WIT Press


Long-term Stewardship At A Remediated Site: A Study Of Land Use Controls Used At Sydney Olympic Park, Australia

Price

Free (open access)

Volume

70

Pages

10

Published

2004

Size

248 kb

Paper DOI

10.2495/BF040091

Copyright

WIT Press

Author(s)

E. Laginestra & J. Pym

Abstract

Long-term stewardship uses a number of mechanisms to ensure the sustainability of significant features at a site. Mechanisms include the use of physical and institutional controls, records management, monitoring programs and environmental management frameworks, such as adaptive management and risk assessment. Site stewardship has strong social goals that focus on long-term site health and equity as well as economic objectives. Sydney Olympic Park, Australia, has resources worth conserving and vital information that should not be forgotten. Resources include heritage items and rare ecological habitats; vital information relates to our history and remediation. The land cleanup and conservation have provided improved \“quality of life” for our neighbours and visitors, pres

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