A spatial risk assessment methodology to support the remediation of contaminated land

Environment International

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 397-411

  Carlon, Claudio ^a   Pizzol, Lisa ^a   Critto, Andrea ^b   Marcomini, Antonio ^b  

^a Consorzio Venezia Ricerche ^*  (Italy)

^b CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Contaminated land; Decision Support System; Geographical Information System; Remediation; Spatial risk assessment

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CONTAMINATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; HEALTH RISKS; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION;

CONTAMINANTS OF CONCERNS (COC); GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SPATIAL RISK ASSESSMENTS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

GROUND WATER;

ALGORITHM; CONTAMINATED LAND; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DEGRADATION; GIS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; REMEDIATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOFTWARE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 41049100299     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2007.09.009     Document Type: Article

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