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O'Leary BF, Hill AB, Linn C, Lu M, Miller CJ, Newman A, Sperone FG, Zhang Q. Exploring the association of Brownfield remediation status with socioeconomic conditions in Wayne County, MI. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023; 30:60768-60776. [PMID: 37039917 PMCID: PMC10163072 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-26666-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2022] [Accepted: 03/22/2023] [Indexed: 04/12/2023]
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Urban neighborhoods with locations of environmental contamination, known as brownfields, impact entire neighborhoods, but corrective environmental remedial action on brownfields is often tracked on an individual property basis, neglecting the larger neighborhood-level impact. This study addresses this impact by examining spatial differences between brownfields with unmitigated environmental concerns (open site) and sites that are considered fully mitigated or closed in urban neighborhoods (closed site) on the US census tract scale in Wayne County, MI. Michigan's Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy's leaking underground storage tank (LUST) database provided brownfield information for Wayne County. Local indicators of spatial association (LISA) produced maps of spatial clustering and outliers. A McNemar's test demonstrated significant discordances in LISA categories between LUST open and closed sites (p < 0.001). Geographically weighted regressions (GWR) evaluated the association between open and closed site spatial density (open-closed) with socioeconomic variables (population density, proportion of White or Black residents, proportion of college educated populations, the percentage of owner-occupied units, vacant units, rented units, and median household value). Final multivariate GWR showed that population density, being Black, college education, vacant units, and renter occupied units were significantly associated (p < 0.05) with open-closed, and that those associations varied across Wayne County. Increases in Black population was associated with increased open-closed. Increases in vacant units, renter-occupied units, and college education were associated with decreased open-closed. These results provide input for environmental justice research to identify inequalities and discover the distribution of environmental hazards among urban neighborhoods.
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- Brendan F O'Leary
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Wayne State University, 5050 Anthony Wayne Dr., Detroit, MI, 48202, USA.
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- Department of Urban Studies and Planning, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
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- Department of Anthropology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
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- Department of Public Health Science, Henry Ford Health, Detroit, MI, USA
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Wayne State University, 5050 Anthony Wayne Dr., Detroit, MI, 48202, USA
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- Department of Anthropology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Wayne State University, 5050 Anthony Wayne Dr., Detroit, MI, 48202, USA
- Department of Environmental Science and Geology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
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- Department of Public Health Science, Henry Ford Health, Detroit, MI, USA
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Rani P, Husain A, Bhasin KK, Kumar G. Metal-Organic Framework-Based Selective Molecular Recognition of Organic Amines and Fixation of CO 2 into Cyclic Carbonates. Inorg Chem 2022; 61:6977-6994. [PMID: 35481354 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c00367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Synthesis and structural depiction of two new metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), namely, [{Zn(L)(oba)}·4H2O]α (Zn-MOF-1) and [{Cd1/2(L)1/2(nipa)1/2(H2O)1/2}·(DMF)1/2(H2O)]α (Cd-MOF-2) (where L = N2,N6-di(pyridin-4-yl)naphthalene-2,6-dicarboxamide, 4,4'-H2oba = 4,4'-oxybisbenzoic acid, and 5-H2nipa = 5-nitroisophthalic acid) are reported. Both Zn-MOF-1 and Cd-MOF-2 have been prepared by reacting ligand L and coligand 4,4'-H2oba or 5-H2nipa with the respective dihydrates of Zn(OAc)2 and Cd(OAc)2 (OAc = acetate). Crystal structure X-ray analysis discloses that Zn-MOF-1 displays an overall 2D → 3D interpenetrated framework structure. The topological analysis by ToposPro suggests a (4)-connected uninodal sql topology with a point symbol of {44·62} having 2D + 2D parallel polycatenation. However, crystal packing of Cd-MOF-2 adapted a porous framework architecture and was topologically simplified as (3,4)-connected binodal 2D net. In addition, both Zn-MOF-1 and Cd-MOF-2 were proved to be multifunctional materials for the recognition of organic amines and in the fixation of CO2 to cyclic carbonates. Remarkably, Zn-MOF-1 and Cd-MOF-2 showed very good fluorescence stability in aqueous media and have shown 98 and 97% quenching efficiencies, respectively, for 4-aminobenzoic acid (4-ABA), among all of the researched amines. The mechanistic study of organic amines recognition proposed that fluorescence quenching happened mainly through hydrogen-bonding and π-π stacking interactions. Additionally, cycloaddition of CO2 to epoxide in the presence of Zn-MOF-1 and Cd-MOF-2 afforded up to 96% of cyclic carbonate within 24 h. Both Zn-MOF-1 and Cd-MOF-2 exhibited recyclability for up to five cycles without noticing an appreciable loss in their sensing or catalytic efficiency.
