Risk Assessment in Ecology

Major: Environmental Studies
Code of subject: 6.101.02.E.085
Credits: 5.00
Department: Ecology and Sustainable Environmental Management
Lecturer: PhD, Assoc. Prof. Huhlych Serhyi.
Semester: 6 семестр
Mode of study: денна
Learning outcomes: Program competencies: • ability to master international and domestic experience in solving regional and transboundary environmental problems. • know the principles of determining the risk of pollutants to humans and the environment. Program results: • be able to determine the relationship (qualitative and quantitative) between indicators of human health and the environment and the level of exposure to pollutants. Learning outcomes: • characteristics of negative factors affecting human health and the environment.
Required prior and related subjects: - higher mathematics; - physics;
Summary of the subject: Classification of danger, the relationship between man-made and environmental risks, risk assessment methodology, methods of risk assessment, the human factor in risk, risk management, the concept of environmental risk, collection and analysis of data on the source, composition and terms of pollution areas, the choice of indicators potentially danger hazards choice of priorities for investigation of pollutants and their ranking.
Assessment methods and criteria: • Current control, oral examination (30%) • Final control (control measure, exam), written-oral form (70%)
Recommended books: 1. В.Н. Башкин. Управление экологическим риском. - М. : Научный мир, 2005. - 367 с. 2. Р 2.1.10.1920-04. Руководство по оценке риска для здоровья населения при воздействии химических веществ, загрязняющих окружающую среду . – М.: 2004. – 185 с. 3. Lucy O. Reinke, Michael L. Fischman. Principles of Risk Communication. Safety, Health and Asset Protection: Management Essentials / ed. Richard W. Lack, 2nd ed. - BocaRaton: CRC Press LLC, 2002.