Environmental Risk Mapping: A New Effective Instrument for Environmental Risk Management
风险地图——环境风险管理的有效新工具

The increasing occurrence of major environmental accidents has quickly put environmental risk management onto the top of governmental agendas, and has called for the effective instrument for environmental risk management. With the development of geographic information systems (GIS) over the past few decades, environmental risk mapping has become an emerging field. Risk maps have helped risk analysts and scientists to explore the spatial features of environmental incidents, and have become a powerful tool for visualization and communication of environmental risk management among the stakeholders. The function and classification of environmental risk map were presented through in-depth review, with a specific city as a case for describing the operational framework of environmental risk mapping. Suggestions were also given for developing environmental risk maps in China.