Managing pesticide risks for non-target ecosystems with pesticide risk indicators: a multi-criteria approach

Chiara Maria Travisi, Peter Nijkamp, Marco Vighi and Paolo Giacomelli

International Journal of Environmental Technology and Management, 2006, vol. 6, issue 1/2, 141-162

Abstract: In the search for effective pesticide risk management tools, the design of pesticide risk indicators is nowadays receiving increasing attention as a complement to more established regulatory strategies. In the present paper, we apply some recently developed pesticide risk indices and test their potential for management purposes. A pilot approach is proposed, which explores pesticide worst-case hazard scenarios at different space-time scales by means of a set of five ecotoxicological risk indices. The results are then interpreted from the perspective of a decision support method using the so-called critical threshold value approach. Our risk analysis is then enriched within a multi-criteria framework which integrates environmental, agronomic and economic objectives.

Keywords: pesticides; hazard assessment; risk assessment; risk indices; decision support tools; decision support systems; DSS; multicriteria analysis; risk management; risk indicators; ecosystems; toxicology; threshold value approach; environmental management. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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