China - Shandong Confucius and Mencius Culture Heritage Protection and Development Project : environmental assessment (Vol. 2) : Environmental management plan

The development objective of the Shandong Confucius and Mencius Culture Heritage Protection and Development Project for China is to assist Shandong province to regenerate the historic cities of Qufu and Zoucheng and bring about economic benefits to local residents through: (a) cultural heritage assets preservation and presentation; (b) upgrading of urban planning and infrastructure services; and (c) capacity building for cultural heritage management and heritage-based sustainable tourism development. Negative impacts include: waste gas, waste water, construction waste, solid waste, dust, noise, improper maintenance and repair methods will have an impact on conservation, air pollution, water pollution, and trees protect the process, if the improper use of pesticides or fertilizers, will the local soil and atmospheric pollution. Mitigation measures include: 1) construction materials should be compacted and then be covered, so less land occupied and does not easily cause the loss because of the rainfall, shorten the exposure time as short as possible to reduce the dust; 2) waste generated by pavement and wall construction are all back to use after the simple sedimentation tank, the domestic sewage collection based on the public toilets; 3) low-noise equipment and machinery are used, or minimize the use of construction machinery to reduce the mechanical noise; 4) building materials should be reused as far as possible and be unified with garbage collection taken municipal solid waste landfill to be delt with; 5) the construction control measures are used in the course of routine maintenance operations to reduce dust emissions, solid waste is collected and disposable; 6) construction work surface through rational planning, orderly stacking materials and solid waste to reduce the disturbance of surface area, a small amount of construction dust and dust suppression sprinklers should be cleaned regularly to reduce dust emissions; 7) construction workers and the dead tree branches unified garbage collection, municipal waste sent to landfill treatment; and 8) protection and rejuvenation of old trees requires the use of eco-green manure, reducing fertilizer use, prohibited the use of highly toxic pesticides.