{"product_id":"handbook-of-environmental-risk-assessment-and-management-isbn-9780865427327","title":"Handbook of Environmental Risk Assessment and Management","description":"At the heart of environmental protection is risk assessment: the likelihood of pollution from accidents; the likelihood of problems from normal and abnormal operation of industrial processes; the likely impacts associated with new synthetic chemicals; and so on. Currently, risk assessment has been very much in the news--the risks from BSE and E. coli, and the public perception of risks from nuclear waste, etc. This new publication explains how scientific methodologies are used to assess risk from human activities and the resultant objects and wastes, on people and the environment. Understanding such risks supplies crucial information--to frame legislation, manage major habitats, businesses and industries, and create development programmes. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli style=\"list-style: none\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eUnique in combining the science of risk assessment with the development of management strategies.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCovers science and social science (politics, economics, psychology) aspects.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eVery timely - risk assessment lies at the heart of decision making in various topical environmental questions (BSE, Brent Spar, nuclear waste).\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e  Principles. \u003cp\u003ePsychology Of Risk And Uncertainty.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEconomics Of Risk And Uncertainty.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAssessing Risks To Humans From Chemicals In The Environment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAssessing Risks From Chemicals To Ecological Systems.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEvaluating Risks From Accidents.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAssessing Risks From Gmos To Human Health And Ecosystems.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAssessing Risk From Biological Introductions For Ecological Systems.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRetrospective Analysis, Ecological Monitoring And Epidemiology.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRetrospective Analysis Covering Human Exposure To Environmental Risks.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eApplication Of Risk Assessment In Policy And Legislation - European Union.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eApplication Of Risk Assessment In Policy And Legislation - North America.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eValuing Risks.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCorporate Chemical Management: A Risk Based Approach.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRisk Assessment And Management In The Nuclear Industry.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRisk Assessment And Management For Waste Disposal.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRisk Assessment And Management In Land Uses And Treatments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRisk Assessment And Management In The Exploitation Of The Seas.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRisk Assessment And Management For Inland Waters.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnvironmental Risk Assessment In Running A Business.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRisk Assessment And Management In Product Design.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnvironmental Risk Assessment In Development Programmes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLiability, Insurance And Environmental Risk.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRisk Communication.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExperience With Risk Management And Policy Development - A Summary Chapter\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003ePeter P. Calow is the editor of Handbook of Environmental Risk Assessment and Management, published by Wiley.  At the heart of environmental protection is risk assessment: the likelihood of pollution from accidents; the likelihood of problems from normal and abnormal operation of industrial processes; the likely impacts associated with new synthetic chemicals; and so on. Currently, risk assessment has been very much in the news--the risks from BSE and E. coli, and the public perception of risks from nuclear waste, etc. This new publication explains how scientific methodologies are used to assess risk from human activities and the resultant objects and wastes, on people and the environment. Understanding such risks supplies crucial information--to frame legislation, manage major habitats, businesses and industries, and create development programmes.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989330903269,"sku":"NP9780865427327","price":369.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780865427327.jpg?v=1761783696","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/handbook-of-environmental-risk-assessment-and-management-isbn-9780865427327","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}