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Priority Topics in the Study of Environmental Risk in Developing Countries: Report on a Workshop Held at the East–West Center, August, 1988
Author(s) -
Edgerton Sylvia A.,
Smith Kirk R.,
Carpenter Richard A.,
Siddiqi Toufiq A.,
Olive Steven G.,
Claudio Corazon Pe Benito,
Covello Vincent T.,
Fingleton Donald J.,
Kim KwiGon,
Wilcox Bruce A.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
risk analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.972
H-Index - 130
eISSN - 1539-6924
pISSN - 0272-4332
DOI - 10.1111/j.1539-6924.1990.tb01048.x
Subject(s) - industrialisation , developing country , poverty , context (archaeology) , environmental planning , economic growth , risk assessment , business , risk analysis (engineering) , regional science , political science , geography , economics , archaeology , law , management
The rapid industrialization occurring in developing regions of the world brings not only economic benefits, but changes in the types and severity of health and environmental problems that each region experiences. As the industrialized world moves toward the use of risk assessment methodologies to aid in problem evaluation and regulatory and policy decision analysis, it seems inevitable that these methodologies will be applied globally. The changes brought about by rapid industrialization, however, must be viewed within the context of societies that are still struggling with the more traditional and basic environmental problems associated with urban and rural poverty. The urgency of development and the lack of adequate resources for characterizing health and environmental changes, often present under these circumstances, offer special challenges to the application of risk assessment methodologies.