| Main Title |
Comparative risk assessment and environmental decision making / |
| Other Authors |
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| Publisher |
Kluwer Academic Publishers, |
| Year Published |
2004 |
| OCLC Number |
54371498 |
| ISBN |
1402018959; 9781402018954; 1402022433; 9781402022432; 1402018967; 9781402018961 |
| Subjects |
Environmental risk assessment--Congresses ;
Environmental management--Congresses
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| Internet Access |
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| Holdings |
| Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last
Modified |
Checkout
Status |
| EJAM |
GE145.C64 2004 |
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Region 3 Library/Philadelphia, PA |
09/06/2005 |
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| Collation |
xi, 436 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. |
| Notes |
"Published in cooperation with NATO Scientific Affairs Division." Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents Notes |
Introduction -- Comparative risk assessment : past experience, current trends and future directions -- Multi-criteria decision analysis : a framework for structuring remedial decisions at contaminated sites -- -- pt. 1. Comparative risk analysis : methods, tools and applications -- Using comparative exposure analysis to validate low-dose human health risk assessment : the case of perchlorate -- Comparison of risks from use of traditional and recycled road construction materials : accounting for variability in contaminant release estimates -- Environmental risk analysis of pesticides in Nepal and Hindukush-Himalayan region -- A comparative risk approach to assessing point-of-use water treatment systems in developing countries -- Risk-based evaluation of the surface cover technology of a red sludge waste disposal site in Hungary -- Towards a more coherent regional environmental agenda of the Middle East : exploring the role of comparative risk assessment -- Lessons from the New Jersey Comparative Risk Project -- A proposed framework for multinational comparative risk analysis : pesticide use, impacts and management -- -- pt. 2. Environmental decision making -- The value of information for conflict resolution -- Integrated assessment modeling -- Classification schemes for priority setting and decision making -- Uncertainty as a resource in risk comparisons -- Incorporating habitat characterization into risk-trace software for spatially explicit exposure assessment -- Use of GIS as a supporting tool for environmental risk assessment and emergency response plans -- Integrated risk analysis for sustainable water resources management -- Overcoming uncertainties in risk analysis : trade-offs among methods of uncertainty analysis -- Comparative risk assessment and environmental imapct assessment : similarity in quantitative methods -- Combining expert judgement and stakeholder values with PROMETHEE : a case study in contaminated sediments management -- Analysis in support of environmental decision-making -- -- pt. 3. Case studies in risk assessment and environmental decision making -- Water quality challenges facing Egypt -- Risk assessment of occupational exposure to pesticides -- The role of air pollutants and sewer waste in acceleration of degradation of Islamic cultural heritage of Cairo -- Irrigation with treated wastewater in Israel : assessment of environmental aspects -- The environmental sector in Jordan -- Comparative risk analysis for homogeneous and nonhomogeneous mammalian populations exposed to low level radiation -- Risk assessment of the influence of anthropogenic factors on human safety and health -- Environmental risk prevention and environmental management in Lithuanian military lands -- Environmental risk management issues in Romania : economic information policy in a transition period -- A brief history of risk assessment and management after the Seveso accident. Decision making in environmental projects is typically a complex and confusing process characterized by trade-offs between socio-political, environmental, and economic impacts. This title show that the use of comparative risk assessment can provide the scientific basis for environmentall sound and cost-efficient policies. |
| Place Published |
Dordrecht ; Boston : |
| Corporate Au Added Ent |
North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Scientific Affairs Division. |
| Conference Title |
NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Comparative Risk Assessment and Environmental Decision Making |
| PUB Date Free Form |
c2004. |
| Series Title Traced |
NATO science series Earth and environmental sciences ; v. 38. |
| BIB Level |
m |
| Cataloging Source |
OCLC/T |
| LCCN |
2004042408 |
| Merged OCLC records |
55624265; 813459825 |
| OCLC Time Stamp |
20050831140035 |
| Language |
eng |
| Origin |
OCLC |
| Type |
CAT |
| OCLC Rec Leader |
01630cam 22003974a 45020 |
