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Summary

Increasing application of the concept of risk raises several policy and management issues for environmental managers. Functionally, risk can be structured as risk assessment, risk management and risk communication. Each of these functional areas have complex technical issues associated with them that are often unfamiliar to the public.

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  1. The Ohio State University, 210 Kottman Hall, 2021 Coffey Road, 43210, Columbus, Ohio, USA

    Donald W. Floyd

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Dr Donald W. Floyd is an Assistant Professor in the School of Natural Resources at The Ohio State University. He specialises in natural resource/environmental policy, with an emphasis on conflict resolution.

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Floyd, D.W. The hazards of risk management. Environmentalist 11, 293–296 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01266562

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