This report presents an overview of the key messages that came out of the research conducted with... more This report presents an overview of the key messages that came out of the research conducted within the BlueHealth project. In particular, it explains what is meant by "BlueHealth" research, what challenges society faces regarding urban "blue spaces", and how the urban environment can exploit blue infrastructure as a health and well-being resource. We show how an evidence base can be built up with primary studies, and then be implemented in practice with different kinds of interventions. This report is useful as a primer for a wide range of decision-makers, including those making policy, designing and planning our cities and towns, and working towards improved public health and environmental quality in the face of 21st century challenges.
Additional file 1. Scripts mentioned in manuscript Use of literature mining for early identificat... more Additional file 1. Scripts mentioned in manuscript Use of literature mining for early identification of emerging contaminants in freshwater resources by Hartmann et al. R-based codes.
Additional file 4. Analysis for false negatives of random selection of 1750 articles from the 23,... more Additional file 4. Analysis for false negatives of random selection of 1750 articles from the 23,217 articles (published between 2006 and 2012) that did not match the pattern. Table containing the articlesâ Electronic Identifier (EID), authors, title, publication year, journal, volume, page information, citations, Digital Object Identifier (DOI), link to the article in ScopusÂŽ, abstract, the sentence that matched the pattern and whether the articles is considered to be a false negative or not.
Additional file 3. Results of applying the developed methodology to recent literature, namely art... more Additional file 3. Results of applying the developed methodology to recent literature, namely articles published between 2016 and 27th of August 2018. Table containing the articlesâ Electronic Identifier (EID), authors, title, publication year, journal, volume, page information, citations, Digital Object Identifier (DOI), link to the article in ScopusÂŽ, abstract, sentence matching the pattern, whether or not the article was considered to be eligible or not and why.
Additional file 2. Overview of the search query and the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Table i... more Additional file 2. Overview of the search query and the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Table including search query, inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Dit factsheet is bedoeld om de lezer wegwijs te maken in de belangrijkste bevindingen van het Blu... more Dit factsheet is bedoeld om de lezer wegwijs te maken in de belangrijkste bevindingen van het Blue Health project en de ontwikkelde tools. Deze tools kunnen worden gebruikt bij de planning en ontwerp van de blauwe ruimte om de voordelen te maximaliseren en tegelijkertijd het milieu te beschermen.
While the burden of disease from well-studied drinking water contaminants is declining, risks fro... more While the burden of disease from well-studied drinking water contaminants is declining, risks from emerging chemical and microbial contaminants arise because of social, technological, demographic and climatological developments. At present, emerging chemical and microbial drinking water contaminants are not assessed in a systematic way, but reactively and incidence based. Furthermore, they are assessed separately despite similar pollution sources. As a result, risks might be addressed ineffectively. Integrated risk assessment approaches are thus needed that elucidate the uncertainties in the risk evaluation of emerging drinking water contaminants, while considering risk assessors' values. This study therefore aimed to (1) construct an assessment hierarchy for the integrated evaluation of the potential risks from emerging chemical and microbial contaminants in drinking water and (2) develop a decision support tool, based on the agreed assessment hierarchy, to quantify (uncertain)...
Als gevolg van de klimaatverandering kan de kwaliteit van oppervlaktewater rond 2050 zodanig zijn... more Als gevolg van de klimaatverandering kan de kwaliteit van oppervlaktewater rond 2050 zodanig zijn verslechterd dat het zonder extra maatregelen ongeschikt is om er drinkwater van te bereiden. Deze situatie doet zich voor in droge jaren, als normen voor stoffen gedurende perioden (van dagen tot maanden) worden overschreden. Deze normoverschrijdingen doen zich nu al voor in zeer droge jaren en kunnen in de toekomst toenemen. De mate waarin dit gebeurt hangt af van de klimatologische ontwikkelingen. Oppervlaktewater als bron voor drinkwater onder druk Dit blijkt uit verkennende berekeningen van Deltares die het RIVM heeft geanalyseerd in opdracht van het Deltaprogramma Zoetwater. De uitkomsten gelden voor bijna alle locaties in Nederland waar oppervlaktewater wordt onttrokken voor de productie van drinkwater (innamepunten). Dit oppervlaktewater wordt gebruikt om ongeveer 40% van de Nederlandse bevolking van drinkwater te voorzien. De kwaliteit van water verslechtert tijdens perioden wa...
Het RIVM heeft geinventariseerd welke risico's er nu en in de toekomst zijn voor de waterkwal... more Het RIVM heeft geinventariseerd welke risico's er nu en in de toekomst zijn voor de waterkwaliteit bij de bronnen voor drinkwater, en welke maatregelen landelijk mogelijk zijn om deze risico's te beperken. Behalve de risico's die in 2013 zijn aangegeven, is er zorg over de voortgang van de programma's waarin de afspraken over de benodigde maatregelen staan uitgewerkt (uitvoeringsprogramma's). De risico's zijn gebaseerd op de zogeheten gebiedsdossiers voor drinkwaterwinningen. Hierin brengen gemeenten, provincies, drinkwaterbedrijven en waterbeheerders risico's voor de waterkwaliteit in kaart, zodat tijdig effectieve maatregelen kunnen worden genomen. Sommige maatregelen kunnen beter niet lokaal maar landelijk voor alle winningen worden opgepakt. Deze kunnen dan in de Nota Drinkwater worden opgenomen of ingebracht in de plannen voor de Europese Kaderrichtlijn Water (KRW). Voorbeelden van risico's en maatregelen Een van de risico's is dat verschille...
