caa a22 4500 606200169 CHVBK 20210128100942.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150801xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10653-015-9717-9 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10653-015-9717-9 Achieving attainable outcomes from good science in an untidy world: case studies in land and air pollution [Elektronische Daten] [Gary Mahoney, Alex Stewart, Nattalie Kennedy, Becky Whitely, Linda Turner, Ewan Wilkinson] While scientific understanding of environmental issues develops through careful observation, experiment and modelling, the application of such advances in the day to day world is much less clean and tidy. Merseyside in northwest England has an industrial heritage from the earliest days of the industrial revolution. Indeed, the chemical industry was borne here. Land contamination issues are rife, as are problems with air quality. Through the examination of one case study for each topic, the practicalities of applied science are explored. An integrated, multidisciplinary response to pollution needs more than a scientific risk assessment. The needs of the various groups (from public to government) involved in the situations must be considered, as well as wider, relevant contexts (from history to European legislation), before a truly integrated response can be generated. However, no such situation exists in isolation and the introduction of environmental investigations and the exploration of suitable, integrated responses will alter the situation in unexpected ways, which must be considered carefully and incorporated in a rolling fashion to enable solutions to continue to be applicable and relevant to the problem being faced. This integrated approach has been tested over many years in Merseyside and found to be a robust approach to ever-changing problems that are well described by the management term, "wicked problems”. Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht, 2015 Land contamination nationallicence Contaminated land nationallicence Air pollution nationallicence Public involvement nationallicence Public health risk assessment nationallicence Wicked problems nationallicence Environmental public health nationallicence Applied science nationallicence Mahoney Gary Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council, Merseyside, UK aut Stewart Alex Public Health England, Liverpool, UK aut Kennedy Nattalie St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council, Merseyside, UK aut Whitely Becky AMEC Environment and Infrastructure UK Limited, Northwich, Cheshire, UK aut Turner Linda Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council, Merseyside, UK aut Wilkinson Ewan Faculty of Health and Social Care, University of Chester, Chester, UK aut Environmental Geochemistry and Health Springer Netherlands 37/4(2015-08-01), 689-706 0269-4042 37:4<689 2015 37 10653 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10653-015-9717-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10653-015-9717-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Mahoney Gary Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council, Merseyside, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Stewart Alex Public Health England, Liverpool, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kennedy Nattalie St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council, Merseyside, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Whitely Becky AMEC Environment and Infrastructure UK Limited, Northwich, Cheshire, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Turner Linda Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council, Merseyside, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wilkinson Ewan Faculty of Health and Social Care, University of Chester, Chester, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Environmental Geochemistry and Health Springer Netherlands 37/4(2015-08-01), 689-706 0269-4042 37:4<689 2015 37 10653