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The risks of risk-based regulation: Insights from the environmental policy domain

Rothstein, Henry, Irving, Phil, Walden, Terry, Yearsley, Roger·2006·Environment International
DOI 10.1016/j.envint.2006.06.008
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Risk-based regulation has become increasingly popular in recent years. Proponents argue that it facilitates robust governance, contributing to efficient and effective use of regulatory resources and delivering interventions in proportion to risk. Critics contend that the challenges of operationalising risk-based governance mitigate its potential benefits. In this paper we start by considering what we mean by risk-based governance and discuss some of the factors shaping the adoption of such strategies. We then consider the development and operation of risk-based approaches in the environmental policy domain, focusing specifically on the regulation of contaminated land and radioactive waste. We argue that whilst risk-based approaches can offer important benefits, they face a range of epistemic, institutional and normative challenges that can play an important role in shaping the way that organisations manage both risks to society and their own institutional risks. This has profound implications for achieving regulatory objectives and, for this paper, the environmental outcomes that the regulations are designed to deliver.

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Authors
Rothstein, H., Irving, P., Walden, T., & Yearsley, R.
Affiliations
  • London School of Economics and Political Science (GB)
  • Environment Agency (GB)
Corresponding author
Rothstein, Henry
ORCID
Rothstein, Henry
Venue
Environment International
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2006-12
Volume
32
Issue
8
Pages
1056-1065
ISSN
0160-4120 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.envint.2006.06.008
OpenAlex
W1998944701
Cited by
123
References
29
Citations by year
2026: 9 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 7 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 27 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 11 · 2017: 9 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 3 · 2013: 7 · 2012: 8
FWCI
8.35
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations
  • Environment International (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
  • Research Portal (King's College London) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • International Atomic Energy Agency
  • Economic and Social Research Council (RES-572-28-5001)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Regulation and Compliance Studies
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Risk Perception and Management
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Engineering › Environmental and Industrial Safety
Keywords
risk-based regulation, risk-based governance, environmental policy, epistemic challenges, institutional risk, normative questions
MeSH terms
Environment, Environmental Exposure, Environmental Health, Policy Making, Radiation Protection, Waste Management, Risk Assessment

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