Defining community revitalization in Great Lakes Areas of Concern and investigating how revitalization can be catalyzed through remediation and restoration.

Autor:	Norris C; Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) Research Participant at the Great Lakes National Program Office of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Chicago, IL 60604, USA.; University of Santa Barbara Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-5131, USA., Nigrelli C; Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Great Lakes National Program Office, Chicago, IL 60604, USA., Newcomer-Johnson TA; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Center for Environmental Measurement and Modeling, Watershed & Ecosystem Characterization Division, Cincinnati, OH 45268, USA., White DP; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Center for Environmental Measurement and Modeling, Watershed & Ecosystem Characterization Division, Cincinnati, OH 45268, USA.; Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) Postdoctoral Fellow at U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, US Environmental Protection Agency, Center for Environmental Measurement and Modeling, Watershed & Ecosystem Characterization Division, Cincinnati, OH 45268, USA., Beaubien GB; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Center for Environmental Solutions and Emergency Response, Cincinnati, OH 45268, USA., Pelka A; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Great Lakes National Program Office, Chicago, IL 60604, USA., Mills MA; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Center for Environmental Solutions and Emergency Response, Cincinnati, OH 45268, USA.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Journal of Great Lakes research [J Great Lakes Res] 2022 Dec 01; Vol. 48 (6), pp. 1432-1443.
DOI:	10.1016/j.jglr.2022.05.006
Abstrakt:	An international effort to restore contaminated areas across the Great Lakes has been underway for over 50 years. Although experts have increasingly recognized the inherent connections between ecological conditions and community level benefits, Great Lakes community revitalization continues to be a broad and complex topic, lacking a comprehensive definition. The purpose of this study was to generate a testable "AOC-Revitalization Framework" for linking remediation and restoration success, represented by Beneficial Use Impairment (BUI) removal in U.S. Great Lakes Areas of Concern (AOC), to community revitalization. Using directed content analysis, we conducted a literature review and identified 433 potential revitalization metrics and indicators and grouped them into 15 broader community revitalization attributes to develop the following definition of Great Lakes community revitalization: " locally driven community resurgence resulting in resilient and equitable enhancements to social, economic, and environmental community structures." We surveyed experts within the Great Lakes AOC program on the likelihood remediation and restoration success, would positively impact revitalization attributes. Focus groups triangulated survey results. Results identified BUI removal was expected to positively affect revitalization, but the type of revitalization outcome was based on the BUI being removed. The AOC-Revitalization Framework is the first to empirically outline these possible linkages, providing a clear testable structure for future research; it can be used to better understand how environmental improvements are or are not leading to community revitalization and more accurately identify components of revitalization impacted, thus supporting more equitable representation, communication, and measurement of the relationship. Competing Interests: Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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