Environmental Impact Analysis and Assessment

The Emergency Management Center has a focus on impacts of projects and environmental alterations that pose risks to the people living in affected areas. We have conducted pioneering work in the assessment of the social and psychological effects of hazardous technology including nuclear power and chemical weapons. These are related to an interest in the social dimensions of risk analysis. Currently, we are developing an approach to analyze demographic impacts of environmental alterations using a GIS approach. This will be used to estimate populations at risk, identify high vulnerability groups and assess environmental justice issues.