Over recent years there has been an increasing awareness of the risks of
locating hazardous industries near heavily populated, environmentally
sensitive areas. This new awareness demands a novel approach to safety
planning for hazardous industries; one that looks at the problem from
the point of view of integrated regional risk assessment which, besides
the risks arising from natural events, should also include the risks
arising from the processing plants, storage and the transportation of
dangerous goods.
Volume I of Integrated Regional Risk Assessment highlights the main
procedures for the assessment of risks to health and environmental
impacts from continuous emissions of pollutants into air, water and soil
under normal operating conditions.
Volume II deals with the assessment of consequences of accidental
releases, helping to answer such questions as:
What can go wrong?
What are the effects and consequences?
How often will it happen? £/LIST£ The main procedural steps are
supported by relevant, internationally recognised methods of risk
assessment. The book also reviews criteria and guidelines for the
implementation of risk assessment and management at different stages.
Audience: Students, engineers, and scientists in charge of developing
new methodologies for hazard analysis and risk assessment; practitioners
of environmental protection; local and governmental authorities charged
with implementing environmental risk impact procedures and guidelines.
