Risultati finali Tools for improving the authorization procedure of projects with major environmental risks Summary: This research project has developed and tested tools that could improve the authorization procedure for controversial installations such as chemical plants and waste incinerators that are feared for their potential health risks. The approach is based on case studies in six countries of Europe. The case studies (seven waste incinerators, two landfills and a power plant) have been selected at an early stage of the authorization procedure in order to permit real time input into the decision process. The first tool extends the scope of a traditional impact study by quantifying the health risks and the associated costs that would be imposed on the general public. It is uses the impact pathway methodology of the ExternE Project of the EC which traces the dispersion of a pollutant from source to receptor and applies dose-response functions to estimate impacts. The resulting risk estimates are used as input to surveys of the population and of the key actors in the authorization procedure: proposers, opponents and decision makers. A questionnaire for the survey of the key actors constitutes the second tool developed in this research project; it has been used as guideline for in-depth interviews at all case study sites. The third tool is a contingent is a contingent valuation survey of the population to assess their preferences. Questionnaires have been developed and, after extensive testing in focus groups, they have been applied the general population at three sites. Two of these sites (Barcelona and Lausanne) concern proposed incinerators for municipal solid waste (MSW). The population is asked to value the air pollution health risks associated with different technological options. The third questionnaire, applied in the region of Paris, puts the interviewee in the position of a decision maker, by asking which of several technologies with different level of pollution control he/she would prefer, given specific information about the costs and the benefits. The fourth tool concerns the communication of risks to decision makers and to the general public. One of the elements involves the comparison of risks, costs and benefits. As an example we have examined the costs and benefits of the proposed new EC (1994) regulations for MSW incineration. È in corso la ricerca di dati su OpenAIRE... Si è verificato un errore durante la ricerca dei dati su OpenAIRE Nessun risultato disponibile
