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Risk Assessment for Environmental Management: Approaches and Applications
Author(s) -
POLLARD S. J,
HARROP D. O,
CROWCROFT P.,
MALLETT S. H,
JEFFRIES S. R,
YOUNG P. J
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
water and environment journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1747-6593
pISSN - 1747-6585
DOI - 10.1111/j.1747-6593.1995.tb00975.x
Subject(s) - risk assessment , sophistication , risk management , environmental risk assessment , risk analysis (engineering) , it risk management , health risk assessment , quality (philosophy) , environmental planning , legislature , business , environmental resource management , computer science , environmental science , political science , finance , computer security , social science , philosophy , epistemology , sociology , law
Effective risk‐management measures concerning the health, legislative and financial implications of environmental risk rely fundamentally on a robust risk assessment. Risk‐assessment strategies exist at various levels of sophistication, and their application should be staged and matched to (a) the magnitude and significance of risks under study, (b) the sensitivities of receptors, (c) the quality of data available, and (d) the means by which risks are to be communicated. Three risk‐assessment approaches are examined and their role is reviewed with respect to the completion of multimedia environmental management projects.