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Paul's research is based on developing risk based approaches to contaminated
land characterisation, assessment and management and sustainable approaches
to brownfield regeneration.
Contaminated land is a relic of past industrial and waste disposal practices
that we can only remediate a part of while ensuring we create no more.
Through a spectrum of policy relevant research projects Paul and his Land
Quailty Management group are pioneering new methods of assessment and
refining our understanding of how to deliver confidence to the public
and market place. Paul believes in working with others, not least through
the former FIRSTFARADAY partnership, now IPMNet KTN
of whose steering committee he is a founder member.
Brownfields are the result of changes in social and industrial activity.
Such 'second hand' land is derelict, underused and requires intervention
prior to being reused but offers a tremendous resource to revitalise urban
areas and reduce the development land with agricultural soil. To ensure
regeneration is sustainable, the environmental, social and economic aspects
must be balanced through a series of cross cutting tools such as citizen
participation in decision making, appropriate policy and suitable professional
skills. Paul worked with others across Europe in the EC funded RESCUE
Project (www.rescue-europe.com), LEPOB learning network and CABERNET
network to develop a shared understanding of sustainable regeneration.
CABERNET runs the biennial International Conference on Managing Urban Land. The 2nd conference is being held in Stuttgart (25 - 27 April 2007) while the venue for the 3rd Conference, in 2009, will be announced in Stuttgart.
Paul is a member of the DEFRA Contaminated Land Forum (and a member of the former SGV Task Force). He represents CABERNET at Common Forum meetings and the Geological Society on the SiLC PTP. He chairs a new IAEG commission on risk based land management. He is a former Chair of the Geological Society's Environment Group.
Teaching responsibilities
Paul runs a unique part time hybrid masters in contaminated land management and is reponsible for the contaminated land pathway on the School's MSc in Environmental Management. He is module leader for:
Contaminated Land Remediation
Contaminated Land Risk Assessment
Contaminated Land Site Characterisation
Sustainable Urban Regeneration Practice
Contaminated Land Management Practice
Principles of Contaminated Land Management
Environmental legislation and project management
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Nathanail, C.P., Earl, N., Foster, N. D., McCaffrey, C., Gillett, A., Ogden, R., (2007) A Deterministic Method for Deriving Site-Specific Human Health Assessment Criteria for Contaminants in Soil Human and Ecological Risk Assessment 11(2), pp. 389-410
Nathanail, C.P., (2005) Generic and site-specific criteria in assessment of human health risk from contaminated soil Soil Use and Management 21, pp. 500-507
Nathanail, C.P., Haynes, D., McCaffrey, C., (2005) Assessing exposure to pedogenic arsenic contamination at a dwelling in Northamptonshire, UK: a case study Soil Use and Management 21, pp. 508-517
Nathanail, C.P., (2004) The use and misuse of CLR 7 Acceptance Tests. Quarterly
Journal of Engineering Geology vol. 37(4), 361-367
Nathanail, C.P., McCaffrey, C., Ogden, R., Foster, N., Gillett A. &
Haynes, D. (2004) Uptake of Arsenic by Vegetables for Human Consumption: A
study of Wellingborough Allotment Plots. Land Contamination and
Reclamation 12(3) 219-238.
Nathanail, C.P. & McCaffrey, C. (2003). Use of bioavailability in
assessment of risks to human health from contaminated land. Land
Contamination and Reclamation 11(3) 309-313.
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