Sustainable management of sediment resources. [Vol. 3].

In dynamic river systems, effective and sustainable risk management of sediments, contaminants and their sources must be carried out on a river basin scale. A diversity of interests and risk perceptions, whether environmental, economical, or personal, as well as the broad variety of uses and functio...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	SedNet (Organization), ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors:	Barceló, Damià, Petrović, M. (Mira), Bortone, Giuseppe, 1959-, Palumbo, Leonardo, Heise, Susanne, Owens, Philip N. (Philip Neil), 1966-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, 2007.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Dredging spoil > Environmental aspects > Congresses. Sediments (Geology) > Analysis > Congresses. Soil remediation > Congresses. Contaminated sediments > Congresses. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1. The role of risk management and communication in sustainable sediment management
Chapter 2. Sediment management objectives and risk indicators
Chapter 3. Strategic framework for managing sediment risk at the basin and site-specific scale
Chapter 4. Prioritisation at river basin scale, risk assessment at site-specific scale: suggested approaches
Chapter 5. Risk assessment approaches in european countries
Chapter 6. Sediment regulations and monitoring programmes in europe
Chapter 7. Risk perception and risk communication
Chapter 8. The way forward for sediment risk management and communication a summary.