A comparative approach for ranking contaminated sites based on the risk assessment paradigm using fuzzy promethee

Environmental Management

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 952-967

  Zhang, Kejiang ^a   Kluck, Cheryl ^a   Achari, Gopal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Comparative risk assessment; Fuzzy PROMETHEE; Ranking system; Risk assessment; Site management

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE APPROACH; COMPARATIVE RISK ASSESSMENT; CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT; CONTAMINATED SITES; ECOLOGICAL RISKS; ENRICHMENT EVALUATION; FUZZY PREFERENCES; FUZZY PROMETHEE; HUMAN HEALTH; INPUT DATAS; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; PROMETHEE; PROMETHEE METHOD; RANKING SYSTEM; SITE INFORMATION; SITE MANAGEMENT;

CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; CONTAMINATION; DECISION MAKING; FUZZY SETS; GROUNDWATER; HEALTH RISKS; HYDROGEOLOGY; RISK MANAGEMENT;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTAMINATED LAND; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; HEALTH RISK; HYDROGEOLOGY; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION EFFECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ALGORITHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FUZZY SYSTEM; GEOLOGY; HEALTH HAZARD; POLLUTION; PREFERENCE ORGANIZATION METHOD FOR ENRICHMENT EVALUATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

FUZZY LOGIC; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 70350341196     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-009-9368-7     Document Type: Review

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