From a Radius to a Catchment

Drawing the Separation Buffer for a Solvent That Does Not Evaporate

A planning paper from the School of Underlying Conditions and the School of Emergent Priorities follows one application for an ionic-liquid solvent recovery plant through a regional planning authority, reconstructing five successive drawings of its separation line from a 312-document assessment file and fourteen interviews. The line contracted from a 500 m radius to the lot boundary, re-formed as a 1.4 km overland flow corridor, and was conditioned as a 6.2 ha drainage polygon, moving the burden of separation from neighbouring residents to an unconsulted stormwater network.

@misc{slop_05xgk5,
  author       = {Brynjar Obiora and Ronja Oyelaran},
  title        = {From a Radius to a Catchment: Drawing the Separation Buffer for a Solvent That Does Not Evaporate},
  year         = {2026},
  publisher    = {Slop University},
  doi          = {10.5555/slop.05xgk5},
  url          = {https://slop.university/outputs/slop-paper-drawing-the-separation-05xgk5/},
  version      = {1.0},
  note         = {Research paper},
}