Risks and Decisions for Conservation and Environmental Management (e-bog) af Burgman, Mark
Burgman, Mark (forfatter)

Risks and Decisions for Conservation and Environmental Management e-bog

619,55 DKK (inkl. moms 774,44 DKK)
This book outlines how to conduct a complete environmental risk assessment. The first part documents the psychology and philosophy of risk perception and assessment, introducing a taxonomy of uncertainty and the importance of context. It provides a critical examination of the use and abuse of expert judgement and goes on to outline approaches to hazard identification and subjective ranking that...
E-bog 619,55 DKK
Forfattere Burgman, Mark (forfatter)
Udgivet 12 maj 2005
Genrer MMG
Sprog English
Format pdf
Beskyttelse LCP
ISBN 9780511081262
This book outlines how to conduct a complete environmental risk assessment. The first part documents the psychology and philosophy of risk perception and assessment, introducing a taxonomy of uncertainty and the importance of context. It provides a critical examination of the use and abuse of expert judgement and goes on to outline approaches to hazard identification and subjective ranking that account for uncertainty and context. The second part of the book describes technical tools that can assist risk assessments to be transparent and internally consistent. These include interval arithmetic, ecotoxicological methods, logic trees and Monte Carlo simulation. These methods have an established place in risk assessments in many disciplines and their strengths and weaknesses are explored. The last part of the book outlines some new approaches, including p-bounds and information-gap theory, and describes how quantitative and subjective assessments can be used to make transparent decisions.