Filipsson, Monika. (2011). Uncertainty, variability and environmental risk analysis. Linnaeus University Dissertations No 35/2011. ISBN: 978-91-8649163-5. Written in English. The negative effects of hazardous substances and possible measures that can be taken are evaluated in the environmental risk analysis process, consisting of risk assessment, risk communication and risk management. Uncertai...

Scientists from different disciplines now routinely work together on complex, multi-interactive, geochemical and biochemical environmental processes and it has become necessary to define a common language that can be understood by all the relevant scientific community. This in turn will aid the transfer of expertise between scientists from different disciplines. This paper attempts to relate di...

Cost-benefit analysis (CBA) is controversial for environmental issues, but is nevertheless employed by many governments and private organizations for making environmental decisions. Controversy centers on the practice of economic discounting in CBA for decisions that have substantial long-term consequences, as do most environmental decisions. Customarily, economic discounting has been calculate...

Because of the uncertainties and irreversibilities that are often inherent in environmental degradation, its prevention, and its economic consequences, environmental policy design can involve important problems of timing. I use a simple two-period model to illustrate these optimal timing problems and their implications for environmental policy. I then lay out and solve a continuous-time model o...

Since market and environmental conditions are becoming increasingly turbulent, ICT sourcing alternatives (such as colocation) have gained considerable attention in the industry since they allow firms to become more agile and responsive to environmental changes and increasing competition. However, little research has been conducted to analyze how different factors affect ICT sourcing decisions i...

In general, estimates of uncertainties in measured values give an idea of the quality of the measurement. However with environmental noise measurements this is not necessarily the case since the variables affecting the measured levels can often not be controlled. Consequently an appreciation of the uncertainties in results lead rather to a better understanding of the measurement and its potenti...

In this paper, two different visions of the relationship between science and policy are contrasted with one another: the "modern" vision and the "precautionary" vision. Conditions which must apply in order to invoke the Precautionary Principle are presented, as are some of the main challenges posed by the principle. The following central question remains: If scientific certainty cannot be provi...