NTU UK: Barnett-O'Hagan-2004
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Title
| Setting Environmental Standards: The Statistical Approach to Handling Uncertainty and Variation |
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Author
| Barnett, Vic and O'Hagan, A. |
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Abstract/Summary Statement
| This book describes setting environmental standards in face of uncertainty and variability. Distiguishes among ideal standard, realizable standard, statistically verifiable standard. Setting Environmental Standards includes: 1. a current analysis regarding the treatment of uncertainty and variation in environmental standard setting 2. a review of basic principles in standard setting, including costs, actions and effects, and benefits 3. examples where uncertainty and variation have been well-treated in current practice as well as examples where clear deficiencies are apparent 4. specific proposals for the future approach to setting environmental pollution standards - encompassing the anticipated elements of uncertainty and variability |
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Table of Contents
| Chapters include: 1. Introduction 2. Basic Considerations in setting standards 3. The pollutant-effect relationship and other links 4. Current and developing incorporation of uncertainty and variability in standard-setting 5. Current standards: examples 6. Conclusions: the current situation and a forward look References |
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Citation
| Barnett, V. and O'Hagan, A., 1997, Setting Environmental Standards: The Statistical Approach to Handling Uncertainty and Variation. Chapman and Hall/CRC: London, England. 112 pp. |
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Method Source
| NTU UK |
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Source Organization Country
| UK |
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Publication Year
| 1997 |
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Special Notes
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Item Type
| Book |
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Publication Source Type
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Academic Institution |
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Purpose
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Data analysis |
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Design or Data Analysis Objectives
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Compliance with a threshold Revisit |
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Complexity
| Medium |
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Media Emphasized
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Groundwater Soils/Sediment Surface Water |
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