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Sediment management decisions can have substantial environmental and economic consequences. Due their complexity, efforts should be made to communicate complicated technical facts, uncertainties, risk assessments, and other tools used in the decision-making process to the public and stakeholders in an easily understandable way. This paper briefly reviews the public’s involvement in the decision to cap sediments contaminated with heavy metals in a fjord located on the west coast of Norway.
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Skei, J. (2007). Engaging The General Public and Other Stakeholder Groups. In: Linkov, I., Kiker, G.A., Wenning, R.J. (eds) Environmental Security in Harbors and Coastal Areas. NATO Security through Science Series. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5802-8_9
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