Environmental Risk Communication through Qualitative Risk Assessment

Environmental Risk Communication through Qualitative Risk Assessment

Environmental analysts are often hampered in communicating the risks of environmental contaminants due to the myriad of regulatory requirements that are applicable. The use of a qualitative, risk-based control banding strategy for assessment and control of potential environmental contaminants provides a standardized approach to improve risk communication. Presented is a model that provides an e...

Title: “Managing Subjectivity in Qualitative Risk Assessment of Communication Networks

Security assessments for communication networks play an important risk management role because they allow risks to be prioritized for mitigation or risk acceptance. Qualitative risk assessments that involve intangible elements require the subjective judgment of the security analyst completing the risk assessment and this may lead to low confidence in the results due to a perception that evaluat...

Environmental risk assessment and communication in coastal aquaculture

Environmental Risk Assessment

This paper presents a current overview of the basic elements of environmental risk assessment within the basic four-step process of hazard identification, exposure assessment, toxicity assessment, and risk characterization. These general steps have been applied to assess both human and ecological risks from environmental exposures. Approaches used to identify hazards and exposures are being ref...

Risk Assessment Terminology: Risk Communication Part 1

The paper describes the terminology of risk communication in the view of food safety: the theory of stakeholders, the citizens' involvement and the community interest and consultation are reported. Different aspects of risk communication (public communication, scientific uncertainty, trust, care, consensus and crisis communication) are discussed.