Investigate past polluting activities on public health and land uses

Port regions are hubs connecting a nation and its hinterland to the rest of world. cities' authorities actors have always dealt with pressures compromises in sharing space between agriculture, tourism, industry, urban developments. The limited availability land created conflicting uses over time especially when industrial sites disappear from built environment leave polluted soil water. current literature discusses detail changes use, pollution industries, sanitary issues. Yet, only few studies investigate consequences past developments on health citizens. This paper thus asks: How considered historical activities spatial planning policies what their public port cities? Of all pollutants, oil appears be widest spread long term risks human health. Oil development city Dunkirk north France can demonstrate this influence uses. objective is highlight impacts polluting populations' potential historically contaminated