Environmental impact on land condition and challenges from China’s industrial expansion

Description

After over 30 decades of rapid industrialization and poor management of manufacturing processes, transport and power production, the environmental quality of large areas of China has been severely compromised. Most external focus has been on air pollution, which has been relatively effectively managed, but significant issues have been revealed around soil and ultimately food chain contamination. Remediation is challenging with to date a focus on spatial assessment of risk and remediation strategies, backed by policy development. Case studies of environmental contamination and health risk associated with resource exploitation paint considerable challenges for large scale environmental remediation. Recent assessment of the development of the land condition community provide a glimpse into the activities of the professional organizations and enterprises active in the sector. It highlights conventional remediation strategies being supplemented by emerging “soft” techniques under an increasingly diligent regulatory control. Is this appropriate to deal with such extensive spatial demands?

Period	25 Aug 2023
Event title	Scottish Contaminated Land Forum
Event type	Conference
Location	Glasgow, United KingdomShow on map
Degree of Recognition	National