Managing Critical Infrastructure Risks (eBook)

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Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Management Tools for Port Security, Critical Infrastructure, and Sustainability, Venice, Italy, March 2006
At the beginning of each year, there is a deluge of top-10 lists on just about every subject you can imagine. A top-10 list of biggest news stories, best-selling books, most popular music and movies, richest companies, and best places to visit or live. It seems everyone has his or her own top-10 list, reflecting, perhaps, differences in regional, national, and cultural values. Companies and governments most often tend to focus their top-10 lists on economic priorities, or priorities related to national defense, security, public health, and new infrastructure. This year, 2007, was no exception. Yet, increasingly, we see governments, private organizations, and companies advocating a new type of prioritization. The complexity of societal change requires an enhanced capacity for scientific assessment, monitoring, and emer gency response. New uncertain and multifaceted risks and stressors as well as globalization and public pressure for decision transparency drive the need for a new framework for thinking about prioritization. This framework needs to reach beyond the realms of economics, world trade, and corporate management to include the environment, stakeholders, public preferences, and social goals. Moreover, corporations and individuals are not only interested in generic 10-best lists; they want lists tailored to their values, goals, and current economic and social state. For example, the U. S.

Preface.- Acknowledgements.- Part 1. Overview of Critical Infrastructure and Environmental Security.- Understanding Environmental Security at Ports and Harbors; R.J. Wenning et al.- A Brief Analysis of Threats and Vulnerabilities in the Maritime Domain; N.O. Bakir.- Environmental and Human Security in the Mediterranean: New Threats and Policy for Reducing Vulnerability; J. Ganoulis.- Part 2. Port Critical Infrastructure and Management Frameworks.- Protection of Hazardous Installations and Critical Infrastructures - Complementarity of Safety and Security Approaches: Application of the ARAMIS Methodology; F. Fontaine et al.- Applying Risk Assessment to Secure the Containerized Supply Chain; M. van de Voort et al.- Transportation of Dangerous Goods: A Challenge for Risk Analysts and Risk Managers; S. Menonil.- Lifeline Earthquake Vulnerability Assessment: A Systemic Approach; S. Menoni et al.- Network Security Architecture Using the Zachman Framework; A.B. Ramadan, M. Hefnawi.- Part 3. Ecological Risks in Harbors and Coastal Areas.- Conceptual Frameworks to Balance Ecosystem and Security Goals; S.E. Apiyz.- Invasive Species: A Real, but Largely Ignored Threat to Environmental Security; L. Kapustka, G. Linder.- Evaluating Risks from Contaminated Sediments at Industrial Ports And Harbors; R.J. Wenning et al.- Cyanobacterial Blooms: Identifying Data Gaps and the Need for a Management Framework; I. Linkov et al.- Part 4. Decision-Making and Risk Assessment Methods, Tools, and Applications for Critical Infrastructure and Port Security.- Decision Analysis Tools for Safety, Security, and Sustainability of Ports and Harbors; G.S. Parnett et al.- A Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis Approach for Prioritization of Performance Metrics: U.S. Government Performance and Response Act and Oil Spill Response; I. Linkov et al.- Risk-Cost-Benefit Analysis for Port Environmental Security Investments; J.H. Lambert.- Applying Game Theory to Balance Risk and Cost for Security Inspection Systems; J.E. Boon, B.M. Gorman.- Complex Security Solutions for Sustainable Practices in Armenia; V. Sargsyan.- Global Changes, New Risks, and Novel Methods and Tools of Their Assessment: Modeling and Management of Environmental Security in Ukraine; K. Atoyev et al.- Collaborative Public-Private Risk Assessment in Vessel Traffic Safety: Two Case Studies; R.G. Ross.- Decision Evaluation for Complex Risk Networked Systems: Development Progress; T. Sullivan et al.- Part 5. Case Studies in Risk Management.- A Model for Optimal Industrial Wastewater Treatment as a Tool for Managing Port Environmental Security and Sustainability; N. Haruvy, S. Shalhevet.- The Safe Operation of Constantza Port during Winter; M. Lazarescu. - Environmental Health in Port and Harbor Areas: Air Humidity Modifying Respiratory Health in Drobeta Turnu Severin, Romania; U. Schlink et al.- Environmental Security in Urban Areas: Health-Relevant VOC Exposure in the Greater Cairo Area, Egypt; U. Schlink et al.- Potential Risk and Control of Contamination in the Gulf of Aqaba-Jordan; N. Al-Halasah, B.Y. Ammary.- Sustainability and Vulnerability Analysis of Critical Underground Infrastructure; N. Bobylev.- Application of Rapid Impact Assessment Matrix (RIAM) Method for Waste Disposal Site: Case Study — Canakkale; A. Baba.- List of Participants.- Author Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 11.9.2007
Reihe/Serie NATO Science for Peace and Security Series
NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security
Verlagsort Dordrecht
Sprache englisch
Themenwelt Naturwissenschaften Geowissenschaften
Technik Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie
Schlagworte Calculus • Development • ecosystem • environmental • environmental protection • Game Theory • NATO • Peace • Science • security • Sub-Series C • Transport • Wastewater Treatment
ISBN-10 1-4020-6385-7 / 1402063857
ISBN-13 978-1-4020-6385-5 / 9781402063855
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