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- Pooja Rani
- Department of Chemistry & Centre for Advanced Studies in Chemistry, Panjab University, Chandigarh 160014, India
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- Department of Chemistry, DAV University Jalandhar, Jalandhar, Punjab 144012, India
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- Department of Chemistry & Centre for Advanced Studies in Chemistry, Panjab University, Chandigarh 160014, India
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- Department of Chemistry & Centre for Advanced Studies in Chemistry, Panjab University, Chandigarh 160014, India
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Urban Forests and Green Areas as Nature-Based Solutions for Brownfield Redevelopment: A Case Study from Brescia Municipal Area (Italy). FORESTS 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/f13030444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/10/2022]
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Urban areas are experiencing major changes and facing significant sustainability challenges. Many cities are undergoing a transition towards a post-industrial phase and need to consider the regeneration of brownfield sites. Nature-Based Solutions (NBSs) are increasingly considered as tools for supporting this transition and promoting sustainable development by delivering multiple ecosystem services (ESs). Although the potential of NBSs as a cost-effective enabler of urban sustainability has been recognized, their implementation faces numerous barriers. The effective assessment of benefits delivered by urban NBSs is considered by existing literature as one of them. In order to contribute to filling this knowledge gap, we analyzed two alternative NBS-based intervention scenarios—i.e., (1) an urban forest and (2) meadows with sparse trees—for the redevelopment of an urban brownfield area within the municipality of Brescia (Northern Italy). Nine ESs were assessed both in biophysical and economic terms via a combination of modeling (InVEST, i-Tree and ESTIMAP) and traditional estimation methods. The results show that both scenarios improve ES stock and flow compared to the baseline, ensuring annual flows ranging between 140,000 and 360,000 EUR/year. Scenario 1 shows higher values when single ESs are considered, while scenario 2 shows higher total values, as it also accounts for the phytoremediation capacity that is not considered under the first scenario. All in all, regulating ESs represent the bulk of estimated ESs, thus highlighting the potential of proposed NBSs for improving urban resilience. The ES assessment and valuation exercise presented within this paper is an example of how research and practice can be integrated to inform urban management activities, and provide inputs for future decision making and planning regarding urban developments.
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Radziemska M, Gusiatin ZM, Kumar V, Brtnicky M. Co-application of nanosized halloysite and biochar as soil amendments in aided phytostabilization of metal(-oid)s-contaminated soil under different temperature conditions. CHEMOSPHERE 2022; 288:132452. [PMID: 34619257 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.132452] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2021] [Revised: 09/09/2021] [Accepted: 09/30/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The threat posed by the degradation of the soil environment by metal (-oid)s has been lead to the improvement of existing or search for new remediation methods; in this case, the application of environmentally friendly nanomaterials falls into this trend. The study applied a technique of aided phytostabilization for the immobilization of metal (-oid)s in soil with the application of nanosized halloysite and biochar (nBH), along with Lolium perenne L. Its effectiveness was assessed in terms of changing temperature conditions (16 cycles of freeze and thaw cycles, (FTC)) on the content of As, Cu, Pb and Zn in the soil, roots, and above-ground parts of the tested plant, chemical fraction distributions of metal (-oid)s and their stability (based on reduced partition index, Ir). The biomass yield in nBH-amended soil was 2-fold higher compared to control soil, but it decreased by 1.6-fold after FTC. nBH facilitated more bioaccumulation of As, Pb and Zn than Cu in plant roots, before than after FTC. nBH increased pH in phytostabilized soil, but it was not affected by changing FTC. In soil nBH-phytostabilized total concentration of metal (-oid)s significantly decreased compared to control soil, for As and Cu below permissible value, regardless of FTC. Soil amendment and changing temperature conditions affected metal (-oid)s redistribution in soil. As a result, the stability of As increased from 0.50 to 0.66, Cu from 0.49 to 0.52, Pb from 0.36 to 0.48 and Zn from 0.39 to 0.47. These findings suggest that nBH can immobilize metal (-oid)s in phytostabilized soil under changing temperature conditions.
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- Maja Radziemska
- Institute of Environmental Engineering, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Nowoursynowska 159, Warsaw, 02-776, Poland.
