Chemical accidents and environmental impact assessment and forecast

Abstract

Human impact on the environment is ever more conspicuous. Changes in the environment are evident year in year out. Ecologists emphasize that the situation has already become alarming and warn that entire areas are undergoing changes, and that human impact on the environment leads to climate change and ecosystem disorders, both locally and globally. This paper explains the concept of a chemical accident with potential consequences for humans and the environment, and the concept of ecological risk, as well as the ways of assessing and forecasting the impact of chemical accidents on the environment.

Keywords

• environment
• ecological risk
• chemical accidents
• impact assessment
• impact forecasting