Integrated Assessment of Environmental Hazard of Enterprises and Territories

Abstract

There was presented methodology of integrated assessment of environmental hazard, whose main elements are: identification of sources of environmental hazard; assessment of the degree of danger of existing environmental situation; analysis of environmental risks and the assessment  of the potential environmental hazard; integrated assessment of existing and potential environmental hazard in a particular area. There was presented systematization of sources of environmental hazard and methods of identifying the existing and potential sources of environmental hazard. Hazard degree assessments of existing environmental situation include landscape identification of the territory, the definition of the total anthropogenic load, and integrated assessment of environment pollution. Environmental hazards in a particular area is determined by the combined action of existing and potential sources of environmental hazards, as well as a degree of danger of existing environmental situation. The presented method was tested in the evaluation of environmental hazards in the Stavropol Kray territory. The proposed method allows carrying out a qualitative assessment of environmental hazard of enterprises and territories, the results of which form the basis for developing measures to ensure environmental safety.