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TEK675 TEK675 Environmental risk assessment lp3 VT25 (7.5 hp)

Course is offered by the division of Environmental Systems Analysis, department of Technology Management and Economics

Contact details

Examiner: 

Rickard Arvidsson, rickard.arvidsson@chalmers.se 

Teachers: 

Sverker Molander, sverker.molander@chalmers.se 

Gregory Peters, petersg@chalmers.se 

Sabrina Altmeyer Mendes, altmeyer@chalmers.se 

Rahul Aggarwal, rahula@chalmers.se 

Course purpose

The aim of the course is for the students to become knowledgeable about environmental risks and be able to apply environmental risk assessment.

Schedule

See pdf file under "Schedule" under Modules. 

Course literature

  1. Burgman. 2005. Risks and Decisions for Conservation and Environmental Management. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge. Chapter 1, 6, 8, https://www.vlebooks.com/Product/Index/2005222?page=0Links to an external site.
  2. van Leeuwen and Vermeire 2007. Risk assessment of chemicals: an introduction. Springer: Dordrecht. Chapter 1, 4, 7, https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-1-4020-6102-8Links to an external site.

3.Boström. 2013. Existential risk prevention as global priority. Global Policy, 4, 1, 15-31, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1758-5899.12002Links to an external site. 

  1. Suter. 2006. Chapter 17: Conceptual models. In Suter, Ecological risk assessment. 2nd edition. CRC Press: Boca Raton, https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/mono/10.1201/9781420012569-24/conceptual-models-glenn-suter-ii?context=ubx&refId=85759b9b-c62e-492e-b7af-ba58c7bd42b1 

5.Swedish Chemicals Agency. 2020. Hazard and risk assessment of chemicals – an introduction, https://www.kemi.se/download/18.32f4eb311753c0a67fe1cf6/1604653630900/Guidance-Hazard-and-risk-assessment-an-introduction.pdfLinks to an external site. 

6.Börjesson et al. 2002. Scenario types and techniques: Towards a user’s guide. Futures, 38, 723-739, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016328705002132Links to an external site. 

  1. Hayse. 2000. Using Monte Carlo analysis in ecological risk assessment. Argonne National Laboratory, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228836732_Using_Monte_Carlo_Analysis_in_Ecological_Risk_Assessments 
  2. Hammar et al. 2014. Assessing ecological risks of offshore wind power on Kattegat cod. Renewable Energy, 66, 414-424, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960148113007015Links to an external site.  
  3. Slovic et al. 1982. Why study risk perception? Risk Analysis, 2, 2, 83-93, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1539-6924.1982.tb01369.xLinks to an external site.
  4. Boholm and Corvellec. 2011. A relational theory of risk. Journal of Risk Research, 14, 2, 175-190, https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13669877.2010.515313Links to an external site.

11.Harremoës et al. 2001. Late lessons from early warnings: the precautionary principle 1896-2000. Environmental Environment Agency: Copenhagen. Chapter 1, 16, https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/environmental_issue_report_2001_22Links to an external site. 

  1. Lecture notes (under "Lectures" under Modules)

Course design

The course consists of lectures, three exercises that can grant bonus points, one compulsory literature seminar, one compulsory project, and a written exam. The written exam will be conducted at Campus using the digital software Inspera. More information about the exercises, literature seminar, and project can be found under Modules. 

Changes made since the last occasion

No major changes have been made sine the last occasion. The literature seminar has been slightly altered. The literature list has been slightly revised. 

Learning objectives 

  1. Explain the concept of risk according to a number of definitions and perspectives. 
  2. Construct conceptual models for environmental risk assessment. 
  3. Apply risk ranking in environmental contexts. 
  4. Apply quantitative environmental risk assessment to relevant cases. 
  5. Apply different approaches to uncertainty analysis in environmental risk assessment. 

Examination form

In order to pass the course, the student must pass the exam, the literature seminar, and the project. Successful participation in the exercises can grant bonus points. The maximum points on the exam is 50 and the maximum number of bonus points from exercises is 3. Grade 3 is given at 25 points, grade 4 at 34 points, and grade 5 at 43 points. 

Link to the syllabus on Studieportalen: Study planLinks to an external site.

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