THE ROLE OF BUILT ENVIRONMENTAL PROFESSIONALS ON ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS: AN OVERVIEW

Omozokpia E. Ruth and Mamman E. Juliet

Department of Quantity Surveying

Federal Polytechnic Bida, Niger State, Nigeria.

ruthomozokpia@gmail.com, julietekemenajuliet@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

The perception of hazards is a research issue familiar to environmental psychologists. However, the cost implication aspects of technological hazards are one of the newly emerging topics hardly known some few decades ago but quickly gaining worldwide attention and pertinence as recent events in the world testify.  Also the hazards associated with our physical surroundings, especially those environmental components that are the products of human activities and industry have become increasingly important issues of public policy and opinion. This paper focuses on environmental hazards, natural and as a result of technological advancement. It examines tools for implementing environmental risk reduction in environmental hazard zones and skills built environmental professionals can bring in to environmental hazard management. The special professional knowledge, skills and competencies that need to be shared across all the built environment professions in relation to the entire disaster management process are established in the current literature. A literature synthesis and a comprehensive desk review were carried out to review the roles of the built professionals.