Role of comparative risk assessment in addressing environmental security in the Middle East

Risk Analysis

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1243-1248

  Tal, Alon ^a   Linkov, Igor ^b  

^a ARAVA INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Israel)

^b Cambridge Environmental Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative risk assessment; Decision making; Environmental security; Middle East; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FORMAL LANGUAGES; PUBLIC POLICY; PUBLIC RISKS; REGIONAL PLANNING;

COMPARATIVE RISK ASSESSMENT (CRA); ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS FACTORS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSBOUNDARY COOPERATION;

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; MIDDLE EAST; NONHUMAN; POLICY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; WORLD;

EID: 8844230330     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0272-4332.2004.00522.x     Document Type: Review

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