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021
The perceived safety of tap water is an important condition for consumers to drink it. Therefore,... more The perceived safety of tap water is an important condition for consumers to drink it. Therefore, addressing consumers’ concerns should be included in the roadmap towards the UN SDG 6 on safe drinking water for all. This paper studies consumers’ information needs regarding emerging contaminants in drinking water using a mental model approach for the development of targeted risk communication. As most consumers expect safe drinking water, free of contamination, communication on emerging contaminants may increase concerns. Here, we showed that communication strategies better tailored to consumers’ information needs result in smaller increases in risk perception compared with existing strategies.
Worldwide countries face challenges to restore and preserve water resources. This paper analyses ... more Worldwide countries face challenges to restore and preserve water resources. This paper analyses how governance approaches support the attainment of water quality ambitions set out in the European Water Framework Directive and the UN Sustainable Development Goals. To this end, the connection between the physical water system and the governing legal and societal systems is explored, using scientific literature and empirical material on governance approaches in the subdomains of drinking water resources, freshwater ecosystems and bathing water in The Netherlands. The results show the effects of the intricate relationship between water system characteristics and the drivers of water quality versus the various elements of a governance approach. For instance, hydrological, morphological and chemical objectives set different demands on governance conditions, related to the scale, roles and responsibilities of actors who need to be involved and coherence of the legal and policy frameworks ...
The BlueHealth Toolbox is for planners, designers and other decision-makers responsible for blue ... more The BlueHealth Toolbox is for planners, designers and other decision-makers responsible for blue spaces. The tools provide the means to make comparable assessments of urban blue spaces before and after any proposed changes. Such changes can include a wide range of interventions, from physical alterations to the environment to advertising campaigns that influence how people interact with it. The tools provide evidence about the quality of blue environments, as well as information about how people and communities use,<br> perceive and interact with blue spaces. They also assess the state of people's health and wellbeing. Together, this evidence can enhance urban planning and design. This Guidance document presents an overview of the tools and explains how they can be used by decision makers and planners in the service of evidence-based design.
This report presents an overview of the key messages that came out of the research conducted with... more This report presents an overview of the key messages that came out of the research conducted within the BlueHealth project. In particular, it explains what is meant by "BlueHealth" research, what challenges society faces regarding urban "blue spaces", and how the urban environment can exploit blue infrastructure as a health and well-being resource. We show how an evidence base can be built up with primary studies, and then be implemented in practice with different kinds of interventions. This report is useful as a primer for a wide range of decision-makers, including those making policy, designing and planning our cities and towns, and working towards improved public health and environmental quality in the face of 21st century challenges.
Additional file 1. Scripts mentioned in manuscript Use of literature mining for early identificat... more Additional file 1. Scripts mentioned in manuscript Use of literature mining for early identification of emerging contaminants in freshwater resources by Hartmann et al. R-based codes.
Additional file 4. Analysis for false negatives of random selection of 1750 articles from the 23,... more Additional file 4. Analysis for false negatives of random selection of 1750 articles from the 23,217 articles (published between 2006 and 2012) that did not match the pattern. Table containing the articlesâ Electronic Identifier (EID), authors, title, publication year, journal, volume, page information, citations, Digital Object Identifier (DOI), link to the article in ScopusÂŽ, abstract, the sentence that matched the pattern and whether the articles is considered to be a false negative or not.
Additional file 3. Results of applying the developed methodology to recent literature, namely art... more Additional file 3. Results of applying the developed methodology to recent literature, namely articles published between 2016 and 27th of August 2018. Table containing the articlesâ Electronic Identifier (EID), authors, title, publication year, journal, volume, page information, citations, Digital Object Identifier (DOI), link to the article in ScopusÂŽ, abstract, sentence matching the pattern, whether or not the article was considered to be eligible or not and why.
Additional file 2. Overview of the search query and the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Table i... more Additional file 2. Overview of the search query and the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Table including search query, inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Dit factsheet is bedoeld om de lezer wegwijs te maken in de belangrijkste bevindingen van het Blu... more Dit factsheet is bedoeld om de lezer wegwijs te maken in de belangrijkste bevindingen van het Blue Health project en de ontwikkelde tools. Deze tools kunnen worden gebruikt bij de planning en ontwerp van de blauwe ruimte om de voordelen te maximaliseren en tegelijkertijd het milieu te beschermen.
