Environmental management for dredging sediments - The requirement of developing nations
File(s)
Accepted version
Author(s)
Manap, Norpadzlihatun
Voulvoulis, Nikolaos
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Scientific research has characterized the effects of dredging, an underwater excavation process for navigational purposes or material extraction, and has shown its association with a number of chemical, physical and biological impacts. Due to this, much environmental management has been applied in the dredging industry in order to manage its detrimental effects. However, developing nations may have different approaches towards their dredging environmental management to compare to their companions with higher economic strength. Moreover, scientific evidence to make an informed decision is often lacking, hence affecting the number of research executed at these nations, limiting their efforts to preserve the environment. This paper reviews the dredging environmental impacts and its two important factors, dredging technology and sediment characteristic, that determine the magnitude of impacts through literature review, and discusses the need for a more integrated dredging environmental management to be developed for developing nations.
Date Issued
2015-01-01
Date Acceptance
2014-09-16
Citation
Journal of Environmental Management, 2015, 147, pp.338-348
ISSN
0301-4797
Publisher
Elsevier
Start Page
338
End Page
348
Journal / Book Title
Journal of Environmental Management
Volume
147
Copyright Statement
Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. This manuscript is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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Subjects
Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Environmental Sciences
Environmental Sciences & Ecology
Integrated environmental management
Dredging
Multi-criteria decision analysis
Decision-making method
Developing nations
LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENT
RISK-ASSESSMENT
CONTAMINATED SEDIMENTS
MATERIAL DISPOSAL
IMPACT ASSESSMENT
RIVER
LAKE
FRAMEWORK
REMEDIATION
OPERATIONS
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2014-10-07