Sustainable Remediation – New Methods and Indicators

Among others, the Need for methods and indicators to compare different remediation options regarding their sustainability has been identified explicitly as one commonly accepted outcome of these discussions. Some of the mentioned networks already published some indicator sets and “tool-boxes”, which mostly represent rather holistic approaches, making them difficult to apply at a specific site level. As the principle of sustainable development is claiming intergenerational equity in terms of environmental, economic and social implications, comparing different options regarding their “sustainability” in meeting pre-defined remediation goals, like environmental standards, can be seen as a classical multi-criteria Problem.