Citation:
S. J. T. Pollard, A. Brookes, N. Earl, J. Lowe, T. Kearney, C. P. Nathanail, Integrating decision tools for the sustainable management of land contamination, Science of The Total Environment, Volume 325, Issues 1-3, 5 June 2004, Pages 15-28
Abstract:
The approach to taking decisions on the management of land contamination has
changed markedly over 30 years. Change has been rapid with policy makers and
regulators, practitioners and researchers having to keep pace with new
technologies, assessment criteria and diagnostic methods for their measurement,
techniques for risk analysis and the frameworks that support decision-makers in
their efforts to regenerate historically contaminated land. Having progressed
from simple hazard assessment through to ‘sustainability appraisal’ we might now
consider piecing together the experience of decision-making for managing land
contamination. Here, we critically review recent developments with a view to
considering how better decisions can be made by integrating the decision tools
available. We are concerned with the practicality of approach and the issues
that arise for practitioners as decision criteria are broade
