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Role of Comparative Risk Assessment in Addressing Environmental Security in the Middle East

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  • Alon Tal
  • Igor Linkov

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During the 21st century, environmental challenges are likely to intensify across the world and possibly lead to violent conflicts. Strategies for conflict avoidance will be incomplete unless they recognize, discuss, and mitigate regional environmental stress factors. Comparative risk assessment (CRA) is one of the most critical tools emerging to influence modern environmental policies and is increasingly used to create a common language to help reconcile competing interests in development and environmental disputes around the world. This article considers the environmental challenges facing the Middle East in light of their “transboundary” nature and proposes CRA as a framework for setting environmental priorities and reducing tensions in the region.

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  • Alon Tal & Igor Linkov, 2004. "Role of Comparative Risk Assessment in Addressing Environmental Security in the Middle East," Risk Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 24(5), pages 1243-1248, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:riskan:v:24:y:2004:i:5:p:1243-1248
    DOI: 10.1111/j.0272-4332.2004.00522.x
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    1. Paolo Gardoni & Colleen Murphy, 2014. "A Scale of Risk," Risk Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 34(7), pages 1208-1227, July.
    2. David M. Hassenzahl, 2006. "Implications of Excessive Precision for Risk Comparisons: Lessons from the Past Four Decades," Risk Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 26(1), pages 265-276, February.

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