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Errors in environmental resource management over the years have created pollution problems in some areas which are difficult to handle, regardless of the development of knowledge and technologies. This is particularly true in the case of soil pollution. The negative effects of persistent pollutants have been observed for a long time. For instance, lead and cadmium remain in the soil for centuries, during which time they are absorbed by plants and simultaneously cause secondary air pollution. The authors made an attempt to describe and assess the possible options of dealing with the problem of contaminated land in Katowice District. Considering the necessity of a multilateral approach, a pairwise comparison technique has been chosen as the most suitable to show the complexity of the problem. The different variants of actions aimed at preventing the pollutants from getting into the food chain were analyzed against a set of criteria, consisting of the following issues: time, cost, effectiveness, social acceptance, feasibility. The relative importance of actions were judged by the team of experts using the Saaty method. Also, a two-perspective assessment (the two different stakeholders), which involves considering the perspective of an owner of a piece of contaminated land and an ecologist has been performed. The results of comparative, multicriteria and multi-perspective assessment indicate the following:
- the best method for contaminated agricultural land management is willful and controlled cultivation,
- other recommended actions are deep ploughing and phytoremediation,
- there is not much acceptance for the other methods.
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Janikowski, R., Kucharski, R. & Sas-Nowosielska, A. Multi-Criteria and Multi-Perspective Analysis of Contaminated Land Management Methods. Environ Monit Assess 60, 89–102 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1006152212344
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