Coulon, FredericJones, KevinLi, HongHu, QingGao, JingyangLi, FashengChen, MengfangZhu, Yong-GuanLiu, RongxiaLiu, MingCanning, KateHarries, NicolaBardos, PaulNathanail, C. PaulSweeney, RobMiddleton, DavidCharnley, MaggieRandall, JeremyRichell, MartinHoward, TrevorMartin, IanSpooner, SimonWeeks, JasonCave, MarkYu, FangZhang, FangJiang, YingLonghurst, Philip J.Prpich, GeorgeBewley, RichardAbra, JonathanPollard, Simon J. T.2016-07-202016-07-202016-03-10Frédéric Coulon, Kevin Jones, Hong Li, Qing Hu, Jingyang Gao, Fasheng Li, Mengfang Chen, Yong-Guan Zhu, Rongxia Liu, Ming Liu, Kate Canning, Nicola Harries, Paul Bardos, Paul Nathanail, Rob Sweeney, David Middleton, Maggie Charnley, Jeremy Randall, Martin Richell, Trevor Howard, Ian Martin, Simon Spooner, Jason Weeks, Mark Cave, Fang Yu, Fang Zhang, Ying Jiang, Phil Longhurst, George Prpich, Richard Bewley, Jonathan Abra, Simon Pollard, China's soil and groundwater management challenges: Lessons from the UK's experience and opportunities for China, Environment International, Volume 91, May 2016, Pages 196-2000160-4120http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2016.02.023http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/10147There are a number of specific opportunities for UK and China to work together on contaminated land management issues as China lacks comprehensive and systematic planning for sustainable risk based land management, encompassing both contaminated soil and groundwater and recycling and reuse of soil. It also lacks comprehensive risk assessment systems, structures to support risk management decision making, processes for verification of remediation outcome, systems for record keeping and preservation and integration of contamination issues into land use planning, along with procedures for ensuring effective health and safety considerations during remediation projects, and effective evaluation of costs versus benefits and overall sustainability. A consequence of the absence of these overarching frameworks has been that remediation takes place on an ad hoc basis. At a specific site management level, China lacks capabilities in site investigation and consequent risk assessment systems, in particular related to conceptual modelling and risk evaluation. There is also a lack of shared experience of practical deployment of remediation technologies in China, analogous to the situation before the establishment of the independent, non-profit organisation CL:AIRE (Contaminated Land: Applications In Real Environments) in 1999 in the UK. Many local technology developments are at lab-scale or pilot-scale stage without being widely put into use. Therefore, a shared endeavour is needed to promote the development of technically and scientifically sound land management as well as soil and human health protection to improve the sustainability of the rapid urbanisation in China.enAttribution-Non-Commercial-No Derivatives 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0). You are free to: Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format. The licensor cannot revoke these freedoms as long as you follow the license terms. Under the following terms: Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. Information: Non-Commercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes. No Derivatives — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material. No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.Contaminated land managementRapid urbanisationRisk assessmentChinaUKArticle