Title:
Risk-based decisionmaking in water resources X : proceedings of the tenth conference, November 3-8, 2002, Santa Barbara, California
Publication Information:
Reston, VA : American Society of Civil Engineers, 2003
ISBN:
9780784406946
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Summary
Summary
Proceedings of the Tenth United Engineering Foundation Conference, held in Santa Barbara, California, November 3-8, 2002. Sponsored by the United Engineering Foundation; Water and Environmental Planning and Management Committee of the Environmental and Water Resources Institute of ASCE. Supported by National Science Foundation; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Institute for Water Resources.
This collection contains 14 papers that address the risk of terrorism, especially after the terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001.
Topics include:
risk and vulnerabilities of terrorism of homeland water resources system of systems; methodological perspectives of risk of extreme events; interconnectedness and interdependencies between the water resource system of systems and other infrastructures; and institutional and organizational structuring associated with risks of terrorism.Table of Contents
Preface | p. iii |
Risk Analysis in Disaster Planning by Superposition of Infrastructure and Societal Networks | p. 1 |
The Fuzzy Logic Paradigm of Risk Analysis | p. 12 |
A Dynamic Risk Model for Information Technology Security in a Critical Infrastructure Environment | p. 23 |
Quantifying and Communicating Model Uncertainty for Decisionmaking in the Everglades | p. 40 |
Optimal Allocation of Resources for Defense of Simple Series and Parallel Systems from Determined Adversaries | p. 59 |
Applying the General Theory of Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA) to Terrorism Risk | p. 77 |
Vulnerability of Water Systems to Acts of Terrorism and Acts of Nature | p. 82 |
Toward a Systems-Based Vulnerability Assessment Methodology for Water Supply Systems | p. 91 |
Demand-Reduction Input-Output (I-O) Analysis for Modeling Interconnectedness | p. 104 |
Belief Systems and Reducing Risks from Terrorism | p. 119 |
GIS Model for Estimating Dam Failure Life Loss | p. 126 |
Disintegrated Water Resources Management in the US: The Union of Sisyphus and Pandora | p. 146 |
Vulnerability to Terrorism: Addressing the Human Variables | p. 155 |
Session 3 Summary--Lessons Learned from Experience Dealing with Risks of Extreme Events: Part I | p. 160 |
Session 4 Summary--Lessons Learned from Experience Dealing with Risks of Extreme Events: Part II | p. 163 |
Session 8 Summary--Panel Discussion: Synthesis--What Does It All Mean? | p. 168 |
Summary of Responses to Participant Questionnaires | p. 171 |
List of Participants | p. 217 |
Program | p. 219 |
Subject Index | p. 227 |
Author Index | p. 229 |