AN APPROACH AND METHODOLOGY OF ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ASSESSMENT FOR STRATEGIC DECISION-MAKING

Kan-Kan Wu (), Luo-Ping Zhang () and Qin-Hua Fang ()
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Kan-Kan Wu: College of the Environment and Ecology, Xiamen University, XiangAn Nan Road, Xiamen 361102, P. R. China
Luo-Ping Zhang: College of the Environment and Ecology and Coastal and Ocean Management Institute, Xiamen University, XiangAn Nan Road, Xiamen 361102, P. R. China
Qin-Hua Fang: College of the Environment and Ecology, Xiamen University, XiangAn Nan Road, Xiamen 361102, P. R. China

Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management (JEAPM), 2014, vol. 16, issue 03, 1-21

Abstract: Environmental Risk Assessment (ERA) is a powerful set of technical and analytical instruments for analyzing environmental impacts, and has found application in supporting Decision-Making Processes (DMPs) over the last two decades. However, there is no interrelated application of ERA in Strategic Decision-Making (SDM) processes, and no systematic research on the approaches and methods of ERA to support the processes of SDM. In this paper, a new approach and methodological system of ERA for SDM process is set up, and then applied to the Principal Coastal Functional Zoning (PCFZ) in Xiamen Bay, China, as a case study to verify the feasibility of the proposed approach and its methodology. The results show that the approach and methodology of ERA for SDM could integrate ERA into the entire SDM process, and thereby support the PCFZ directly. Furthermore, this approach avoids or mitigates against dire environmental risk that are sometimes introduced by the SDM processes.

Keywords: Environmental risk assessment; approach; methodology; strategic decision-making (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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