Management of environmental uncertainty in maintenance dredging of polluted harbours in Norway

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 93-98

  Cañellas Boltà, Silvia ^a,b   Strand, Roger ^a,b   Killie, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dredging; Governance; Harbour; TBT (tributylin); Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CHEMICALS; DREDGING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MAINTENANCE; TOXIC MATERIALS;

ENVIRONMENTAL UNCERTAINTY; NORWAY; TRIBUTYLTIN (TBT);

MARINE POLLUTION;

TOXIC SUBSTANCE; TRIBUTYLTIN;

DREDGING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HARBOR; POLLUTION CONTROL; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DREDGING; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; METHODOLOGY; NORWAY; PROCESS TECHNOLOGY; SEDIMENT; SUSPENSION; UNCERTAINTY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 28244453285     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2005.0156     Document Type: Article

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