Note: Front Cover -- Sustainable Management of Sediment Resources -- Copyright Page -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Table of Contents -- Chapter 1 The Role of Risk Management and Communication in Sustainable Sediment Management -- References -- Chapter 2 Sediment Management Objectives and Risk Indicators -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Sediment Management Objective: Meeting Regulatory Criteria -- 2.1. Social and societal driving forces -- 2.2. The risk involved -- 2.2.1. The risk of getting a bad reputation -- 2.2.2. The risk of being fined -- 2.3. Indicators of risk -- 2.4. Management options -- 3. Sediment Management Objective: Maintaining Economic Viability -- 3.1. Social and societal driving forces -- 3.2. Risks involved -- 3.3. Risk Indicators -- 3.3.1. Valuation methods -- 3.3.2. Indicators of site-specific risk -- 3.3.3. Indicators of risk at the river basin scale -- 3.4. Management options -- 4. Sediment Management Objective: Ensuring Environmental Quality and Nature Development -- 4.1. Social and societal driving forces -- 4.2. Risks involved -- 4.3. Indicators of risk -- 4.3.1. Site-specific -- 4.3.2. River basin scale -- 4.4. Management options -- 4.4.1. Site-specific -- 4.4.2. River basin scale -- 5. Sediment Management Objective: Securing Quality of Human Life -- 5.1. Social and societal driving forces -- 5.2. Risks involved -- 5.3. Indicators of risk -- 5.4. Management options -- 6. Stakeholder Involvement -- 7. Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 3 Strategic Framework for Managing Sediment Risk at the Basin and Site-Specific Scale -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1. The Interdependency of Sediment Quality, Quantity and Risk -- 1.2. The Inter-Relationships Between Soil, Sediment, Water, Contaminants and Biota -- 1.3. The Need for Basin-Scale Management -- 2. Frameworks for Basin-Scale Management. , 2.1. Basin-Scale versus site-specific assessment and management -- 2.2. Selection of Site-Specific or Basin-Scale Initial Approach for a Given Project -- 3. Sediment Risk Management at the Basin and Site-Specific Scale -- 4. Components of Basin-Scale and Site-Specific Sediment Management -- 4.1. Conceptual Basin Model and Risk Prioritisation -- 4.2. Setting Basin Management Objectives -- 4.3. Sediment-Specific Aspects of a River Basin Management Plan (sBMP) -- 4.4. Source Identification, Classification and Control -- 4.5. Important Issues for Sediment Management Option Appraisal and Selection -- 5. Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 4 Prioritisation at River Basin Scale, Risk Assessment at Site-Specific Scale: Suggested Approaches -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Classification and ranking approaches -- 2.1. General ideas -- 2.2. Classification methods -- 3. Setting priorities at the basin scale -- 3.1. Classification criteria selection -- 3.2. A case study of the Rhine basin -- 3.2.1. Overview of data -- 3.2.2. Application of Classification Methods -- 3.2.3. Discussion -- 4. Site specific risk assessment approaches -- 4.1. A brief review of published approaches -- 4.2. Case study of risk characterisation for a management option -- 5. Conclusion and recommendations -- References -- Chapter 5 Risk assessment approaches in European countries -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1. Ecological risk assessment -- 1.2. Human health risk assessment -- 1.3. Groundwater contamination -- 1.4. Surface water (re-)contamination -- 1.5. Eutrophication -- 2. Approaches for assessment of in situ risks currently used in European countries -- 2.1. Ecological risk -- 2.2. Human health risk -- 2.3. Risk for groundwater contamination -- 2.4. Risk for contamination of surface water. , 2.5. Some examples of integrated approaches currently used in Europe (ecological/human/groundwater/surface water) -- 3. Risk assessment for dredged material management in European countries -- 3.1. Ecological risks -- 3.2. Risk for contamination of groundwater or surface water -- 3.3. Some examples of integrated approaches currently used in Europe -- 4. Towards a standardized approach -- 4.1. In situ sediment risk assessment -- 4.2. Risk assessment for DM management -- 5. Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 6 Sediment regulations and monitoring programmes in Europe -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Regulatory situation -- 2.1. Definition of sediments in environmental management -- 2.2. Regulatory instruments -- 2.3. United Nations Economic Commission for Europe -- 2.4. European Union -- 2.5. International maritime conventions -- 2.6. International commissions for transboundary rivers -- 2.7. National regulations -- 2.8. Specific dredged material issues -- 2.9. Examples of Co-operation -- 2.10. Conclusions -- 3. Monitoring programmes for aquatic sediments -- 3.1. European programmes -- 3.2. International maritime programmes -- 3.3. International river commission programmes -- 3.4. National programmes -- 3.5. Difficulties and advantages of sediment monitoring -- 3.6. Conclusions -- 4. Recommendations -- Annex 1 -- Annex 2 -- References -- Chapter 7 Risk Perception and Risk Communication -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Society's growing concern with risk -- 3. Objectivism and constructivism -- 4. Plurality and risk -- 5. Risk communication -- 6. Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 8 The Way Forward for Sediment Risk Management and Communication - A Summary -- 1. Introduction -- 2. From Site Prioritisation (Basin Scale) to Risk Assessment (Local Scale) -- 3. European approaches and regulations -- 4. Assessment of sediment quality and risks. , 5. Stakeholder involvement, risk communication and risk perception -- 6. Recommendations -- Glossary -- Index.