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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778664103321

Titolo

Contaminated sediments in ports and waterways [[electronic resource] ] : cleanup strategies and technologies / / Committee on Contaminated Marine Sediments, Marine Board, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, National Research Council

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC, : National Academy Press, 1997

ISBN

0-309-17542-9

0-309-52257-9

0-585-02690-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (317 p.)

Disciplina

363.739/4

Soggetti

Contaminated sediments - Management

Marine sediments

Harbors

Waterways

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Boxes, Figures, and Tables""; ""Acronyms""; ""PREFACE xix Contaminated Sediments in Ports and Waterways""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 The Challenge""; ""2 Making Better Decisions A Conceptual Management Approach""; ""3 Forces Influencing Decision Making""; ""5 Interim and Long-Term Technologies and Controls""; ""6 Conclusions and Recommendations""; ""APPENDIX A Biographical Sketches of Committee Members""; ""APPENDIX B Regulatory Framework for the Management and Remediation of Contaminated Marine Sediments1""

""APPENDIX C Case Histories of Representative Remediation Projects1""""APPENDIX D Using Cost-Benefit Analysis in the Management of Contaminated Sediments1""; ""APPENDIX E Using Decision Analysis in the Management of Contaminated Sediments1""; ""Index""