Fundamentals of Risk Analysis and Risk Management

Ed. Vlasta Molak; The publisher, CRC Press http://www.crcpress.com

A unique and much-needed contribution to field of risk analysis and management. This comprehensive book bridges the gap between various specific applications of risk analysis to real world problems and creates a common basic language that is essential for all its practitioners. Chapters are written by prominent scientists, engineers, lawyers, and others in the fields of risk analysis and risk management. Contains all the latest information and practical procedures for performing risk analyses, including human and ecological risk analyses. Valuable as both as a reference for practitioners and a comprehensive textbook for students.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Foreword
By Dennis Kucinich, U.S. Congressman

Introduction and Overview
By Vlasta Molak

I. THEORETICAL BACKGROUND OF RISK ANALYSIS

I.1.Toxic Chemicals Noncancer Risk Analysis and U.S. Institutional Approaches to Risk
Analysis By Vlasta Molak

I.2. Epidemiology and Cancer Risk Assessment
By Herman J. Gibb

I.3. Uncertainty and Variability of Risk Analysis
By Richard Wilson, Alexander Shlyakhter

I.4. Monte Carlo Risk Analysis Modeling
By David Vose

I.5. An Overview of Probabilistic Risk Analysis for Complex Engineered Systems
By Vicki M. Bier

I.6. Ecological Risk Analysis
By Robert T. Lackey

I.7. The Basic Economics of Risk Analysis
By James A. Swaney

II. APPLICATIONS OF RISK ANALYSIS

II.1. Assessment of Residential Exposures to Chemicals
By Gary K. Whitmyre, Jeffrey H. Driver, P. J. (Bert) Hakkinen

II.2. Pesticide Regulation and Human Health: The Role of Risk Assessment
By Jeffrey H. Driver, Gary K. Whitmyre

II.3. Ionizing Radiation Risk Assessment
By Joseph L. Alvarez

II.4. Use of Risk Analysis in Pollution Prevention
By Vlasta Molak

II.5. Integrated Risk Analysis of Global Climate Change
By Alexander Shlyakhter, Richard Wilson

II.6. Computer Software Programs, Databases, and the Use of the Internet, World Wide Web, and Other Online Systems
By P. J. (Bert) Hakkinen

III. RISK PERCEPTION, LAW, POLITICS AND RISK COMMUNICATION

III.1. Risk Perception and Trust
By Paul Slovic

III.2. The Insurability of Risks
By Howard Kunreuther, Paul K. Freeman

III.3. Setting Environmental Priorities Based on Risk
By Paul F. Deisler, Jr.

III.4. Comparative Risk Analysis: A Panacea or Risky Business?
By Vlasta Molak

III.5. Environmental Justice
By Rae Zimmerman

III.6. Law and Risk Assessment in the United States
By Peter Barton Hutt

III.7. Science, Regulation, and Toxic Risk Assessment
By Howard Latin

IV. RISK MANAGEMENT

IV.1. Risk Management of the Nuclear Power Industry
By B. John Garrick

IV.2. Seismic Risk and Management in California
By William E. Dean

IV.3. Sustainable Management of Natural Disasters in Developing Countries
By Terrence L. Lustig

IV.4. Risk Analysis, International Trade, and Animal Health
By Stuart C. MacDiarmid

IV.5. Incorporating Tribal Cultural Interests and Treaty-Reserved Rights in Risk Management
By Barbara L. Harper

IV.6. Global Use of Risk Analysis for Sustainable Development
By Vlasta Molak

Conclusion
By Vlasta Molak

Answers to Questions

Glossary

Index