Risk Assessment and Risk Management

• Autore: Hester Ronald E
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, : Royal Society of Chemistry, The, 1998
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (159 p.)
• Disciplina: 333.72
• Soggetto topico: Environmental impact analysis; Environmental risk assessment; Risk management; Civil & Environmental Engineering; Engineering & Applied Sciences; Environmental Engineering
• Altri autori: HarrisonRoy M
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Risk Assessment And Risk Management -- Contents -- Isolation or Integration? The Relationship between Risk Assessment and Risk Management -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Historical Review -- 3 Risk Assessment in Siting Decisions -- 4 Risk Ranking and Site Prioritization in the Management of Contaminated Land -- 5 The Development of Operator and Pollution Risk Appraisal (OPRA) -- 6 Using Risk Assessment as a Means to Derive National Policy Objectives -- 7 Conclusions -- The Use of Risk Assessment in Government -- 1 Risk and Government -- 2 Problems -- 3 Solutions -- 4 Adopting Quality Regulation -- 5 Establishing Networks for Achieving More Effective Liaison between Departments -- 6 Improving Systems for Communicating Risk Information to the Public -- 7 Strengthening the Links with Industry, Non-Governmental Organizations and Academic Institutions -- 8 Concluding Remarks -- Pollution Risk Management -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Potable Water Risk Management -- 3 General Environmental Risk Management -- 4 Major Accident Risk Management -- 5 The Future -- Quantitative Cancer Risk Assessment-Pitfalls and Progress -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Early History -- 3 Regulatory Practice -- 4 Major Criticisms and Controversies -- 5 Advances and New Approaches for Cancer Risk Assessment -- 6 Conclusions -- 7 Acknowledgements -- Environmental Risk Assessment and Management of Chemicals -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Detergent Surfactant Biodegradability -- 3 OECD/ISO/EU Test Methods -- 4 OECD/EU Environmental Risk Assessment -- 5 Environmental Risk Management -- 6 Conclusions and Summary -- Assessment of Risks to Human Health from Landfilling of Household Wastes -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Hazard Identification -- 3 Release and Transport of Contaminants -- 4 Exposure Assessment -- 5 Toxicity Assessment -- 6 Risk Estimation, Evaluation and Control -- 7 Case Study -- 8 Summary. ; 9 Acknowledgements -- 10 Appendix -- Aquatic Risk Assessment and Risk Management for Pesticides -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Effects Assessment -- 3 Exposure Assessment -- 4 Risk Characterization -- Subject Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book provides a detailed and wide-ranging review of the many aspects of risk assessment and risk management which have excited so much debate and controversy in recent times.
• Titolo autorizzato: Risk Assessment and Risk Management
• ISBN: 1-59124-422-6; 1-84755-184-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910142518203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II