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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 952-964 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Journal | Waste Management |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| Early online date | 30 Oct 2007 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2008 |
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Risk assessment of landfill disposal sites : state of the art. / Butt, Talib E.; Lockley, Elaine; Oduyemi, Kehinde O. K.
In: Waste Management, Vol. 28, No. 6, 2008, p. 952-964.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
TY - JOUR
T1 - Risk assessment of landfill disposal sites
T2 - state of the art
AU - Butt, Talib E.
AU - Lockley, Elaine
AU - Oduyemi, Kehinde O. K.
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - A risk assessment process can assist in drawing a cost-effective compromise between economic and environmental costs, thereby assuring that the philosophy of ‘sustainable development’ is adhered to. Nowadays risk analysis is in wide use to effectively manage environmental issues. Risk assessment is also applied to other subjects including health and safety, food, finance, ecology and epidemiology. The literature review of environmental risk assessments in general and risk assessment approaches particularly regarding landfill disposal sites undertaken by the authors, reveals that an integrated risk assessment methodology for landfill gas, leachate or degraded waste does not exist. A range of knowledge gaps is discovered in the literature reviewed to date. From the perspective of landfill leachate, this paper identifies the extent to which various risk analysis aspects are absent in the existing approaches.
AB - A risk assessment process can assist in drawing a cost-effective compromise between economic and environmental costs, thereby assuring that the philosophy of ‘sustainable development’ is adhered to. Nowadays risk analysis is in wide use to effectively manage environmental issues. Risk assessment is also applied to other subjects including health and safety, food, finance, ecology and epidemiology. The literature review of environmental risk assessments in general and risk assessment approaches particularly regarding landfill disposal sites undertaken by the authors, reveals that an integrated risk assessment methodology for landfill gas, leachate or degraded waste does not exist. A range of knowledge gaps is discovered in the literature reviewed to date. From the perspective of landfill leachate, this paper identifies the extent to which various risk analysis aspects are absent in the existing approaches.
U2 - 10.1016/j.wasman.2007.05.012
DO - 10.1016/j.wasman.2007.05.012
M3 - Article
VL - 28
SP - 952
EP - 964
JO - Waste Management
JF - Waste Management
SN - 0956-053X
IS - 6
ER -