title: Environmental management for dredging sediments - the requirement of developing nations.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Construction Management, Faculty of Technology Management and Business, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Beg Berkunci 101, Parit Raja, Batu Pahat Johor 86400, Malaysia; Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College London, 1515, 15 Prince's Gardens, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom. Electronic address: padzliha@uthm.edu.my.
authors.forename: Norpadzlihatun
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Manap
authors.affiliation: Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College London, 1515, 15 Prince's Gardens, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Nikolaos
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Voulvoulis
mesh_terms: D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000379:methods*; D003661:Decision Support Techniques; D003906:Developing Countries; D004777:Environment; D058735:Environmental Policy; D019015:Geologic Sediments / Q000737:chemistry*; D012767:Ships; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
keywords: Decision-making method; Developing nations; Dredging; Integrated environmental management; Multi-criteria decision analysis