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. 2024 Apr;31(18):26355-26377.
doi: 10.1007/s11356-024-33055-w. Epub 2024 Mar 26.

Urban river recovery: a systematic review on the effectiveness of water clean-up programs

Caroline Ferreira da Silva  1 , Elisabete Alves Pereira  1 , Mayara de Almeida Ribeiro Carvalho  1 , Wander Gustavo Botero  2 , Luciana Camargo de Oliveira  3
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Urban river recovery: a systematic review on the effectiveness of water clean-up programs

Caroline Ferreira da Silva et al. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2024 Apr.

Abstract

Urban rivers are affected at different levels by the intensification of human activities, representing a serious threat to the maintenance of terrestrial life and sustainable urban development. Consequently, great efforts have been dedicated to the ecological restoration of urban rivers around the world, as a solution to recovering the environmental functionality of these environments. In this sense, the present work aimed to investigate the effectiveness of interventions carried out aimed at the recovery of urban rivers, through a systematic review of the literature between 2010 and 2022, using the search term "rivers recovery." The results showed that there have been notable advances in the implementation of river recovery programs in urban areas around the world between the years analyzed. The ecosystems studied were affected, for the most part, by the increase in the supply of nutrients from domestic and industrial effluents, in addition to having highly urbanized surroundings and with several changes in land use patterns. The preparation of this literature review made it possible to demonstrate that the effectiveness of river recovery is extremely complex, since river recovery projects are developed for different reasons, as well as being carried out in different ways according to the intended objective.

Keywords: Environmental quality; Environmental recovery; Review article; Urban rivers; Urbanization; Water quality.

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