Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; Abbreviations; 1 Environmental Impact Assessment-State of the Art; 1.1 Environmental Impact Assessment; 1.1.1 Origins and Development of EIA; 1.1.2 The State of Environmental Impact Assessment; 1.1.2.1 Theory and EIA; 1.1.2.2 The Practice of EIA; 1.1.2.3 EIA Effectiveness; 1.1.3 Strengths, Weaknesses, Threats and Opportunities of EIA; 1.1.4 EIA Methods; 1.1.4.1 Types of Methods; 1.1.4.2 Impact and Manners (Methods and Process) of Its Assessment; Prediction of Potential Impact on the Environment; Predictive Methods in EIA; 1.1.5 EIA in Slovakia

1.1.5.1 Analysis and Evaluation of the Survey in Slovakia1.2 Risk Analysis; 1.2.1 Historical Background; 1.2.2 The Importance of Risk Analysis; 1.2.3 Definition of Risk Analysis; 1.2.4 Risk-Analysis Methods; 1.2.5 Parts of Risk Analysis; 1.2.6 The Uses of Risk Analysis and Assessment; 1.3 Risk Analysis and Assessment Within Environmental Impact Assessment; 1.3.1 Background to EIA and RA; 1.3.2 Similarities Between Environmental Risk Assessment and Environmental Impact Assessment; 1.3.3 Existing Approaches to Integrating RA into EIA; 1.4 Summary and Implications; References

2 Risk Analysis in Impact Assessment2.1 Methodology and Research Design; 2.1.1 Methodology; 2.1.2 Research Design; 2.2 Establishing the Context; 2.2.1 Characteristics of the Current State of the Environment in the Affected Area; 2.2.2 Explanation of the Reasons Why the Proposed Activity Is Required in the Locality; 2.2.3 Brief Description of Alternatives to the Proposed Activity Aj (A0, AI, AII); 2.3 Risk Analysis; 2.3.1 Creation a Set of Risk Factors (A-Z); 2.3.2 Determine the Relative Importance (Weight) of the Risk Factors (wi); 2.3.3 Creation of Risk Criteria for Risk Factors

2.3.4 Determination Score of Criterion (0.2-1.0)2.4 Decision-Making; 2.4.1 Comparison of Alternatives of the Proposed Activity and the Proposal of the Optimal Alternative; 2.4.1.1 Multiparametric Determination of the Risk rj for Each Alternative of the Proposed Activity; 2.4.1.2 Assessing the Level of Risk of the Proposed Activity for the Environment; 2.4.1.3 Selection of the Optimal Alternative or Setting of the Order of Suitability for the Assessed Alternatives; 2.4.1.4 Reasoning of the Proposal of the Optimal Alternative

2.4.2 Proposed Measures for the Prevention, Elimination, Minimization, and Compensation of Impacts on the Environment and HealthReferences; 3 Case Study-Flood-Protection Measures at Kružlov, North-Eastern Slovakia; 3.1 Basic Data About the Nature and Localization of the Proposed Activity; 3.2 Establishing the Context; 3.2.1 Characteristics of the Current State of the Environment in the Affected Area; 3.2.2 Explanation of the Reasons Why the Proposed Activity is Required in the Locality; 3.2.3 Brief Description of Alternatives of the Proposed Activity Aj (A0, AI, AII); 3.3 Risk Analysis