RISK ASSESSMENT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL-MANAGEMENT - APPROACHES AND APPLICATIONS

Effective risk-management measures concerning the health, legislative and financial implications of environmental risk rely fundamentally on a robust risk assessment. Risk-assessment strategies exist at various levels of sophistication, and their application should be staged and matched to (a) the magnitude and significance of risks under study, (b ) the sensitivities of receptors, (c) the quality of data available, a nd (d) the means by which risks are to be communicated. Three risk-ass essment approaches are examined and their role is reviewed with respec t to the completion of multi-media environmental management projects.