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Assessing Risks from Contaminated Sites: Policy and Practice in 16 European Countries
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Environmental Impact AssessmentEcological Risk AssessmentExposure AssessmentNatural Hazard AssessmentEnvironmental ExposureEnvironmental HealthRisk ManagementEuropean CountriesManagementPublic HealthHealth Risk AssessmentCaracas ProgrammeEcotoxicologyEnvironmental Risk AssessmentHuman Safety AssessmentRisk AssessmentEnvironmental EngineeringGlobal HealthEnvironmental RemediationEnvironmental ToxicologyDisaster MitigationConcerted Action InitiativeDisaster Risk ReductionNatural Hazard Mitigation
A concerted action initiative on risk assessment for contaminated sites (CARACAS, 1996 ‐ 1998) was funded by the European Commission under the Environment and Climate Programme and coordinated by the German Umweltbundesamt. A major outcome of CARACAS has been the publication of two books. The first (Ferguson et al. 1998) covers the scientific basis for risk assessment. The second (Ferguson & Kasamas 1999) provides authoritative and detailed reviews on policy and practice in the 16 European countries contributing to the CARACAS programme: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom. This paper summarises policy and practice in those 16 countries.