Identifying contaminated sites
Description
Identifying contaminated sites involves systematically locating and assessing areas where hazardous substances have been released into the environment, posing risks to human health and ecosystems. This strategy employs site surveys, sampling, and analysis to determine contamination levels and sources. Its practical intent is to prioritize sites for remediation, prevent further exposure, and guide cleanup actions, thereby mitigating environmental hazards and protecting communities from the adverse effects of pollution.
Context
Governments should establish and maintain inventories, including computerized inventories, of hazardous wastes and their treatment/disposal sites, as well as of contaminated sites that require rehabilitation, and assess the exposure and the risk to human health and the environment; they should also identify the measures required to clean up the disposal sites. Industry should make the necessary information available.
Implementation
This strategy features in the framework of Agenda 21 as formulated at UNCED (Rio de Janeiro, 1992), now coordinated by the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development and implemented through national and local authorities.
Broader
Value
SDG
Metadata
Database
Global strategies
Type
(D) Detailed strategies
Subject
Societal problems » Pollution
Content quality
Yet to rate
Language
English
1A4N
J4649
DOCID
12046490
D7NID
216900
Editing link
Official link
Last update
Dec 3, 2024