4. Conclusions
At a time when promoting the sustainable development of urban community gardens and healthy eating is a key challenge for local authorities, the POTEX project has tested a number of layouts (excavation, topsoil, above-ground trough and geotextile) designed to reduce, to varying degrees, users' exposure to organic and inorganic soil pollutants.
To cope with the complexity of garden ecosystems, it is essential to work in an interdisciplinary way and to reinforce the continuum between knowledge and know-how. Successful communication to the general public is a key factor in promoting the greening of practices in various sectors.
4.1 Plant selection
The plants grown in the experimental gardens were selected on the basis of the following...
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Bibliography
Websites
Réseau-Agriville, an international collaborative platform of accessible resources on urban agriculture ( https://reseau-agriville.com/ ).
Regulations
France :
Information notice DGS/EA1/DGPR/2014/307 – Modalités de sélection des substances chimiques et de choix des valeurs toxicologiques de référence pour mener les évaluations des risques sanitaires dans le cadre des études d'impact et de la gestion des sites et sols pollués of October 31, 2014.
Switzerland :
Ordinance on soil pollution (Osol). Swiss...
Events
Transitions 2020" symposium, with 5 sessions (Environmental health; Sustainable food; Inclusive education; Energy and Tourism) under the prism of greening practices, Toulouse, June 2020. Contact: [email protected]
Standards and norms
- Soil quality – Sampling – Part 1: Guidelines for establishing sampling programs (cancelled Dec. 2017). - NF ISO 10381–1 - 2003
- Soil quality – Sampling – Part 107: registration and notification. - NF ISO 18400–107 - 2017
- Soil quality – Pre-treatment of samples for physico-chemical analysis. - ISO 11464 - 2006
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