Mastervich Brooke, Garbach Kelly, Harwell Matthew C
Gulf Ecosystem Measurement and Modeling Division, Gulf Breeze, FL, United States.
U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Petaluma, CA, United States.
Front Ecol Evol. 2024 Feb 23;12:1-10. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2024.1286150.
Brownfields are increasingly called upon to be transformed from potentially contaminated, often vacant properties into community assets that provide multiple benefits. Further, brownfields revitalization can provide critical opportunities and, particularly, nature-based solutions can enhance multiple ecological, human health, and economic benefits. Through a series of non-exhaustive surveys of existing examples of environmental benefits of cleanups, case study examples of brownfield cleanups achieving environmental benefits, and potential ecosystem services tools relevant to steps of a brownfields cleanup effort, we explore practical ideas for enhancing environmental benefits of brownfields cleanups by applying ecosystem services concepts. Examples of nature-based solutions, where appropriate, include the use of rain gardens, permeable pavements, green spaces, and the use of green technologies. Further, this article provides an overview of recent policy initiatives focused on nature-based solutions and enhancing ecosystem services in brownfields cleanup, revitalization, and reuse. Our goals are to increase the knowledge base on these opportunities and discuss how these concepts can be achieved through sharing success stories, making outreach materials accessible, and holding workshops to help successfully operationalize these concepts in a community's visioning for upcoming revitalization projects.
棕地越来越多地被要求从潜在污染的、通常闲置的地块转变为能带来多重效益的社区资产。此外，棕地振兴可提供关键机遇，特别是基于自然的解决方案能够提升多种生态、人类健康和经济效益。通过对现有清理环境效益实例的一系列非详尽调查、实现环境效益的棕地清理案例研究实例以及与棕地清理工作步骤相关的潜在生态系统服务工具，我们探讨了通过应用生态系统服务概念来提升棕地清理环境效益的实用想法。在适当情况下，基于自然的解决方案示例包括使用雨水花园、透水路面、绿地以及绿色技术。此外，本文概述了近期专注于基于自然的解决方案以及在棕地清理、振兴和再利用中增强生态系统服务的政策举措。我们的目标是增加关于这些机遇的知识库，并讨论如何通过分享成功案例、提供易于获取的宣传材料以及举办研讨会，来帮助在社区对即将开展的振兴项目的展望中成功落实这些概念。
