Concept of environmental risk management in the system of sustainable environmental economics

Abstract

The main idea of this study is to show how important environmental risks are and how to manage them. First of all it is given a definition of risk and a difference in meaning of risk – damage as an effect of human activity and the probability of occurrence. The theoretical basics for the formation of an effective system of environmental risk management were studied: the theory of planned behavior, social ecological theory, theory of environmental risk disclosure, systems theory. In the author’s concept a big role play tools of reducing risks. There is identified four main methods to reduce environmental risks. In concentrate view we prepare a concept of manage environmental risk in Lebanon concerning water resources. The key role goes to theory of natural capital and the assessment of the probable loss of natural resource potential. As a mechanism of reducing the loss of water resources presented the insurance.