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- Faculty of Geoengineering, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Słoneczna St. 45G, Olsztyn, 10-719, Poland
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- Department of Botany, Government Degree College, Ramban, Jammu, 182144, India
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- Institute of Chemistry and Technology of Environmental Protection, Faculty of Chemistry, Brno University of Technology, Purkyňova 118, Brno, 612 00, Czech Republic; Department of Agrochemistry, Soil Science, Microbiology and Plant Nutrition, Faculty of AgriSciences, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, Brno, 613 00, Czech Republic
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Li X, Cundy AB, Chen W, Lyu S. Systematic and bibliographic review of sustainability indicators for contaminated site remediation: Comparison between China and western nations. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2021; 200:111490. [PMID: 34116018 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2021.111490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2020] [Revised: 05/31/2021] [Accepted: 06/03/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Sustainable remediation, which promotes the use of more sustainable practices during environmental clean-up activities, is an area of intense international development. While numerous indicators related to sustainable remediation assessment have been utilized and published in related academic literature, they are difficult to unify and vary in emphasis between countries. Following literature retrieval from CNKI, Springer, ScienceDirect, and Wiley Online databases, we present a systematic and bibliometric analysis of relevant national and international literature to define the most frequently considered indicators of sustainability, which play important roles in selecting remediation technologies or site management methods from a sustainability perspective. Following the application of co-occurrence analysis and social network analysis, the results indicate that 1) environmental criteria are most commonly used in evaluating remediation technologies, with significantly less emphasis on social criteria in Chinese publications in particular; 2) with an increasing number of publications in the last 20 years, sustainable remediation has gone through an initial stage, rising stage, and burst or wider adoption stage, characterized by a transformation of the research theme from a predominantly risk-based management approach to a sustainability-based one, with risk management as an underpinning principle; 3) health, resource, cost, and time are the most widely used indicators in terms of social, environmental, economic, and technical criteria, respectively; 4) clear differences exist between China and other nations, particularly in the frequency of usage of each indicator, the application of social criteria, and preferred stakeholders. Nevertheless, China has made significant progress and now makes increasing contributions to sustainable remediation at an international level.
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- Xiaonuo Li
- Laboratory of Soil Environmental Science and Technology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China
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- School of Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, UK
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- Laboratory of Soil Environmental Science and Technology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China; College of Resource and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Ecosystem Network Observation and Modeling, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
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Abazari R, Sanati S, Morsali A, Kirillov AM, Slawin AMZ, Carpenter-Warren CL. Simultaneous Presence of Open Metal Sites and Amine Groups on a 3D Dy(III)-Metal–Organic Framework Catalyst for Mild and Solvent-Free Conversion of CO2 to Cyclic Carbonates. Inorg Chem 2021; 60:2056-2067. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c03634] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Reza Abazari
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Basic Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, 14115-175, Iran
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Basic Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, 14115-175, Iran
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Basic Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, 14115-175, Iran
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- Centro de Química Estrutural, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Avenido Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisbon, Portugal
- Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University), 6 Miklukho-Maklaya strasse, Moscow 117198, Russia
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- School of Chemistry, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Fife KY16 9ST, United Kingdom
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Visentin C, da Silva Trentin AW, Braun AB, Thomé A. Application of life cycle assessment as a tool for evaluating the sustainability of contaminated sites remediation: A systematic and bibliographic analysis. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2019; 672:893-905. [PMID: 30978551 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.04.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2019] [Revised: 04/02/2019] [Accepted: 04/03/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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As the discussion surrounding sustainable remediation has advanced, numerous tools have been developed to evaluate the sustainability of remediation technologies, including life cycle assessment (LCA). In the present study, a systematic and bibliometric analysis of scientific articles indexed in the databases of Scopus and the Web of Science in the field of LCA was performed, particularly studies relating to the remediation of contaminated sites from a sustainability perspective. We selected a bibliographic portfolio (BP) of papers related to sustainable remediation using LCA. Then, we performed a bibliometric analysis of the selected BP, presenting theoretical development, highlighting the authors, journals, and countries associated with these publications. Finally, we conducted a thematic synthesis and reviewed the prospects for future research. The BP was composed of 44 papers from 2007 to 2018. In 2018 there was the highest number of publications, corresponding to 27% of the total BP. The results showed that developed countries have generated the largest number of publications, whereas developing countries had lower representation in the BP. However, China stands out as the second country with the highest number of publications. The thematic analysis showed that most articles have aimed to assess the environmental impacts of remediation techniques. However, several publications have performed a broader analysis considering the economic and social pillars of sustainability through using LCA in conjunction with other tools. The study also highlights the main application of LCA in decision-making on the remediation processes in the context of sustainable remediation. The present research study makes several new contributions, providing academics and practitioners with an overview of the implementation of LCA in the field of sustainable remediation of contaminated sites through sorting published data according to scientific indexes and bibliometrics, describing the main research approaches, and highlighting prospects for new research.
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- Caroline Visentin
- Graduate Program in Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Passo Fundo, São José Neighborhood, BR 285, Zip Code 99052-900 Passo Fundo, RS, Brazil.
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- Graduate Program in Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Passo Fundo, São José Neighborhood, BR 285, Zip Code 99052-900 Passo Fundo, RS, Brazil
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- Graduate Program in Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Passo Fundo, São José Neighborhood, BR 285, Zip Code 99052-900 Passo Fundo, RS, Brazil
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- Graduate Program in Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Passo Fundo, São José Neighborhood, BR 285, Zip Code 99052-900 Passo Fundo, RS, Brazil.
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