Environmental hazard and risk assessment Autor corporativo World Bank Fecha 1997 Fuente IUCN (ID: MON-062264) Editor | Lugar de publicación The World Bank | Washington, DC, USA Páginas 10 p. Tipo de documento Artículo en publicación Campo de aplicación Internacional Materia Medio ambiente gen. Palabra clave Agencias de ayuda y cooperación Evaluación/manejo de riesgos Responsabilidad/indemnización Resumen 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