Assessment and Management of Environmental Risks: Cost-efficient Methods and Applications Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Assessment and Management of Environmental Risks: Methods and Applications in Eastern European and Developing Countries Lisbon, Portugal October 1–4, 2000

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Front Matter....Pages 2-2
Developments and Trends in Ecological Risk Assessment....Pages 3-9
How Much Is Too Much?....Pages 11-15
Application of Risk Assessment in Different Countries....Pages 17-27
Front Matter....Pages 28-28
Streamlining The Risk Assessment Process: Integration of Generic Criteria and Site-Specific Risk Assessment....Pages 31-40
Derivation of Aquatic Toxicity Values in Support of Groundwater Criteria Development for Trichlorofluoromethane and Dichlorodifluoromethane....Pages 41-48
Ecotoxicity of River and Spring Sediment along the Hanford Reach....Pages 49-56
Determination of Primary and Secondary Responses to Environmental Stressors and Biota Health....Pages 57-70
Risk Assessment for Biological Stressors....Pages 71-83
Endocrine Disruptors and Risk Assessment....Pages 85-92
Chernobyl Forests: Risk from Wood Combustion....Pages 93-106
A Framework to Support Insurers on the Assessment of Pollution Risks....Pages 107-113
Integrated Risk Assessment of Chemical Mixtures....Pages 115-120
A Comparative Risk Assessment Methodology for Prioritizing Risk Management Policy Initiatives: Ranking of Industrial Waste Streams in Portugal....Pages 121-142
Methods and Tools for Assessment and Management of Environmental Risks....Pages 143-152
Front Matter....Pages 153-153
Army Risk Assessment Modeling System (ARAMS)....Pages 155-161
Application of the QUAL2E Water Quality Model for Untreated Discharge Risk Assessment in Central and Eastern Europe....Pages 163-172
Chemical Risk Assessment Based on the Framework of Basin-Wide Ecological Modeling and the Eco-Toxicological Index....Pages 173-186
Modeling Pollutant Diffusion with a Statistical Characterization of Wind Conditions....Pages 187-194
Risk Assessment in Ukraine: New Approaches and Strategy of Development....Pages 195-202
Uncertainty in Environmental Risk Assessment....Pages 203-207
Front Matter....Pages 208-208
Environmental Decision Making Involving Multiple Stakeholders....Pages 211-220
Expert Judgment Resolution in Technically-Intensive Policy Disputes....Pages 221-238
A Framework for the Assessment and Management of Risks in Eastern European and Developing Countries....Pages 239-246
Ecological Risk Perception: the “Local Universal”?....Pages 247-258
The Development and Application of Guidelines for Ecological Risk Assessment in South Africa....Pages 259-266
Development of a Risk Based Policy for Contaminated Sites of the Walloon Region, Belgium....Pages 267-274
Risk Assessment for Agricultural Pollutants (Armenia): Modelling and Optimal Control....Pages 275-282
Project Idris — Ecological Risk Assessment — Regional Approaches....Pages 283-297
Integrating Science and Policy in Environmental Risk Management....Pages 299-306
Front Matter....Pages 307-307
Usaid Views on Environmental Risks....Pages 309-311
Environmental Issues and Risk Assessment Approaches in Developing Countries....Pages 313-315
Overview of the Egyptian Radiation Monitoring Network and Radioactivity Levels of the Egyptian Territories....Pages 317-324
Environmental Risk Assessment for Industrial Region in Russia....Pages 325-329
 In Vitro Retention of Radionuclides by the Mycelium of Edible Fungi:Basis for Subsequent Risk Assessment....Pages 331-340
Environmental Pollution Trends and Impact to the Forest State and Growth in Lithuania....Pages 341-348
Assessment of Environmental No 2 Exposure Effect on First Myocardial Infarction Risk in Kaunas, Lithuania....Pages 349-356
Drinking Water Contamination by Nitrate and Low Birth Weight Risk in Rural Population....Pages 357-362
The Usage of Biomarkers in Some Environmental and Occupational Chemical Exposure Cases in Turkey....Pages 363-371
Risk Assessment of the Turkish Straits....Pages 373-378
Risk Assessment and Evaluation of Materials Commonly Used in Desalination Plants....Pages 379-384
Front Matter....Pages 307-307
Limitations and Perspectives of Radioecological Assessment for Soil—Plant Systems in Greece....Pages 385-390
Nuclear Power Plant Conflicts: Response Strategies Scenarios in Romania and Bulgaria....Pages 391-396
Predictions of Aircraft Pollutants from Expanded Flight Operations at El Toro, Ca - a Public Health Issue?....Pages 397-399
Whole Life Cycle Risk Management....Pages 401-407
Front Matter....Pages 408-408
Expert Judgement Elicitation in Risk Assessment....Pages 411-426
Pilot Elicitation of Expert Judgments in Priority Allocation in Area of Ecological Risk Assessment....Pages 427-431
Back Matter....Pages 433-440