Managing Pesticide Risks for Non-Target Ecosystems with Pesticide Risk Indicators: a Multicriteria Approach

Chiara Maria Travisi (), Peter Nijkamp, Marco Vighi () and Paolo Giacomelli ()
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Chiara Maria Travisi: Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei, University of Milano, Milan, Italy
Marco Vighi: University of Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy
Paolo Giacomelli: University of Milano, Italy

No 04-009/3, Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers from Tinbergen Institute

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 5 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 multicriteria framework which integrates environmental, agronomic and economic objectives.

Keywords: pesticides; hazard and risk assessment; risk indices; decision support tools; multicriteria analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H8 Q16 Q24 Q25 R38 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004-01-22
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