Engaging the community: a handbook for professionals managing contaminated land

Addressing issues of public confidence during contaminated site assessment and remediation is a necessary step requiring community consultation and participatory decision making. This is now widely recognised among the contaminated land practitioner community.

'Engaging the community: a handbook for professionals managing contaminated land' presents a framework for community consultation in the context of contaminated site projects, and describes the communication principles that can be used in community consultation.

How does this work?
The handbook is broken up into five parts, providing readers with the principles of community engagement, national and international perspectives on best practice in risk communication, Australasian case studies, and a structural framework for involving the public in environmental decision making.

Who will benefit from this?
The readership of this guide is expected to include:

• state and local authority officers, site planners and environment agencies, and
• land owners, environmental consultants, contractors, and others involved in the management of contaminated sites.
  

Purchase your copy
Hard copies are available to purchase at a cost of AUD$35 per handbook. You can buy your copy by purchasing via the PayPal link on the right hand side of this page.
In the same section of this page is also a preview of the handbook, providing the executive summary and table of contents.