A New Approach to Soil Pollution Control in the Rotterdam “Europoort-Botlek” Industrial Area

Game Theory-Based Analysis of Local Governments’ Behavioral Dissimilation in the Third-Party Soil Pollution Control under Chinese-Style Fiscal Decentralization

Land ◽

10.3390/land10040389 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (4) ◽

pp. 389

Author(s):

Caihua Zhou

Keyword(s):

Local Government ◽

Soil Pollution ◽

Pollution Control ◽

Local Governments ◽

Central Government ◽

Fiscal Decentralization ◽

Third Party ◽

The Third ◽

Party Control ◽

The Third Party

The participation of a third party of the environmental service enterprise theoretically increases the level and efficiency of soil pollution control in China. However, Chinese-style fiscal decentralization may have a negative impact on the behaviors of participants, especially the local government. First, this paper conducts a positioning analysis on participants of the third-party soil pollution control in China and discusses the behavioral dissimilation of the local government under fiscal decentralization. Second, taking the government’s third-party soil pollution control as a case, a two-party game model of the central government and the local government is established around the principal-agent relationship, and a tripartite game model of the central government, the local government, and the third-party enterprise is designed around the collusion between the local government and the third-party enterprise. The results show that Chinese-style fiscal decentralization may lead to the behavioral dissimilation of local governments, that is, they may choose not to implement or passively implement the third-party control, and choose to conspire with third-party enterprises. Improving the benefits from implementing the third-party control of local governments and third-party enterprises, enhancing the central government’s supervision probability and capacity, and strengthening the central government’s punishment for behavioral dissimilation are conducive to the implementation of the third-party soil pollution control. Finally, this study puts forward policy suggestions on dividing the administrative powers between the central and local government in third-party control, building appraisal systems for the local government’s environmental protection performance, constructing environmental regulation mechanisms involving the government, market and society, and formulating the incentive and restraint policies for the participants in the third-party soil pollution control.

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Towards magnetometric characterization of soil pollution with rare-earth elements in industrial areas of Upper Silesian Industrial Area, Southern Poland

Environmental Earth Sciences ◽

10.1007/s12665-019-8354-5 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 78 (12) ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Piotr Fabijańczyk ◽

Jarosław Zawadzki ◽

Tadeusz Magiera

Keyword(s):

Rare Earth ◽

Rare Earth Elements ◽

Soil Pollution ◽

Industrial Area ◽

Industrial Areas ◽

Southern Poland

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DNA damage and oogenesis anomalies in Pimelia latreillei (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) induced by heavy metals soil pollution

Toxicology and Industrial Health ◽

10.1177/0748233719893200 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 35 (11-12) ◽

pp. 688-702

Author(s):

Dalia Abdel Moneim Kheirallah ◽

Lamia Mostafa El-Samad ◽

El Hassan Mostafa Mokhamer ◽

Karolin Kamel Abdul-Aziz ◽

Noura Abdel Haleem Toto

Keyword(s):

Heavy Metals ◽

Soil Pollution ◽

Reference Site ◽

Histological Analysis ◽

Industrial Area ◽

Soil Samples ◽

Polluted Site ◽

Potential Utility ◽

X Ray ◽

Coleoptera Tenebrionidae

The present study used Pimelia latreillei as a biomonitoring insect for heavy metals soil pollution in a populated industrial area at Zawya Abd El-Qader, Alexandria, Egypt. Comet assay and histological analysis were applied to evaluate the potential risk of heavy metals. X-ray analysis of the soil samples collected from the polluted site revealed significantly increased metal percentages compared with the reference site. Moreover, a significant increase in metal percentages was detected by the X-ray analysis in insect ovaries collected from the polluted site. The Tail DNA length was significantly greater in the insects collected from the polluted site—47.6% compared with 11.4% at the reference site. Pronounced disruptions in oogenesis were observed through histological and ultrastructure investigations in insects collected from the polluted site. The study summarized the potential utility of insect biomonitors in predicting the effect of heavy metals soil pollution on occupational health.

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A New Approach to Urban Water Environment Protection: Leasing Mode and Its Risk Management of Urban Rivers and Lakes Pollution Control Projects under Public-Private Partnership Model

International Low Impact Development Conference China 2016 ◽

10.1061/9780784481042.041 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Zhixuan Wu ◽

Lu Zhou ◽

Yi Zhou ◽

You Zhou

Keyword(s):

Risk Management ◽

Pollution Control ◽

Water Environment ◽

Urban Water ◽

Urban Rivers ◽

Environment Protection ◽

New Approach ◽

Private Partnership ◽

Partnership Model ◽

Rivers And Lakes

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Applying Some Indices for Soil Pollution Assessment in Northern Industrial Area from Erbil Governorate

Al-Qadisiyah Journal Of Pure Science ◽

10.29350/qjps.2021.26.4.1385 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 26 (4) ◽

pp. 45-58

Author(s):

Nashmeel Khudhur ◽

Sidra Qubad Yassin ◽

Ahmed Saman Hassan ◽

Mortatha Nawzad Omar

Keyword(s):

Heavy Metals ◽

Soil Pollution ◽

Surface Soil ◽

Contamination Factor ◽

Pollution Assessment ◽

Industrial Area ◽

Pollution Load Index ◽

Growth Effect ◽

Lepidium Sativum ◽

Soil Site

Soil pollution by some heavy metals including: Cr, Mn, Fe, Ni, Cu, Zn, As, Mo, Cd and Pb from northern industrial area of Erbil City was assessed. The contamination indices including: geoaccumulation (Igeo), contamination factor (CF), enrichment factor (EF), degree of contamination (Cdeg), pollution load index (PLI) and element contamination index (ECI) were applied to assess soil pollution in Erbil North Industrial area at three sites (for both surface and sub-surface soils). Maximum Fe value 34243.6 ppm was recorded in sub-surface soil (site 2). Maximum values 265.4, 248.8, 98.23 and 397.45 ppm were recorded for Cr, Ni, Cu and Zn at sub-surface soil (site 3). Whereas, maximum values of 22.52, 5.36, 23.9, 6.12 and 65.67 ppm were recorded for As, Mo, Ag, Cd and Pb at surface soil (site 3). Results of analysed heavy metals for soil Cr, Mn, Fe, Ni, Cu, Zn, As, Mo, Ag, Cd and Pb have shown that the studied sites were severely contaminated with Cd, so the maximum detected Cd concentration was 6.12 ppm in surface soil (300 meters away from the industrial area). The soil pollution in the studied area was classified as moderate to strong surface and sub-surface soil contamination. Behavioral toxicity experiment showed slight growth effect on Lepidium sativum L.

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