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Risk-based decisionmaking in water resources X : proceedings of the tenth conference, November 3-8, 2002, Santa Barbara, California
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Reston, VA : American Society of Civil Engineers, 2003
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9780784406946
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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

Yacov Y. Haimes and David A. Moser and Eugene Z. StakhivJames H. Lambert and Priya SardaIstvan Bogardi and Lucien DucksteinJohn H. SaundersDaniel P. LoucksVicki M. Bier and Vinod AbhichandaniStan KaplanNicholas C. MatalasBarry C. EzellJoost R. Santos and Yacov Y. HaimesRobert E. O'ConnorMaged Aboelata and David S. Bowles and Duane M. McClellandEugene Z. StakhivWilliam D. RoweRuth Y. DicdicanJoost SantosJim Lambert
Prefacep. iii
Risk Analysis in Disaster Planning by Superposition of Infrastructure and Societal Networksp. 1
The Fuzzy Logic Paradigm of Risk Analysisp. 12
A Dynamic Risk Model for Information Technology Security in a Critical Infrastructure Environmentp. 23
Quantifying and Communicating Model Uncertainty for Decisionmaking in the Evergladesp. 40
Optimal Allocation of Resources for Defense of Simple Series and Parallel Systems from Determined Adversariesp. 59
Applying the General Theory of Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA) to Terrorism Riskp. 77
Vulnerability of Water Systems to Acts of Terrorism and Acts of Naturep. 82
Toward a Systems-Based Vulnerability Assessment Methodology for Water Supply Systemsp. 91
Demand-Reduction Input-Output (I-O) Analysis for Modeling Interconnectednessp. 104
Belief Systems and Reducing Risks from Terrorismp. 119
GIS Model for Estimating Dam Failure Life Lossp. 126
Disintegrated Water Resources Management in the US: The Union of Sisyphus and Pandorap. 146
Vulnerability to Terrorism: Addressing the Human Variablesp. 155
Session 3 Summary--Lessons Learned from Experience Dealing with Risks of Extreme Events: Part Ip. 160
Session 4 Summary--Lessons Learned from Experience Dealing with Risks of Extreme Events: Part IIp. 163
Session 8 Summary--Panel Discussion: Synthesis--What Does It All Mean?p. 168
Summary of Responses to Participant Questionnairesp. 171
List of Participantsp. 217
Programp. 219
Subject Indexp. 227
Author Indexp. 229
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