Centre de Recherche en Aménagement et Développement (CRAD), Université Laval, Québec, Pavillon Félix-Antoine-Savard, Local 1612, 1628 Pavillon Félix-Antoine-Savard, 2325 rue des Bibliothèques, Université Laval, Québec G1V 0A6, Canada.
J Environ Manage. 2013 Jan 15;114:496-504. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2012.10.056. Epub 2012 Nov 28.
Groundwater is widely used as a source of drinking water in North America. However, it can be contaminated by microbial or chemical agents potentially hazardous to human health. In recent decades, governments have developed better knowledge of groundwater and established measures to protect and preserve the resource. Several studies have shown that relevant information on groundwater might prove very useful for regional planning purposes. However, there is little information on how groundwater information contributes to decision making in urban and regional planning in Canada and the United States. The objective of this study is to explore the level of use of groundwater information for land use planning purposes in Canada and the United States and to identify the factors that may explain why some provinces or states are more proactive than others when it comes to using such data for groundwater protection purposes. This paper presents the results of a survey sent across North America to groundwater information producers. The resulting data from the survey were examined using descriptive analyses and multiple correspondence analysis, and illustrate how groundwater data can be integrated into land planning.
地下水在美国和加拿大被广泛用作饮用水源。然而，它可能受到微生物或化学物质的污染，这些物质对人类健康具有潜在的危害。近几十年来，各国政府对地下水有了更好的了解，并采取了措施来保护和维护这一资源。有几项研究表明，地下水的相关信息对于区域规划目的非常有用。然而，关于地下水信息如何有助于加拿大和美国的城市和区域规划决策的信息却很少。本研究的目的是探讨加拿大和美国在土地利用规划中使用地下水信息的程度，并确定可能解释为什么在利用地下水数据进行保护方面，一些省份或州比其他省份或州更积极的因素。本文介绍了一项针对北美地下水信息生产者的调查结果。调查的结果数据使用描述性分析和多元对应分析进行了检查，并说明了如何将地下水数据纳入土地规划。
