Decision Making and Sustainable Development Unit2:环境决策与可持续发展 Risk Growth Cost Decisions Environment Benefit
Decision Making and Sustainable Development Unit 2: 环境决策与可持续发展
Useful Words and Expressions Risk-风险 Probability-可能性(概率上的) Possibility-可能性(一般意义上的) Benefit-效益 Assessment-评价 Exposure-暴露 Pollutant一污染物 Toxin-毒素 Priority-优先 Regulatory-规则的 Monitor-监测(动词)
Useful Words and Expressions • Risk – 风险 • Probability – 可能性 (概率上的 ) • Possibility – 可能性 (一般意义上的 ) • Benefit – 效益 • Assessment – 评价 • Exposure – 暴露 • Pollutant – 污染物 • Toxin – 毒素 • Priority – 优先 • Regulatory – 规则的 • Monitor – 监测 (动词 )
Useful Words and Expressions Threshold-阈值 Perception-感觉、感受 Consumption-消耗、消费 Supp!y-供应、供给 Demand-需求 Emission一发出、发射 Subsidy-补助、补贴(来自政府的) Sustainable-可持续的 Renewable-可更新的 Adaptable-可采用的 nstitutiona|-制度的
Useful Words and Expressions • Threshold – 阈值 • Perception – 感觉、感受 • Consumption – 消耗、消费 • Supply – 供应、供给 • Demand – 需求 • Emission – 发出、发射 • Subsidy – 补助、补贴 (来自政府的 ) • Sustainable – 可持续的 • Renewable – 可更新的 • Adaptable – 可采用的 • Institutional – 制度的
Measuring Risk Two primary factors in most decisions Risk: how likely is it that something will happen? Cost: what is the cost of this course of action? Risk analysis involves defining a mathematical probability relating the likelihood of an event (adverse effect) Probability and Possibility Probability: quantitative -how likely Possibility: qualitative -if or not
Measuring Risk • Two primary factors in most decisions: – Risk: how likely is it that something will happen? – Cost: what is the cost of this course of action? • Risk analysis involves defining a mathematical probability relating the likelihood likelihood of an event (adverse effect). • Probability and Possibility – Probability Probability: quantitative – how likely – Possibility Possibility: qualitative – if or not
Risk Analysis and Decision Making Consequences Decision-making of risk process and Decisions prioritization Decision-Making Process: The assessment, cost, and consequences of risks are all important to the decision-making process
Risk Analysis and Decision Making Decision Decision -Making Process Making Process: The assessment, cost, and consequences of risks are all important to the decision-making process