An initial step in hazard and risk assessment for an environmental contaminant is to identify the adverse effects resulting from exposure to a contaminant. What constitutes an adverse effect is not defined in environmental health legislation but is broadly defined in Federal risk assessment guidelines. For example, the EPA Integrated Risk Information System defines an adverse effect as “a bioch...

Citizen wastes an important part of their life moving around a city, considering that most of these displacements are in vehicles, it could be said that good traffic conditions suppose a better quality of life and less environmental contamination. Thus, traffic management systems are one of the most important systems of a city. Nowadays, TICs are being incorporated so as to evolve to the Smart ...

Recent studies show the designs of automated systems are becoming increasingly complex to meet the global competitive market. Additionally, organizations have focused on policies to achieve people’s safety and health, environmental management system, and controlling of risks, based on standards. In this context, any industrial system in the event of a fault that is not diagnosed and treated cor...

Abrupt environmental pollution accidents cause considerable damage worldwide to the ecological environment, human health, and property. The concept of acceptable risk aims to answer whether or not a given environmental pollution risk exceeds a societally determined criterion. This paper presents a case study on acceptable environmental pollution risk conducted through a questionnaire survey car...

Uncertainty is a pervasive feature in natural resource management. Adaptive management, an approach that focuses on identifying critical uncertainties to be reduced via diagnostic management experiments, is one favored approach for tackling this reality. While adaptive management is identified as a key method in the environmental management toolbox, there remains a lack of clarity over when its...

This paper focuses on impediments to environmentally sound management practices and how there might be overcome, with an emphasis on the role of environmental management systems, supply chains and civil society. It argues: • Farmers are under increased pressure to cut costs and improve production but with little opportunity to increase prices. Commonly short term economic interest has damaging ...

A SAFETY, HEALTH, ENVIRONMENTAL and risk management professionals are stakeholders in issues involving safety, health and environmental protection. The insurance industry, in particular, is a major participant in the modern safety movement. As such, it exerts substantial influence on SH&E protection and regulatory compliance in various industrial, nonindustrial and commercial areas (including b...

Citizen science has a significant contribution to Natural Resource Management (NRM) through the acquisition and sharing of knowledge. Innovative online technology is playing an increasing role in the support and implementation of citizen science activities. Two projects being conducted in Victoria are using web-based spatial applications to facilitate and support the use of community sourced in...