Based on the "go to" book in the field of ecological risk assessment, this shorter, principles-based, updated textbook is essential for students and new practitioners who want to understand the purposes of environmental assessments and how to achieve them. It includes environmental risks to humans as well as nonhuman populations and ecosystems, and most types of environmental assessments. Drawing upon the author's extensive experience in the field, first as a senior research staff member in the Environmental Sciences Division at Oak Ridge Laboratory and then as science adviser in the United States Environmental Protection Agency's National Center for Environmental Assessment, the book explains fundamental principles and basic techniques and illustrates them with example applications which carry through multiple chapters and make this book a practical and hands-on guide. Both the content and the style are inviting and approachable to different levels of students.
Features
1. Integrates human health and ecological assessments.
2. Includes epidemiological, risk, causal, impact, and outcome assessments.
3. Focuses on fundamental principles that are applicable in all nations and legal contexts.
4. Employs an engaging style and draws on the author's practical experience.
5. Explains fundamental concepts in short chapters, making it perfect for beginners in the field.
6. Explains the challenges and rewards of a career in environmental assessment.
This book is a practical guide for senior and graduate students in environmental sciences and management, as well as new practitioners of assessment who want to understand the purposes of environmental assessments and how to achieve them.
About the Author: Glenn W. Suter II is a retired environmental assessor. During his 20 years at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, he served as the Science Advisor to the Director of the National Center for Environmental Assessment in Cincinnati and as Chairman of the Risk Assessment Forum's Ecological Oversight Committee. Before that he worked for 23 years in the Environmental Sciences Division of Oak Ridge National Laboratory. He has authored more than 300 publications including four authored books and four edited books. Among his recognitions, he received the SETAC Founder's Award and the USEPA's Level One Scientific Achievement Award, and gold medal for exceptional service. He is a Fellow of the AAAS and SETAC. He has worked on the development of toxicity test protocols; environmental impact assessment for nuclear, geothermal and coal energy technologies; the National Acid Precipitation Assessment; recovery of an endangered species; and ecological risk assessments of contaminated sites and of the mining of copper and coal. He participated in the development of guidance for ecological risk assessment, causal assessment, weight of evidence, field-based water quality criteria, assessment endpoints, ecosystem services, integrated risk assessment, and other topics. After this book, he intends to continue to serve as reviews editor for IEAM and spend more time clearing invasive species and otherwise restoring his bit of mixed deciduous forest.
