General principles for remedial approach selection

Abstract

Key factors in decision making for land remediation include: the driving forces for a remediation project, risk management, sustainable development, stakeholder satisfaction, cost effectiveness, and technical feasibility/suitability. These principles have been applied to an illustrative case study, a response to petroleum hydrocarbon contamination at a warehousing and distribution centre. The case study is fictitious, but based on several contemporary sites the authors have knowledge of.