Environmental Assessment for Sustainability and Resiliency for Ecological and Human Health
Journal: Journal of Environmental Studies (Vol.1, No. 1)Publication Date: 2015-12-07
Authors : Joanna Burger; Michael Gochfeld; James Clarke; Christian Jeitner; Taryn Pittfield;
Page : 1-8
Keywords : Assessment; Monitoring; Indicators; Recovery; Resiliency; Ecological health; Human health;
Abstract
Considerable attention has been devoted to environmental assessment and monitoring, primarily by physical and biological scientists, and more recently by social scientists. However, population growth and global change have resulted in an imperative to assess the resiliency of the environment to adapt to large scale changes and to continue to produce goods and services for future generations (sustainability). Changing land use needs or expectations may require the remediation and restoration of degraded or contaminated land. This paper provides an overview of monitoring types, and discusses how indicators for the different monitoring types can be developed to address questions of ecological health, human health, and whether restoration and remediation are effective. We suggest that along with more traditional types of monitoring, agencies should consider recovery indicators or metrics, as well as resiliency metrics. We suggest that one goal of assessment should be to determine if management, remediation, restoration, and mitigation reduce recovery time, thus reducing community vulnerability and enhancing resiliency to environmental stressors and disasters.
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