Environmental Health and Hazard Risk Assessment
Principles and Calculations
1st Edition
Published on 5. June 2012
Book
Hardback
636 pages
978-1-4398-6887-4 (ISBN)
Description
Environmental Health and Hazard Risk Assessment: Principles and Calculations explains how to evaluate and apply environmental health and hazard risk assessment calculations in a variety of real-life settings. Using a wealth of examples and case studies, the book helps readers develop both a theoretical understanding and a working knowledge of the principles of health, safety, and accident management.
Learn the Fundamentals of Health, Safety, and Accident Management
The book takes a pragmatic approach to risk assessment, identifying problems and outlining solutions. Organized into four parts, the text:
Presents an overview of the history of environmental health and hazard problems, legal considerations, and emergency planning and response
Tackles the broad subject of health risk assessment, discussing toxicology, exposure, and health risk characterization
Examines hazard risk assessment in significant detail-from problem identification, probability, consequence, and characterization of hazards/accidents to the fundamentals of applicable statistics theory
Uses case studies to demonstrate the applications and calculations of risk analysis for real systems
Incorporate Health and Safety in Process Design
The book assumes only a basic background in physics, chemistry, and mathematics, making it suitable for students and those new to the field. It is also a valuable reference for practicing engineers, scientists, technicians, technical managers, and others tasked with ensuring that plant and equipment operations meet applicable standards and regulations. A clear and comprehensive resource, this book offers guidance for those who want to reduce or eliminate the environmental health effects and accidents that can result in loss of life, materials, and property.
Learn the Fundamentals of Health, Safety, and Accident Management
The book takes a pragmatic approach to risk assessment, identifying problems and outlining solutions. Organized into four parts, the text:
Presents an overview of the history of environmental health and hazard problems, legal considerations, and emergency planning and response
Tackles the broad subject of health risk assessment, discussing toxicology, exposure, and health risk characterization
Examines hazard risk assessment in significant detail-from problem identification, probability, consequence, and characterization of hazards/accidents to the fundamentals of applicable statistics theory
Uses case studies to demonstrate the applications and calculations of risk analysis for real systems
Incorporate Health and Safety in Process Design
The book assumes only a basic background in physics, chemistry, and mathematics, making it suitable for students and those new to the field. It is also a valuable reference for practicing engineers, scientists, technicians, technical managers, and others tasked with ensuring that plant and equipment operations meet applicable standards and regulations. A clear and comprehensive resource, this book offers guidance for those who want to reduce or eliminate the environmental health effects and accidents that can result in loss of life, materials, and property.
Reviews / Votes
"... should be part of any public health library. ... highly recommended for use by risk/hazard assessors, regulatory officials, industry risk/hazard managers, environmental science/health students, public health practitioners, and readers of HERA. Kudos to the authors for preparing such a useful and fulfilling book."-Barry L. Johnson, Ph.D., Managing Editor, Journal of Human and Ecological Risk Assessment
"This reader-friendly text is excellently written and unique in the breadth, depth and application of the subject. It is brought to life and made very understandable via the illustrative examples. This would be my first choice when recommending a text to someone interested in discovering what environmental risk is all about."
-John D. McKenna, Ph.D., Principal, ETS, INC, Roanoke, Virginia, USA
"Such a calculation-based book was sorely needed ... a 'must' for any technical library."
-Anthony Buonicore, P.E., BCEE, QEP, Principal, Buonicore Partners, LLC, Connecticut, USA
"This is the definitive book on environmental risk. The book addresses critically needed regulatory issues, the case studies illustrating the magnitude of risk associated with resource management industries such as coal mines, the BP oil disaster, [and] natural disasters. ... The problems and solutions will be very valuable to readers to further understand the concept of health risk and hazardous risk and its management. It has excellent illustrative examples that range from real-world applications to a hypothetical meteorite collision. This will be a very valuable textbook for students as well as a reference book for engineers, scientists and regulatory personnel."
-Kumar Ganesan, Professor and Head, Department of Environmental Engineering, Montana Tech, USA
"This book is easy to read and is loaded with over 200 well-thought-out illustrative examples of risk assessment that complement the theory and provide appropriate practical applications. This is a wonderful book that will serve both students and graduates well."
-Leo Stander, PE, BCEE, Cary, North Carolina, USA "... should be part of any public health library. ... highly recommended for use by risk/hazard assessors, regulatory officials, industry risk/hazard managers, environmental science/health students, public health practitioners, and readers of HERA. Kudos to the authors for preparing such a useful and fulfilling book."-Barry L. Johnson, Ph.D., Managing Editor, Journal of Human and Ecological Risk Assessment
"This reader-friendly text is excellently written and unique in the breadth, depth and application of the subject. It is brought to life and made very understandable via the illustrative examples. This would be my first choice when recommending a text to someone interested in discovering what environmental risk is all about."-John D. McKenna, Ph.D., Principal, ETS, INC, Roanoke, Virginia, USA
"Such a calculation-based book was sorely needed ... a 'must' for any technical library."-Anthony Buonicore, P.E., BCEE, QEP, Principal, Buonicore Partners, LLC, Connecticut, USA
"This is the definitive book on environmental risk. The book addresses critically needed regulatory issues, the case studies illustrating the magnitude of risk associated with resource management industries such as coal mines, the BP oil disaster, [and] natural disasters. ... The problems and solutions will be very valuable to readers to further understand the concept of health risk and hazardous risk and its management. It has excellent illustrative examples that range from real-world applications to a hypothetical meteorite collision. This will be a very valuable textbook for students as well as a reference book for engineers, scientists and regulatory personnel." -Kumar Ganesan, Professor and Head, Department of Environmental Engineering, Montana Tech, USA
"This book is easy to read and is loaded with over 200 well-thought-out illustrative examples of risk assessment that complement the theory and provide appropriate practical applications. This is a wonderful book that will serve both students and graduates well."-Leo Stander, PE, BCEE, Cary, North Carolina, USA
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Bosa Roca
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Environmental managers; corporate compliance officers; undergraduate students in environmental management courses; regulatory officials; and industrial maintenance personnel.
Illustrations
65 s/w Tabellen, 70 s/w Abbildungen
65 Tables, black and white; 70 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 38 mm
Weight
1112 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4398-6887-4 (9781439868874)
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Additional editions
Louis Theodore | R. Ryan Dupont
Environmental Health and Hazard Risk Assessment
Principles and Calculations
E-Book
12/2017
1st Edition
CRC Press
€224.99
Available for download
Louis Theodore | R. Ryan Dupont
Environmental Health and Hazard Risk Assessment
Principles and Calculations
E-Book
12/2017
CRC Press
€224.99
Available for download
Persons
Theodore, Louis; Dupont, R. Ryan
Content
Part I Introductory Comments: About the Book. History of Environmental Health Problems. History of Environmental Hazard Problems. Health Risk versus Hazard Risk. Environmental Regulatory Framework. Emergency Planning and Response. Part II Health Risk Assessment: Introduction to Health Risk Assessment. Health Problem Identification. Toxicity and Dose-Response. Exposure Assessment. Health Risk Characterization. Part III Hazard Risk Assessment: Introduction to Hazard Risk Assessment. Hazard/Event Problem Identification. Hazard/Event Probability. Hazard/Event Consequences. Hazard Risk Characterization. Part IV Case Studies: Case for Case Studies. Monte Carlo Simulation. Emergency Planning and Response. Natural Disasters. Industrial Accidents. Afterword. Index.