Answer To: ENEG20003 – Sustainability Studio 1-Written assessment Learning outcomes 1 and 2 assessed Submission...
Amar answered on Mar 31 2021
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Running Header: Land Pollution – Issues, Challenges, Mitigation & Stakeholders
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Land Pollution – Issues, Challenges, Mitigation & Stakeholders
Land Pollution – Issues, Challenges, Mitigation & Stakeholders
Issue Identified
The sustainability issue identified is land pollution and the same represents the various forms of pollution happening to land resources on account of various reasons.
Introduction
At present, the planet faced wide ranging sustainability issues and among them land contamination represents a key concern that has led to the creation imbalance over the natural environment deteriorating habitats, causing health and other adverse implications. On the basis of preliminary review of relevant literature indicates that anthropogenic activities chiefly cause land pollution in the manner of releasing substances / materials that are toxic, harmful and are essentially hazardous pollutants leading to wide ranging impacts on the overall natural environment inclusive of land all across the globe (Artiola et al. 2019; Larkin et al. 2017; Vadrevu et al. 2017). The land contamination further leads to various adverse damages, hazards, and other problems to overall ecological systems as well as health / well-being of beings, and the same represents critical challenge for modern society and future generation in terms of increased trends in contamination as well as pollution of natural lands across the globe. The era of industrialization, its spawn, evolution and maturity led to significant impacts on a large scale causing widespread contamination of lands, leading to large-scale land pollution as well as pollution of ground water (Artiola et al. 2019; Larkin et al. 2017; Vadrevu et al. 2017).
Further, on account of poor management, disposal and lack of recycling of wastes, pollution of land continued to increase due to dumping of substances / materials that are toxic and hazardous, there in causing adverse impacts over the years. These contamination and pollution impact of land are not limited to further contamination of surface water, groundwater and overall environment, but in addition leads to soil vapor has which in turn holds the potential for additional contamination by way of infiltration to residential, commercial and other indoor spaces (Artiola et al. 2019; Larkin et al. 2017; Vadrevu et al. 2017). This report presents a detailed discussion in terms of land pollution focussing on the relevant stakeholders, development of their requirements, the various challenges pertaining to land pollution and its mitigation possibilities.
Stakeholders: Identification & Requirements Development
At the outset, the various stakeholders in the context of land pollution shall include activists and other environment conservation focussed social groups, experts in the domain of geography, land and pollution, various promoters / investors who undertake investments in initiatives / companies that focus on preventing the contamination / pollution of land that is happening through varied means and the regulators / government bodies who establish policies, regulations and its enforcement with respect to the safeguarding of land from hazards and pollutants (Smetanova et al. 2018; Tevapitak and Helmsing 2019). These stakeholders can be noted to be involved in activities for cleaning of sites that are contaminated as well as undertaking management of wastes disposal and its treatment, storage as well as recycling of the wastage. The same shall in an incremental and...