Environmental Risk Management
| Author | : Paul Pritchard |
| Publisher | : Earthscan |
| Total Pages | : 126 |
| Release | : 2000 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 9781853835988 |
First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Environments At Risk
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Environmental Risk Assessment
| Author | : Ian Lerche |
| Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
| Total Pages | : 346 |
| Release | : 2007-04-03 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 354029709X |
This book explores environmental and human risk problems caused by contamination, from the perspective of real world applications with quantitative procedures. It includes risk methods for environmental problems where data are sparse or fuzzy, and incorporates political, social and economic considerations in determining directions of remediation solutions for environmental contaminant problems. It highlights the impact of contaminants on human health – sometimes fatal - and the anthropogenic exacerbation of natural processes.
Environmental Hazards
| Author | : Keith Smith |
| Publisher | : Psychology Press |
| Total Pages | : 426 |
| Release | : 2001 |
| Genre | : Nature |
| ISBN | : 9780415224642 |
Topics include : risk assessment, disaster management, adjustment to the hazard (accepting, sharing, reducing loss), earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides, snow avalances, storms, biophysical hazards (extreme temperatures, epidemics, frost, wildlifires), floods, droughts, technological hazards (i.e. Bhopal and Chernobyl), etc.
Environmental Risk Analysis
| Author | : Ian Lerche |
| Publisher | : McGraw Hill Professional |
| Total Pages | : 457 |
| Release | : 2001-04-06 |
| Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
| ISBN | : 0071418083 |
"This is probably the most comprehensive treatment of this subject that I have seen. The authors have presented an approach and concept that far surpasses anything currently available." - Jeffrey Vincoli, CSP, CHCM *Examines problems such as transport, burial/storage, monitoring, and spillage - and tells how to overcome them *Provides tables, graphs, and formulas for risk analysis and risk management strategies *Explains complex statistical techniques in clear, basic terms
Communicating Environmental Risk in Multiethnic Communities
| Author | : Michael K. Lindell |
| Publisher | : SAGE |
| Total Pages | : 276 |
| Release | : 2004 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 9780761906513 |
Annotation "This volume is recommended for practitioners in private emergency management and federal, state, and local governments, as well as students studying risk communication, health communication, emergency management, and environmental policy and management."--BOOK JACKET. Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Environmental Hazards
| Author | : Prof Keith Smith |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 321 |
| Release | : 2003-09-02 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 1134368879 |
The fourth edition of Environmental Hazards continues to blend physical and social sciences to provide a thoroughly balanced, contemporary introduction to hazards analysis and mitigation strategies. It covers all the major rapid-onset events, whether natural, human or technological in origin which directly threaten humans and what they value. Environmental Hazards provides a lucid comprehensive introduction to both the theory and practice of hazards and their mitigation, drawing on interdisciplinary insights. It is essential reading for students of geography, environmental science, earth science and geology.
Environmental Risk Assessment
| Author | : Ted Simon |
| Publisher | : CRC Press |
| Total Pages | : 521 |
| Release | : 2019-12-06 |
| Genre | : Medical |
| ISBN | : 1000754111 |
The purpose of risk assessment is to support science-based decisions about how to solve complex societal problems. Indeed, the problems humankind faces in the 21st century have many social, political, and technical complexities. Environmental risk assessment in particular is of increasing importance as health and safety regulations grow and become more complicated. Environmental Risk Assessment: A Toxicological Approach, 2nd Edition looks at various factors relating to exposure and toxicity, human health, and risk. In addition to the original chapters being updated and expanded upon, four new chapters discuss current software and platforms that have recently been developed and provide examples of risk characterizations and scenarios. Features: Introduces the science of risk assessment—past, present, and future Provides environmental sampling data for conducting practice risk assessments Considers how bias and conflict of interest affect science-based decisions in the 21st century Includes fully worked examples, case studies, discussion questions, and suggestions for additional reading Discusses new software and computational platforms that have developed since the first edition Aimed at the next generation of risk assessors and students who need to know more about developing, conducting, and interpreting risk assessments, the book delivers a comprehensive view of the field, complete with sufficient background to enable readers to probe for themselves the science underlying the key issues in environmental risk.
Managing Environmental Risk Through Insurance
| Author | : Paul K. Freeman |
| Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
| Total Pages | : 124 |
| Release | : 2012-12-06 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 9401153604 |
Can insurance be used as a means to obtain compliance with environmental policy? Answering this question requires examination of a broad mosaic of academic issues, including current systems available for providing compensation and deterrence, use of contracts (including insurance) as substitutes for tort law, limitations of regulatory policy-making by government agencies, pre-conditions for creation of insurance products, and market mechanisms necessary for insurance to be purchased or sold. The purpose of Managing Environmental Risk Through Insurance is to highlight the potential role that insurance and performance standards can play in managing environmental risk. Insurance can play a significant role in dealing with one of the most problematic issues facing society today - how to compensate for environmental exposures. This book analyzes the ability of insurance to play a role in managing environmental risk. It begins by outlining the role insurance plays in society in contrast to other societal tools for addressing risk: government benefit programs and imposition of involuntary liability using the court system. By so doing, the book describes the comparative advantages of insurance. The book then analyzes the insurability of the risks. Finally, the book applies the insurability analysis to three concrete environmental examples.
Quantitative Environmental Risk Analysis for Human Health
| Author | : Robert A. Fjeld |
| Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
| Total Pages | : 532 |
| Release | : 2023-08-29 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 1119675405 |
QUANTITATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ANALYSIS FOR HUMAN HEALTH An updated edition of the foundational guide to environmental risk analysis Environmental risk analysis is a systematic process essential for the evaluation, management, and communication of the human health risk posed by the release of contaminants to the environment. Performed correctly, risk analysis is an essential tool in the protection of the public from the health hazards posed by chemical and radioactive contaminants. Cultivating the quantitative skills required to perform risk analysis competently is a critical need. Quantitative Environmental Risk Analysis for Human Health meets this need with a thorough, comprehensive coverage of the fundamental knowledge necessary to assess environmental impacts on human health. It introduces readers to a robust methodology for analyzing environmental risk, as well as to the fundamental principles of uncertainty analysis and the pertinent environmental regulations. Now updated to reflect the latest research and new cutting-edge methodologies, this is an essential contribution to the practice of environmental risk analysis. Readers of the second edition of Quantitative Environmental Risk Analysis for Human Health will also find: Detailed treatment of source and release characterization, contaminant migration, exposure assessment, and more New coverage of computer-based analytical methods A new chapter of case studies providing actual, real-world examples of environmental risk assessments Quantitative Environmental Risk Analysis for Human Health is must-have for graduate and advanced undergraduate students in civil engineering, environmental engineering, and environmental science, as well as for risk analysis practitioners in industry, environmental consultants, and regulators.
Making Better Environmental Decisions
| Author | : Mary O'Brien |
| Publisher | : MIT Press |
| Total Pages | : 310 |
| Release | : 2000 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 9780262650533 |
This work recommends a simple yet profound shift to another decision-making technique: alternatives assessment. Instead of asking how much of a hazardous activity is safe, alternatives assessment asks how we can avoid or minimize damage.
