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Uncertainty, Risk and Decisions
This chapter discusses the notions of uncertainty and risk in relation to decision-making, with an emphasis on their implications for life cycle...
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Risk Characteristics and Evolution of (Risk and Safety) Concepts
Basics of any policy analysis are the description of the characteristics of the respective waste systems, fulfilling the requirement of criterion #3,...
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Sustainable Development Risks and Risk Management A Systemic View from the Positions of Economics and Law
This book is devoted to a systemic study of socio-economic development risks arising in the Decade of Action, as well as the prospects for risk...
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Fipronil Risk Assessment in Tropical Soils: Relevant Concentrations Cause High Risk to the Edaphic Community
Widely used in agricultural fields, fipronil acts in the arthropods’ nervous systems. Although advances have been noticed, little is known about the...
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Human Health Risk from Stormwater Pollution
Urban stormwater contains a diversity of pollutants and some can be toxic to human healthHuman health such as heavy metalsHeavy metals (HMs) and...
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Drought Disaster Risk Reduction and Its Environmental Benefits
Investing time and resources in Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), not only influence disaster losses, but also enhance economic, social and...
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Financial intermediation through risk sharing vs non-risk sharing contracts, role of credit risk, and sustainable production: evidence from leading countries in Islamic finance
The asset side of Islamic banks has two different portfolios running side by side, namely risk-sharing (PLS) and non-risk sharing (non-PLS)...
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Indoor Risk Assessment and Guideline Values
Quantitative risk assessment is a multi-stage process at the end of which there is a qualitative and quantitative health assessment of the risks for...
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The politics of climate risk assessment
Almost 25 years ago, sociologist Anthony Giddens wrote that ‘risk and responsibility are in fact closely linked’
1 . Extending this to climate risk,...
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Risk Assessment and Management in Nanotoxicology
Risk assessment and management in the realm of nanotoxicology represents an indispensable and multifaceted discipline that is profoundly committed to...
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Flood Risk Assessment in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area
Flood processes are one of the most challenging to risk assessment and management. In many situations, peak flows are generated kilometers away from...
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The impact of disclosure of risk information on risk propagation in the industrial symbiosis network
The interdependent symbiotic relationship between enterprises may bring potential risks to the stability of the industrial symbiosis network (ISN)....
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The impact of green technology innovation and firm default risk: benefit effect or risk effect?—evidence from the panel data on Chinese manufacturing firms
In the context of China’s strategic goal of carbon neutrality, the realization of green technology innovation to reduce the risk of manufacturing...
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Human Health Risk Assessment of Toxic Chemical Pollutants in Stormwater Implications for Urban Stormwater Reuse
This book presents a detailed analysis in relation to human health risk assessment of the main toxic chemical pollutants in urban stormwater...
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Operationalizing climate risk in a global warming hotspot
Climate change is a looming threat to marine life, creating an urgent need to develop climate-informed conservation strategies. The Climate Risk...
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Theoretical Basis of Risk Management in Manufacturing Enterprises
The paper examines the scientific and theoretical views of scientists on risks in manufacturing enterprises, their impact on the economy and...
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Vapor Intrusion Simulations and Risk Assessments
This book introduces key concepts in modeling and risk assessments of vapor intrusion, a process by which the subsurface volatile contaminants...
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Wildfire imagery reduces risk information-seeking among homeowners as property wildfire risk increases
Negative imagery of destruction may induce or inhibit action to reduce risks from climate-exacerbated hazards, such as wildfires. This has generated...
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Map** the forest fire risk zones using artificial intelligence with risk factors data
Geographical information system data has been used in forest fire risk zone map** studies commonly. However, forest fires are caused by many...
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Risk Associated with MPs in Urban Waterways
MPs are complex environmental contaminants as they bind to a wide range of other contaminants. MPs associated contaminants include toxic chemical...