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Readings from the Environmental Professional: Risk assessment

Author
Lemons J. (ed.)
Date
1995
Source
IUCN (ID: MON-057578)
Publisher | Place of publication
Blackwell Science Inc. | Cambridge, MA, USA
Pages
209 p.
Language
English
Country/Territory
United States of America
Subject
Environment gen.
Keyword
Risk assessment/management
Basin
Mississippi
Abstract

Contents: 1. Evolution of acceptable risk 2. Overview of the risk assessment process in relation to groundwater contamination 3. Problems of risk assessment in water resources management 4. Developing an ecosystem-based capability for ecological risk assessment 5. Discussion of the methodologies used in pesticide risk-benefit analysis 6. Development of a plan of study to evaluate the biological risk of increased navigation traffic on the Mississippi River 7. Risk assessment principles in environmental impact studies 8. Ecological risk assessment: Its role in risk management 9. Development in the use of risk assessment to evaluate complex hazardous waste management facilities 10. Some approaches to assessing environmental risk in siting hazardous waste facilities 11. Risk communication in social context: Improving effective communication 12. Strategies for effective risk communication under SARA Tile III: Perspectives from research and practice 13. Integrating environmental ethics with science and law