Long-term Stewardship At A Remediated Site: A Study Of Land Use Controls Used At Sydney Olympic Park, Australia
Price
Free (open access)
Transaction
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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