Quantifying and controlling catastro...
Christie, Robert F.

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  • Quantifying and controlling catastrophic risks
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    正題名/作者: Quantifying and controlling catastrophic risks/ B. John Garrick ; contributors, Robert F. Christie ... [et al.].
    作者: Garrick, B. John.
    其他作者: Christie, Robert F.
    出版者: Amsterdam ;Academic Press/Elsevier, : c2008.,
    面頁冊數: xxii, 351 p. :ill. ;24 cm.
    內容註: PART 1 ? WHY RISK ASSESSMENT -- Chapter 1 ? Understanding Risk Assessement -- 1.1The Target Risks -- 1.2The Quantitative Definition of Risk -- 1.3The Meaning of Quantification -- 1.4Form of the Results of a Quantitative Risk Assessment -- 1.5References -- Chapter 2 ? Analytical Foundations of Quantitative Risk Assessment -- 2.1Quantitative Definition of Risk -- 2.2The Scenario Approach to Quantitative Risk Assessment -- 2.3Interpretation of Probability and Likelihood -- 2.4Quantification of the Scenarios -- 2.5Assembling the Results -- 2.6References -- Chapter 3 ? The Rational Management of Catastrophic Risks -- 3.1Benefits of Quantitative Risk Assessment -- 3.2The Role of the Case Studies -- 3.3Comparing Quantitative Risks Using the Case Studies -- 3.4Observations from the Case Studies -- 3.5Insights from Comparing Results -- 3.6Where Do We Go from Here? -- References -- PART 2 ? Risk Assessment Case Studies -- Chapter 3 ? Risk of a Catastrophic Hurricane in -- 3.1Summary of the Risk Assessment of a Catastrophic Hurricane Impacting New Orleans, Louisiana -- 3.2Risk Assessment (Based on Data from 1900 to 2004) -- 3.3Commentary on the New Orleans Hurricane Risk -- 3.4Risk Assessment (Based on Data from 1900 to 1950) -- 3.5References -- Chapter 4- Risk Assessment Nuclear Power -- 4.1Calculating Likelihoods -- 4.2Structuring the Scenarios -- 4.3Steps That Have Evolved for Integrated Quantitative Risk Assessment -- 4.4Application to Nuclear Power: A Success Story -- 4.5An Example of Nuclear Power Plant Quantitative Risk Assessment Results -- 4.6References -- PART 3 ? WORK IN PROGRESS AND FUTURE APPLICATIONS -- Chapter 5 ? Terrorist Attack on the National Electrical Grid -- 5.1Summary of Insights from the Scoping Analysis -- 5.2A Scoping Analysis to Support a Quantitative Risk Assessment of a Specific Terrorist Attack -- 5.3References -- Chapter 6 ? Abrupt Climate Change -- 6.1Summary of Insights from the Scoping Analysis -- 6.2Scoping Analysis to Support a Quantitative Risk Assessment of Abrupt Climate Change -- 6.3Illustration of Bayesian Analyses for Warming Rates -- 6.4References -- 8.7 -- APPENDICES -- Appendix A ? Roots of Quantitative Risk Assessment with an Example -- A.1Calculating Likelihoods -- A.2Structuring the Scenarios -- A.3Steps That Have Evolved for Integrated Quantitative Risk Assessment -- A.4Application to Nuclear Power: A Success Story -- A.5An Example of Nuclear Power Plant Quantitative Risk Assessment Results -- A.6References -- Appendix B ? Quantification of Hurricane Risk Supporting Evidence -- Appendix C ? Quantification of Asteroid Risk Supporting Evidence.
    標題: Disasters - Risk assessment. -
    電子資源: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780123746016An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click for information
    ISBN: 0123746019
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