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Environmental hazard and risk assessment

Corporate author
World Bank
Date
1997
Source
IUCN (ID: MON-062264)
Publisher | Place of publication
The World Bank | Washington, DC, USA
Pages
10 p.
Document type
Article in periodical
Field of application
International
Subject
Environment gen.
Keyword
Liability/compensation Development agencies and aid Risk assessment/management
Abstract

The techniques of hazard and risk assessment have been developed to help determine the degree of uncertainty associated with development activities. These techniques may be used independently from or in support of environmental assessment (EA) and environmental auditing, which they compliment. This Update provides an introduction to hazard and risk assessment, outlines some available methodologies, and discusses the use of theses techniques in assessing environmental liability