Special Issue

Environmental Risk Assessment and Risk Management

Submission Deadline: August 30, 2023 (Open) Submit Now

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Leonel J. R. Nunes, PhD

PROMETHEUS—Unidade de Investigação em Materiais, Energia e Ambiente para a Sustentabilidade, Escola Superior Agrária, Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo, Rua da Escola Industrial e Comercial de Nun’Alvares, 4900-347 Viana do Castelo, Portugal

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Research Interests: Biomass energy; Waste management; Thermochemical conversion technologies; Rural development; Carbon capture and storage

 

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Publication

Open Access Research Article Risk Assessment and Adaptation to Climate Change Impacts in Mexico for Indigenous and Women by Úrsula Oswald-Spring Received: 06 November 2022;  Published: 06 June 2023;  doi: 10.21926/aeer.2302035 Abstract The present article studies the policy, numbers, and costs of disaster risk management (DRM) in Mexico, a country highly exposed to climate change, due to two oceans warming up. The PEISOR methodology facilitates interrelating complex interactions and pressures between the natural and the societal system (P), where [...]

Open Access Research Article Risk Matrix of Hydrological Disasters Combining Rainfall Thresholds and Social-Environmental Criteria by Leonardo Vaz Moreira Magalhães  , Anna Silvia Palcheco Peixoto  , Gustavo Garcia Manzato  and Barbara Stolte Bezerra Received: 30 September 2022;  Published: 07 February 2023;  doi: 10.21926/aeer.2301019 Abstract This paper presents a procedure for risk assessment for hydrological disasters considering the threshold rainfall and environmental and social criteria. A case study was carried out to test its feasibility in the northern region of the State of São Paulo, Brazil. The advantage of this procedure is that it only uses data available on governmen [...]

Open Access Original Research Evaluation of Active Tectonic Features of Nandakini River Basin, Lesser Himalaya, India by Using Morphometric Indices: A GIS Approach by Pawan Kumar Gautam  and Anoop Kumar Singh Received: 11 July 2022;  Published: 30 January 2023;  doi: 10.21926/aeer.2301014 Abstract Tectonic geomorphology has been evidenced as an essential tool to define and measure recent tectonic deformation. The Nandakini River originates from Nanda Ghunti glacier at 6886 m in Lesser Himalaya. It covers about ~551 km2 basin area, with a fourth-order stream. It confluences with the Alaknanda River near Nand Pra [...]

Open Access Research Article Biogeochemical Engineering: Technologies for Managing Environmental Risks by Vladimir N. Bashkin Received: 05 September 2022;  Published: 13 October 2022;  doi: 10.21926/aeer.2204040 Abstract This research aims at one of the most important economic and environmental problems - the elimination of the consequences in case of emergency spills while cleaning petroleum products. The objectives of the study include the development and production of new biological products and biosorbents based on carbon-oxidizing microorganisms, testing [...]