarries in Rockwood Municipality. As land use competition increases and land use conflicts escalate between active quarry operations and residents, there will be an increased pressure for the crushed stone industry to relocate outside the urban setting causing an increased delivered price. If mining is unduly restricted before depletion of the mineral resource due to local environmental concerns, there will be a cost to society. The focus of the research was to estimate the increased delivered price that would occur if the crushed stone industry were forced to relocate at the next closest deposit outside the urban fringe.

A significant group of funerary steles originates from Viminacium, the largest urban settlement and an important Danube military center. Unfortunately, the largest number of steles are preserved fragmentarily. Some are only known from literature. They date to the period from the end of the 1st century and the beginning of the 2nd century right up to the time of Christian dominance, most often in the 2nd or 3rd centuries. Some of these stele belong to exceptional works of Roman provincial art. Viminacium was, thanks to its excellent geographical position, exceptionally well connected with the Eastern-Alpine (Gummern), Lower-Pannonian (Budakalász, Aquincum), as well as Dacian and Southern-Carpathian workshops (Bukova). Most probably, skeched, semi-finished, or finished products of marble and travertine from these quarries were delivered by waterways, via the Danube, Sava, or Drava, to Viminacium. Wealthy inhabitants ordered monuments from these prestigious Eastern-Alpine, Pannonian, and Dacian workshops. At the same time, domestic Moesian workshops also had to satisfy a developed market and the increased demand of prosperous clients. A significant number of the Viminacium steles were made of local or regional Neogene, Sarmatian, or Bedenian limestone from quarries situated in the Danube region of the province. Local workshops developed Moesian artistic models characteristic of these parts, both in their structure and decoration. Although the funerary steles of Viminacium are largely fragmentarily preserved, they have been an extremely important basis for understanding life in this Danube center

Geomophological hazard assessment is an important component of natural hazard risk assessment. This paper presents GIS-based geomorphological hazard mapping in the Red Sea area between Safaga and Quseir, Egypt. This includes the integration of published geological, geomorphological, and other data into GIS, and generation of new map products, combining governmental concerns and legal restrictions. Detailed geomorphological hazard maps for flooding zones and earth movement potential, especially along the roads and railways, have been prepared. Further the paper illustrates the application of vulnerability maps dealing with the effect of hazard on urban areas, tourist villages, industrial facilities, quarries, and road networks. These maps can help to initiate appropriate measures to mitigate the probable hazards in the area.

Abstract. Geomophological hazard assessment is an important component of natural hazard risk assessment. This paper presents GIS-based geomorphological hazard mapping in the Red Sea area between Safaga and Quseir, Egypt. This includes the integration of published geological, geomorphological, and other data into GIS, and generation of new map products, combining governmental concerns and legal restrictions. Detailed geomorphological hazard maps for flooding zones and earth movement potential, especially along the roads and railways, have been prepared. Further the paper illustrates the application of vulnerability maps dealing with the effect of hazard on urban areas, tourist villages, industrial facilities, quarries, and road networks. These maps can help to initiate appropriate measures to mitigate the probable hazards in the area.

Geomophological hazard assessment is an important component of natural hazard risk assessment. This paper presents GIS-based geomorphological hazard mapping in the Red Sea area between Safaga and Quseir, Egypt. This includes the integration of published geological, geomorphological, and other data into GIS, and generation of new map products, combining governmental concerns and legal restrictions. Detailed geomorphological hazard maps for flooding zones and earth movement potential, especially along the roads and railways, have been prepared. Further the paper illustrates the application of vulnerability maps dealing with the effect of hazard on urban areas, tourist villages, industrial facilities, quarries, and road networks. These maps can help to initiate appropriate measures to mitigate the probable hazards in the area.

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Archetti & M. MartinelloAnalyses of factors influencing children behaviour while crossing the conflict zones at urban intersections, I.I. Otković, A. Deluka-Tibljaš, S. Šurdonja, A. Canale, G. Tesoriere & T. CampisiA hybrid approach for prioritising road safety interventions in urban areas, S.V. Gomes, C. Roque & J.L. CardosoDefining the characteristics of walking paths to promote an active ageing, C. Cottrill, F. Gaglione, C. Gargiulo & F. ZucaroEffects of elderly people's walking difficulty on concerns and anxiety while walking on roads, T. MatsuuraHealthy cities for allShared space and visually impaired persons, F. AnwarTopographical and physiological data collection for urban handbike tracks design, A. Cudicio, A. Girardello, F. Negro, C. Orizio, A. Arenghi, G. Legnani & M. SerpelloniProactive city. the city as a gym for active design, E. Marchigiani, I. Garofolo & B. ChiarelliElderly mobility under the microscope: A multidisciplinary perspective, E. Pantelaki, E. Maggi & D. CrottiParticipatory experiences supporting more healthy and active cities. The research intervention "Anziani&Città", E. DoratoPromoting healthy citiesThe missing path: Promiscuous bicycle lanes in urban areas, R. Fistola, M. Gallo, R.A. La Rocca & R. BattarraAn operational framework for healthy regeneration practices, T. Congiu, A. Plaisant & S. UnaliConclusive remarks Scientific outputs and research needs trough bibliometric mapping of LWC discussion, A. Richiedei & M. PezzagnoAuthor index