Assessing Environmental Risks: Lessons From Superfund Academic Article

abstract

• This essay analyzes the use of risk assessment in Superfund, the controversial American hazardous waste cleanup programme. We argue that risk assessment has been used in three ways in discussing policy options in this programme: as a metric for assessing performance; as a means for resolving conflicts; and as a tool for comparing different environmental initiatives. Use of risk reduction as an analytical tool in European efforts to clean up hazardous waste sites is discussed. We conclude that while risk assessment has potential utility for each of these applications, there are also accompanying technical and political difficulties. Copyright 1994, Wiley Blackwell. All rights reserved

authors

• Mumpower, Jeryl

published proceedings

• Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management

author list (cited authors)

• Nakamura, R. T., Church, T. W., & Mumpower, J. L.

citation count

• 1

publication date

• January 1994

publisher

• Wiley  Publisher

published in

• Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management  Journal

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1111/j.1468-5973.1994.tb00036.x

start page

• 136

end page

• 145

volume

• 2

issue

• 3

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-5973.1994.tb00036.x