I made a presentation today at a seminar sponsored by a large, international company which offers environmental consulting services in China. The topic was “Sustainable Redevelopment of Contaminated Land.” There was a lively audience and lots of good questions. Now if we just had a lot of good answers we’d be making some progress. Unfortunately, the legal landscape related to “contaminated land” in China is underdeveloped, and what is on the books is vaque and confusing. China knows this and is working on comprehensive solutions, but it could pick up the pace a little. In any event, I’ll be back tomorrow with a more substantial post.
Presentation Tuesday
June 23rd, 2009 · 2 Comments
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1 Adam Minter // Jun 24, 2009 at 8:58 am
Does the Expo 2010 fairground qualify as sustainable redevelopment of contaminated land? I seem to recall you mentioning something along those lines.
2 cmcelwee // Jun 24, 2009 at 9:07 am
Indeed it does Adam. There was a presentation by the Director of the Remediation Division of the Shanghai Academy of Environmental Sciences. One of the few soil remediation standards China has promulgated to date applies to “Exhibition Property.” As you may suspect, it was developed by and for the Shanghai Expo planners. Children still in their dirt eating years should probably be kept off grassy parts of the Expo site, and it wouldn’t be my first choice of places to buy a house, but your average visitor should have nothing to fear.
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