Developing a sustainability framework for eco-engineering of blue infrastructure

IF 3.9 2区环境科学与生态学 Q1 ECOLOGY

Ecological Engineering Pub Date : 2025-03-18 DOI:10.1016/j.ecoleng.2025.107604

Joseph W. Parkinson , Ciaran McLaverty , Pernille Nielsen , Jon C. Svendsen , Ana T. Lima , Martin Macnaughton , Wolfgang Kunther

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Abstract

Coastal hardening, via marine infrastructure construction (MIC), is contributing to the urbanisation of coastal environments, adding challenges for the resilience of marine ecosystems. Concrete is the preferred material for MIC due to desirable construction properties. Ecological-engineering efforts aim to increase the ecological value of concrete use in MIC via artificial material modifications, promoting ecological functions of MIC and creating new artificial marine habitats. Generally, ecological-engineering efforts include a wide array of stakeholders with variations for any singular project dependent on a myriad of environmental, resource and societal factors which affect the scale, scope and budget of projects. This can potentially lead to missing elements for obtaining an encompassing sustainability assessment of these types of projects on a societal, environmental and economic level. This perspective communication identifies and discusses experiences from recent ecological-engineering projects with concrete. Development of a collaborative, interdisciplinary framework will hope to guide current and future projects to achieve sustainability for ecological engineering practices for MIC.

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Ecological Engineering 环境科学-工程：环境

CiteScore

8.00

自引率

5.30%

发文量

293

审稿时长

57 days

期刊介绍： Ecological engineering has been defined as the design of ecosystems for the mutual benefit of humans and nature. The journal is meant for ecologists who, because of their research interests or occupation, are involved in designing, monitoring, or restoring ecosystems, and can serve as a bridge between ecologists and engineers. Specific topics covered in the journal include: habitat reconstruction; ecotechnology; synthetic ecology; bioengineering; restoration ecology; ecology conservation; ecosystem rehabilitation; stream and river restoration; reclamation ecology; non-renewable resource conservation. Descriptions of specific applications of ecological engineering are acceptable only when situated within context of adding novelty to current research and emphasizing ecosystem restoration. We do not accept purely descriptive reports on ecosystem structures (such as vegetation surveys), purely physical assessment of materials that can be used for ecological restoration, small-model studies carried out in the laboratory or greenhouse with artificial (waste)water or crop studies, or case studies on conventional wastewater treatment and eutrophication that do not offer an ecosystem restoration approach within the paper.