Environmental Risks - Scope
'risk' danger,thatis, ,riskis interpretedmorenarrowlytomeantheprobabil ityorchanceofsufferinganadverseconsequen ce, 'floodrisk'canrefertothepresenceofa dangerofflooding-a floodhazard,ormorenarrowly,a specificprobabilitysuchasa (alOa-yearflood).Becausetheword'risk' ;thatis, 'environmentalrisk'astheprobabilityvalue ofanundesirableeventanditsconsequencesth atarisefromaspontaneousnaturaloriginorfr omahumanaction(physicaloradministrative) thatis 'impactassessment'and'riskassessment'is thatimpactassessmentsareconcernedwitheve ntsthatarereasonablycertaintooccur,while riskassessmentis 'certain'and'probabilistic' ,theyareusedtodescribetheknownimpactsofv ariousevents, (whichis inpartduetoourincreasedunderstandingofth einterrelationshipofevents), ,assessmentsbegantomakeuseofmathematical techniques, ,thetermriskassessmentcameintobeingtodif ferentiatethenewtypeofassessmentsfromthe earlier'impact' ,modeofanalysis,ormanagement, ,riskis.
risks they are less germane to our discussion than are risks such as soil erosion, natural hazards and water pollution. 1.1.6 Which Environmental Risks Are Important? Many of the environmental risks that have received public attention follow on the heels of urbanization and industrialization; they are the risks of economic development.
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