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Risk-based decisionmaking in water resources

sponsored by United Engineering Foundation ; co-sponsored by the Universities Council on Water Resources ... [et al.] ; supported by the National Science Foundation, US Army Corps of Engineers, Institute for Water Resources ; edited by Yacov Y. Haimes, David A. Moser, Eugene Z. Stakhiv ; technical editors, Grace and Burton Zisk

American Society of Civil Engineers, c2001-2003

  • IX
  • X

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Risk-based dicision making in water resources IX

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"proceedings of the ninth conference, October 15-20, 2000, Santa Barbara, California"

"proceedings of the tenth conference, November 3-8, 2002, Santa Barbara, California"

IX: viii, 227 p.

X: viii, 229 p.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

IX ISBN 9780784405772

Description

This volume, ""Risk-Based Decisionmaking in Water Resources IX"", is a collection of papers presented at the Ninth United Engineering Foundation Conference held in Santa Barbara, California on October 15-20, 2000. Participants from government, industry, and universities share their knowledge and experience in the rapidly growing field of risk-based decisionmaking in water resources. The topics include new theoretical and methodological frontiers and the economic dimensions of risk analysis, legislative initiatives and risk assessment, maintenance and rehabilitation, reliability of physical infrastructure, flood frequency and climate non-stationarity, and risk of extreme events.
Volume

X ISBN 9780784406946

Description

Risk-Based Decision Making in Water Resources X are the Proceedings of the Tenth United Engineering Foundation Conference. The Proceedings were influenced by the terrorist attacks on the U.S. on September 11, 2001; the theme of this conference was Risk of Terrorism. Thirteen papers are included, which discuss 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; institutional and organizational structuring associated with risks of terrorism. The conference was held in Santa Barbara, CA on November 3-8, 2002 and sponsored by the United Engineering Foundation (UEF), Environmental and Water Resources Institute (EWRI) of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).

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  • NCID
    BA59023317
  • ISBN
    • 0784405778
    • 0784406944
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Reston, Va.
  • Pages/Volumes
    2 v.
  • Size
    22 cm
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