dc.contributor.author | Butt, TE | |
dc.contributor.author | Gouda, HM | |
dc.contributor.author | Alam, A | |
dc.contributor.author | Javadi, AA | |
dc.contributor.author | Nunns, MA | |
dc.contributor.author | Allen, TJ | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-01-29T11:15:27Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017-03-04 | |
dc.description.abstract | Despite landfills having the potential to pollute the environment both during their operation and long after they have ceased to receive waste, they remain a dominant waste management option, particularly in the UK. In order to combat the environmental pollution caused by landfills, risk analysis is increasingly being employed through computer models. However, for a risk analysis process to be successful, its foundation has to be well established through a baseline study. This paper aims to identify knowledge gaps in software packages regarding environmental risk assessments in general, and especially those that have been developed specifically for landfills and landfill leachate. The research establishes that there is no holistic computer model for the baseline study of landfills, which risk assessors can use to conduct risk analyses specifically for landfill leachate. This paper also describes a number of factors and features that should be added to the baseline study system in order to render it more integrated—thereby enhancing quantitative risk analysis, and subsequently environmental risk management. | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | The authors acknowledge the financial support of Dundee City Council in this project. We
are additionally grateful for the discussion and help received from Mr Peter Goldie of the
Environment & Consumer Protection Department, Dundee City Council. The support from Dr I. M.
Spence (Consultant Environmental Geologist, Scotland), and colleagues at the University of
Abertay Dundee, including Dr Kehinde O. K. Oduyemi and Mr Phillip Jenkins is also highly
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appreciated. It must be noted that concepts and ideas presented in this article by the authors do not
necessarily represent views that of their respective employer organizations | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Vol. 47, pp. 289 - 313 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1080/10643389.2016.1268366 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/31217 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Taylor & Francis: | en_GB |
dc.subject | baseline study | en_GB |
dc.subject | preliminary investigation | en_GB |
dc.subject | computer models | en_GB |
dc.subject | software packages | en_GB |
dc.subject | landfill leachate | en_GB |
dc.subject | risk analysis | en_GB |
dc.subject | risk assessment | en_GB |
dc.subject | waste disposal sites | en_GB |
dc.title | Baseline study in environmental risk assessment: Escalating need for computer models to be whole-system approach | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2018-01-29T11:15:27Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1064-3389 | |
dc.description | This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from the publisher via the DOI in this record. | en_GB |
dc.description | Accepted author version posted online: 12 Dec 2016 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.journal | Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology | en_GB |