Environmental risk management in South Africa
Title:
Environmental risk management in South Africa
Author:
Mentis, M. T.
ISBN:
9780620507523
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Publication Information:
[South Africa] : Mike Mentis, c2010.
Physical Description:
174 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents:
Why this book? -- Why environmental risk management? -- Risk management algorithm -- Risk management objective -- Risk identification -- Risk prioritization -- Developing control measures -- Implementing control measures -- Audit, review and revision -- Updating the risk analysis -- Decision making -- The future of ERM.
Abstract:
"Risk has leapt into the limelight following the recent global financial meltdown and current concern about man-induced global climatic disruption. How might we identify, prioritize and control the gravest threats to health, wellbeing and the life-support processes of the biosphere? Environmental risk management in South Africa (ERM) guides the use of the science of uncertainty to safeguard our environment, business projects and existing infrastructure. This book proposes a refocus of conventional integrated environmental management that tries to be comprehensive but fails. No one can afford everything. ERM advocates a 'fast & frugal' procedure to direct inevitably finite resources of budget, manpower and time in containing the biggest risks."--Cover.
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