ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT (EHRA) APPROACHES IN THE STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ASSESSMENT (SEA) : A METAANALYSIS

Abstract

Aim: This paper aims to understand how the concept of risk and risk governance can be best articulated and integrated into Indonesia’s SEA. Attention regarding health risks emerging from human interactions with the physical environment has increased in Sustainable Development and Planning (SDP). Methodology and Results: Strategic Environment Assessment (SEA) is the current context-based methodology addressing environmental and health risks of development planning in many countries. Environmental and health risk assessment (EHRA) is an integrated part of the SEA. EHRA, as a field of science, has evolved towards specific needs in many sectors, e.g. dose-response, quantitative microbial risk assessment, ecological risk assessment. The main challenge is how to determine the suitable EHRA approaches and translate the fact-based EHRA into risk-informed strategies in SDP. In Indonesia, the SEA is mandatory for regional planning documents. However, there is limited guidelines and application on EHRA in SEA. Through a meta-analysis, we reviewed scholarly articles published from 2009 to 2019 available in Google Scholar that report the concepts and implementation of EHRA and SEA in various countries. Conclusion, significance and study impact: This study has significant implications for the understanding of risk governance in SDP.