Environmental Risk ManagementEnvironmental Risk ManagementTeaching material and methodsTeaching material and methods

Yiannis Xenidis, LecturerYiannis Xenidis, LecturerDepartment of Civil Engineering Department of Civil Engineering

Faculty of Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Faculty of Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, GreeceThessaloniki, Greece

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Thessaloniki, Greece

DEREL Training Meeting – 12-13 October 2011 – Department of Civil Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki

Overview of the fieldOverview of the field

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DEREL Training Meeting – 12-13 October 2011 – Department of Civil Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki

Decision making

IdentificationClassification

Quantitative

Qualitative

Assessment

Monitoring - Control

Response

Risk management plan

Aim of the courseAim of the course

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1. Identifying and quantitatively appreciating the uncertainty or reliability degree of the different variables and parameters under study.

2. Conceiving the significance of risk in environmental issues and problems and applying methods for its quantification.

3. Producing decision trees on various types of decision and risk analyses.

4. Solving environmental management problems by applying principles and methods of decision analysis.

DEREL Training Meeting – 12-13 October 2011 – Department of Civil Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki

Structure of the courseStructure of the course

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1. Definitions on risk, hazard, uncertainty. 2. Content, Data, Tools and Techniques, Templates for

each risk management process.1. Risk identification: Delphi, Questionnaires, SWOT analysis,

Brainstorming.2. Qualitative Risk Assessment: HAZOP study, Probability –

Impact matrix, FMEA.3. Quantitative Risk Assessment: Sensitivity analysis,

Scenario analysis, Decision trees, Analytical assessment, Monte Carlo simulation.

4. Risk Monitoring and Control: Monitoring equipment.5. Risk response: Basics on Decision-making theory, Decision-

making methods (MCDA, Decision trees, etc.)

Proposed literatureProposed literature

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DEREL Training Meeting – 12-13 October 2011 – Department of Civil Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki

1. Standards: PMBOK, BS_EN, ISO, National.2. Books:

http://ebookee.org/Risk-Analysis-of-Water-Pollution-by-Jacques-Ganoulis_948749.html http://www.springer.com/environment/pollution+and+remediation/book/978-1-4020-4597-4http://www.scribd.com/doc/41655498/Groundwater-Contamination-Management-Contain-Risk-Assessment-and-Legal-Issues-Volume-II http://ebookee.org/Urban-Water-Security-Managing-Risks-UNESCO-IHP_310832.html

3. Scientific papers and presentations.

Student’s evaluationStudent’s evaluation

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DEREL Training Meeting – 12-13 October 2011 – Department of Civil Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki

After successfully attending the course the postgraduate student should be capable of: 1.Written exams. 2.Projects or exercises (per student) during the semester.

Both needed!Students still find both the course and the exams very demanding