While the burden of disease from well-studied drinking water contaminants is declining, risks fro... more While the burden of disease from well-studied drinking water contaminants is declining, risks from emerging chemical and microbial contaminants arise because of social, technological, demographic and climatological developments. At present, emerging chemical and microbial drinking water contaminants are not assessed in a systematic way, but reactively and incidence based. Furthermore, they are assessed separately despite similar pollution sources. As a result, risks might be addressed ineffectively. Integrated risk assessment approaches are thus needed that elucidate the uncertainties in the risk evaluation of emerging drinking water contaminants, while considering risk assessors' values. This study therefore aimed to (1) construct an assessment hierarchy for the integrated evaluation of the potential risks from emerging chemical and microbial contaminants in drinking water and (2) develop a decision support tool, based on the agreed assessment hierarchy, to quantify (uncertain)...
Als gevolg van de klimaatverandering kan de kwaliteit van oppervlaktewater rond 2050 zodanig zijn... more Als gevolg van de klimaatverandering kan de kwaliteit van oppervlaktewater rond 2050 zodanig zijn verslechterd dat het zonder extra maatregelen ongeschikt is om er drinkwater van te bereiden. Deze situatie doet zich voor in droge jaren, als normen voor stoffen gedurende perioden (van dagen tot maanden) worden overschreden. Deze normoverschrijdingen doen zich nu al voor in zeer droge jaren en kunnen in de toekomst toenemen. De mate waarin dit gebeurt hangt af van de klimatologische ontwikkelingen. Oppervlaktewater als bron voor drinkwater onder druk Dit blijkt uit verkennende berekeningen van Deltares die het RIVM heeft geanalyseerd in opdracht van het Deltaprogramma Zoetwater. De uitkomsten gelden voor bijna alle locaties in Nederland waar oppervlaktewater wordt onttrokken voor de productie van drinkwater (innamepunten). Dit oppervlaktewater wordt gebruikt om ongeveer 40% van de Nederlandse bevolking van drinkwater te voorzien. De kwaliteit van water verslechtert tijdens perioden wa...
Het RIVM heeft geinventariseerd welke risico's er nu en in de toekomst zijn voor de waterkwal... more Het RIVM heeft geinventariseerd welke risico's er nu en in de toekomst zijn voor de waterkwaliteit bij de bronnen voor drinkwater, en welke maatregelen landelijk mogelijk zijn om deze risico's te beperken. Behalve de risico's die in 2013 zijn aangegeven, is er zorg over de voortgang van de programma's waarin de afspraken over de benodigde maatregelen staan uitgewerkt (uitvoeringsprogramma's). De risico's zijn gebaseerd op de zogeheten gebiedsdossiers voor drinkwaterwinningen. Hierin brengen gemeenten, provincies, drinkwaterbedrijven en waterbeheerders risico's voor de waterkwaliteit in kaart, zodat tijdig effectieve maatregelen kunnen worden genomen. Sommige maatregelen kunnen beter niet lokaal maar landelijk voor alle winningen worden opgepakt. Deze kunnen dan in de Nota Drinkwater worden opgenomen of ingebracht in de plannen voor de Europese Kaderrichtlijn Water (KRW). Voorbeelden van risico's en maatregelen Een van de risico's is dat verschille...
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021
The perceived safety of tap water is an important condition for consumers to drink it. Therefore,... more The perceived safety of tap water is an important condition for consumers to drink it. Therefore, addressing consumers’ concerns should be included in the roadmap towards the UN SDG 6 on safe drinking water for all. This paper studies consumers’ information needs regarding emerging contaminants in drinking water using a mental model approach for the development of targeted risk communication. As most consumers expect safe drinking water, free of contamination, communication on emerging contaminants may increase concerns. Here, we showed that communication strategies better tailored to consumers’ information needs result in smaller increases in risk perception compared with existing strategies.
Worldwide countries face challenges to restore and preserve water resources. This paper analyses ... more Worldwide countries face challenges to restore and preserve water resources. This paper analyses how governance approaches support the attainment of water quality ambitions set out in the European Water Framework Directive and the UN Sustainable Development Goals. To this end, the connection between the physical water system and the governing legal and societal systems is explored, using scientific literature and empirical material on governance approaches in the subdomains of drinking water resources, freshwater ecosystems and bathing water in The Netherlands. The results show the effects of the intricate relationship between water system characteristics and the drivers of water quality versus the various elements of a governance approach. For instance, hydrological, morphological and chemical objectives set different demands on governance conditions, related to the scale, roles and responsibilities of actors who need to be involved and coherence of the legal and policy frameworks ...
The BlueHealth Toolbox is for planners, designers and other decision-makers responsible for blue ... more The BlueHealth Toolbox is for planners, designers and other decision-makers responsible for blue spaces. The tools provide the means to make comparable assessments of urban blue spaces before and after any proposed changes. Such changes can include a wide range of interventions, from physical alterations to the environment to advertising campaigns that influence how people interact with it. The tools provide evidence about the quality of blue environments, as well as information about how people and communities use,<br> perceive and interact with blue spaces. They also assess the state of people's health and wellbeing. Together, this evidence can enhance urban planning and design. This Guidance document presents an overview of the tools and explains how they can be used by decision makers and planners in the service of evidence-based design.
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