?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F4991%2F&rft.title=Historical+Development+of+Soil+Protection+and+Land+Use+in+the+Rhur+Area&rft.creator=Wink%2C+R.&rft.description=The+following+paper+aims+at+the+provision+of+background+information+for+an+intended+identification+of+key+elements+of+soil+protection+and+land+use+policies+in+the+Ruhr+Area+referring+in+particular+to+the+use+of+soils+contaminated+by+heavy+metal+emissions.+This+information+serves+as+a+contribution+to+the+Rhine%2FBlack+Triangle+Policy+Comparison+which+is+part+of+the+IIASA+project+on+%22Regional+Material+Balance+Approaches+to+Long-Term+Environmental+Policy+Planning%22.+This+project+takes+a+systems+view+concentrating+on+the+impact+of+four+heavy+metals+(arsenic%2C+cadmium%2C+lead+and+zinc)+especially+on+agricultural+soils+in+the+Black+Triangle+and+Upper+Silesia+Region.+%0D%0A%0D%0AThe+Rhine%2FBlack+Triangle+Policy+Comparison+focuses+on+the+analysis+of+policy+options+for+reducing+the+negative+consequences+of+soil+contaminations+in+the+Black+Triangle.+As+regions+with+a+high+intensity+of+soil+contaminations+by+anthropogenic+heavy+metal+pollution+and+many+common+features+concerning+the+economic+development%2C+the+Ruhr+Area+and+Katovice+Voivodship+and+their+specific+natural%2C+socio-economic+and+political+conditions+are+the+main+topic+of+the+comparison.+A+historical+investigation+of+past+policies+in+the+Ruhr+Area+to+reduce+heavy+metal+pollution+shall+lead+to+the+recognition+and+evaluation+of+their+key+elements+from+an+economic+point+of+view.+Finally%2C+considering+specific+socio-economic+conditions+in+the+Katovice+Area%2C+conclusions+with+regard+to+possible+options+for+a+transfer+of+policy+elements+from+the+Ruhr+Area+which+seem+economically+beneficial+shall+be+drawn.+In+this+context%2C+the+information+of+the+following+paper+serves+as+a+basis+for+the+intended+economic+evaluation+of+soil+protection+policies+in+the+Ruhr+Area.&rft.publisher=WP-96-035&rft.date=1996-04&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F4991%2F1%2FWP-96-035.pdf&rft.identifier=++Wink%2C+R.++(1996).++Historical+Development+of+Soil+Protection+and+Land+Use+in+the+Rhur+Area.+++IIASA+Working+Paper.+IIASA%2C+Laxenburg%2C+Austria%3A+WP-96-035+++++