Abstract
The new era of sediment management needs an integrated and holistic approach characterized by a high degree of complexity. This chapter describes specific requirements for and approaches to sediment management within the broader historical context of environmental sustainability, discusses some of the options available for sustainable sediment management and provides some critical comments on what is required, and presents examples of recent initiatives for improved sediment management within Europe, including national and multinational scientific research projects and collaborative initiatives that aim to encourage the assemblage and communication of data and ideas on sediment within river basin management. While research on, and management of, sediment have long histories, it is only relatively recently that sediment has been identified as an important component of broader land and water management. It is only through recognizing the interaction and connectivity between soil, water, and sediment, and other resources, such as air, and the impact that these have on ecological and human health that environmental resources can be managed in a sustainable way.
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