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Analysis of soil risk characteristics by comprehensive assessment in an industrial area of China

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Soil pollution in industrial areas poses a major challenge for China’s environmental protection. In this study, comprehensive assessment methodologies for soil risk in industrial areas were developed. The comprehensive assessment covered ecological and human health risks of soil pollution, as well as vulnerability of different types of risk receptors. Comprehensive ecological risk assessment integrated potential ecological risk assessment and landscape vulnerability assessment. Comprehensive social risk assessment specialized human health risk assessment by introducing spatial distribution of population. A typical industrial area in China was studied, and the quantitative and spatial assessments of the comprehensive soil risk were presented. The results showed that the spatial distribution of soil comprehensive ecological and social risks differed. High-risk areas of soil comprehensive ecological risk in the study area were mainly farmlands and nature reserves. Inhabited areas and industrial zones were less affected by comprehensive ecological risk of soil. By contrast, the spatial distribution of soil comprehensive social risk and human activities showed a clear trend of convergence. Vulnerability assessment of the risk receptors provided a suitable complement to the risk assessment of soil pollution.

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The study was supported by General Financial Grant from the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, Study on Soil Environmental Risk Assessment and Zoning Control Strategy in Rapid Urbanization and Industrialization Area (2017M620887) and National Science and Technology Special Project of China: Evaluation of Environmental Effects of Pesticide Chemical Fertilizer Reduction and Efficiency Improvement (2016ZFD201201).

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  1. Chinese Academy for Environmental Planning, Beijing, 100012, China

    Guan Yang & Li Xin

  2. College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, 38 Tongyan Road, Jinnan District, Tianjin, 300350, China

    Guan Yang, Shao Chaofeng & Ju Meiting

  3. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA

    Kang Lei

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Guan, Y., Shao, C., Kang, L. et al. Analysis of soil risk characteristics by comprehensive assessment in an industrial area of China. Environ Sci Pollut Res 25, 32257–32268 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-018-3176-7

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