Lecture 12 - Risk Assessment and Risk Management, I

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Learning Objectives

1. Develop a basic understanding of risk assessment and its role within the risk management process.
2. Differentiate between risk assessment and risk management.
3. Develop a basic understanding of how to conduct and evaluate an uncertainty analysis for a risk assessment.

Advance Reading

1. Richards, pp 375-392

Resources

Keywords

Suggested Reading

1. "Risk Assessment Portal"  USEPA
2. "Ecological Risk Assessment Training" USEPA
3. Case study: Se Human Health Risk Model (spreadsheet of deterministic inputs and outputs).
4. Case study: Se Human Health Risk Model (stochastic output of above model).
5. Case study: Se Human Health Risk Model (model equations).
6. Case study: Se Human Health Risk Model (assumptions)