Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Series: Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers Creation-Date: 2004-01-22 Number: 04-009/3 Author-Name: Chiara Maria Travisi Author-Email: chiara.travisi@feem.it Author-Workplace-Name: Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei, University of Milano, Milan, Italy Author-Name: Peter Nijkamp Author-Email: pnijkamp@feweb.vu.nl Author-Workplace-Name: Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Author-Name: Marco Vighi Author-Email: marco.vighi@unimib.it Author-Workplace-Name: University of Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy Author-Name: Paolo Giacomelli Author-Email: paolo.giacomelli@unimi.it Author-Workplace-Name: University of Milano, Italy Title: Managing Pesticide Risks for Non-Target Ecosystems with Pesticide Risk Indicators: a Multicriteria Approach Abstract: In the search for effective pesticide risk management tools, the design of pesticide risk indicators is nowadays receiving increasing attention as a complement to more established regulatory strategies. In the present paper, we apply some recently developed pesticide risk indices and test their potential for management purposes. A pilot approach is proposed, which explores pesticide worst-case hazard scenarios at different space-time scales by means of a set of 5 ecotoxicological risk indices. The results are then interpreted from the perspective of a decision support method using the so-called Critical Threshold Value approach. Our risk analysis is then enriched within a multicriteria framework which integrates environmental, agronomic and economic objectives. Classification-JEL: Q16; Q24; Q25; R38; H8 Keywords: pesticides; hazard and risk assessment; risk indices; decision support tools; multicriteria analysis File-Url: https://papers.tinbergen.nl/04009.pdf File-Format: application/pdf File-Size: 527327 bytes Handle: RePEc:tin:wpaper:20040009