Working towards an integrated land contamination management framework for Nigeria

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dc.contributor.authorSam, Kabari
dc.contributor.authorCoulon, Frederic
dc.contributor.authorPrpich, George
dc.date.accessioned2016-08-15T15:24:14Z
dc.date.available2016-08-15T15:24:14Z
dc.date.issued2016-07-18
dc.description.abstractOver the past five decades, Nigeria has developed a number of contaminated land legislations to address the damage caused primarily by oil and gas exploitation activities. Within these legislations exists elements of risk assessment and risk-based corrective action. Despite this progress, we argue that contaminated land management approaches in Nigeria need further development to be able to integrate new scientific information, and to address environmental, economic, and social values. By comparison, advanced contaminated land regimes in the United Kingdom (UK), the Netherlands, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States of America (USA) apply a number of integrative approaches (e.g. sustainability appraisal, liability regime, funding mechanisms, technology demonstration) that enable them to meet the environmental, economic, and social needs of their populations. In comparison, Nigerian governance lacks many of these mechanisms and management of contaminated land is ad hoc. In this paper we propose an integrated risk assessment framework for Nigeria that incorporates the principles of sustainability and stakeholder engagement into the decision-making processes for contaminated land risk assessment and risk management. The integrated approach relies on transparency to promote acceptance and build trust in institutions, and uses stakeholder engagement to address data deficiencies. We conclude this paper with a roadmap for how Nigeria might implement such an integrative approach into their existing contaminated land regulatory system, as well as identify a series of policy priorities that should be addressed.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationKabari Sam, Frédéric Coulon, George Prpich, Working towards an integrated land contamination management framework for Nigeria, Science of The Total Environment, Volume 571, 15 November 2016, pp916-925en_UK
dc.identifier.issn0048-9697
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.07.075
dc.identifier.urihttp://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/10305
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherElsevieren_UK
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dc.subjectContaminated landen_UK
dc.subjectIntegrated frameworken_UK
dc.subjectNiger Deltaen_UK
dc.subjectRisk assessmenten_UK
dc.subjectSustainability appraisalen_UK
dc.titleWorking towards an integrated land contamination management framework for Nigeriaen_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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