Managing risk in the urban forest

Question 1

What are the four components of risk management?

Answer 1

a. Indentifying, assessing and prioritizing risks
b. selecting and implementing risk control measures
c. establishing methods for financing the cost of risk
d. enabling the organization to coordinate its risk management efforts

Question 2

What are the four categories of risk commonly used in risk assessments? Which are usually the focus of public agencies?

Answer 2

a. catagory 1 risks that are low frequency/low severity
b. catagory 2 risks that are low frequency/high severity
c. catagory 3 risks that are high frequency/low severity
d. category 4 risks that are high frequency/high severity