Comparative risk assessment and environmental decision making

Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Comparative Risk Assessment: Past Experience, Current Trends and Future Directions....Pages 3-14
Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis: A Framework for Structuring Remedial Decisions at Contaminated Sites....Pages 15-54
Front Matter....Pages 55-55
Using Comparative Exposure Analsis to Validate Low-Dose Human Health Risk Assessment: The Case of Perchlorate....Pages 57-74
Comparison of Risks from Use of Traditional and Recycled Road Construction Materials: Accounting for Variability in Contaminant Release Estimates....Pages 75-82
Environmental Risk Assessment of Pesticides in Nepal and Hindukush-Himalayan Region....Pages 83-98
A Comparative Risk Approach to Assessing Point-of-Use Water treatment Systems in Developing Countries....Pages 99-112
Risk-Based Evaluation of the Surface Cover Technology of a Red Sludge Waste Disposal Site in Hungary....Pages 113-123
Towards a More Coherent Regional Environment Agenda in the Middle East: Exploring the Role of Comparative Risk Assessment....Pages 125-131
Lessons from the New Jersey Comparative Risk Project....Pages 133-148
A Proposed Framework for Multinational Comparative Risk Analysis: Pesticide Use, Impacts and Management....Pages 149-168
Front Matter....Pages 169-169
The Value of Information for Conflict Resolution....Pages 171-194
Integrated Assessment Modeling....Pages 195-211
Classification Schemes for Priority Setting and Decision Making....Pages 213-243
Uncertainty as a Resource in Risk Comparisons....Pages 245-252
Incorporating Habitat Characterization Into Risk-Trace Software for Spatially Explicit Exposure Assessment....Pages 253-265
Use of GIS as a Supporting Tool for Environmental Risk Assessment and Emergency Response Plans....Pages 267-274
Integrated Risk Analysis for Sustainable Water Resources Management....Pages 275-286
Overcoming Uncertainties in Risk Analysis: Trade-Offs among Methods of Uncertainty Analysis....Pages 287-295
Comparative Risk Assessment and Environmental Impact Assessment: Similarity in Quantitative Methods....Pages 297-303
Combining Expert Judgement and Stakeholder Values with Promethee: A case Study in Contaminated Sediments....Pages 305-322
Front Matter....Pages 169-169
Analysis in Support of Environmental Decision-Making....Pages 323-331
Front Matter....Pages 333-333
Water Quality Challenges Facing Egypt....Pages 335-347
Risk Assessment of Occupational Exposure to Pesticides....Pages 349-362
The Role of Air Pollutants and Sewage Waste in Acceleration of Degradation of the Islamic Cultural Heritage of Cairo....Pages 363-370
Irrigation with Treated Wastewater in Israel-Assessment of Environmental Aspects....Pages 371-379
The Environment Sector in Jordan....Pages 381-384
Comparative Risk Assessment for Homogeneous and Nonhomogeneous Mammalian Populations Exposed to Low Level Radiation....Pages 385-392
Risk Assessment of the Influence of Anthropogenic Factors on Human Safety and Health....Pages 393-401
Environmental Risk Prevention and Environment Management in Lithuanian Military Lands....Pages 403-412
Environmental Risk Management Issues in Romania — Economic Information Policy in a Transition Period....Pages 413-422
A Brief History of Risk Assessment and Management After the Seveso Accident....Pages 423-429