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Economic impacts by contaminated land and waste disposal sites:

- Operating cost;

- Monitoring cost;

- Administration costs;

- Investment costs;

- Cost of handling risks;

- The value (price) of the land;

- Quality of the land;

- Current cost and profit;

- Impact on the economy of the settlement or a larger area;

- Impact on tourism and other land uses in the vicinity;

- Impacts on the competitiveness of the settlement, or a larger area;

- Other economic risks and impacts.

Social impacts by contaminated and waste disposal sites:

- Employment, workplaces;

- Current type of jobs needed;

- Working environment;

- Impact on life quality;

- Impact on the social environment of the settlement or a wider area.

The context of environmental management is shown in Figure 9.3 illustrating the
tools for assessing and managing the risk by chemicals or contaminated sites.

Figure 9.3 Environmental management of contaminants.