Environmental Risk Analysis

"This is probably the most comprehensive treatment of this subject that I have seen. The authors have presented an approach and concept that far surpasses anything currently available." - Jeffrey Vincoli, CSP, CHCM *Examines problems such as transport, burial/storage, monitoring, and spillage - and tells how to overcome them *Provides tables, graphs, and formulas for risk analysis and risk management strategies *Explains complex statistical techniques in clear, basic terms

Ian Lerche (Columbia, SC) is Professor of Geology at the University of South Carolina.

Evan K. Paleologos, Ph.D. (Columbia, SC) is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geological Sciences at the University of South Carolina.

Chapter 1: Introduction to Environmental Problems: Transport, Burial, Monitoring, Spillage, Leakage, and Cleanup.

Chapter 2: Contracts and Decisions.

Chapter 3: Transport and Burial Hazards of Radioactive Waste.

Chapter 4: Utility Theory and Working-Interest Optimization in a Hazardous Waste Transport and Burial Opportunity.

Chapter 5: Catastrophic Events, Insurance, and Unilateral Regulatory Changes.

Chapter 6: Limiting Risk Using Fractional Working Interest.

Chapter 7: Limiting Risk Within a Consortium and Foreign Government Projects.

Chapter 8: Corporate Involvement in Multiple Environmental Projects.

Chapter 9: Apportionment of Cost Overruns to Hazardous Waste Projects.

Chapter 10: Bayesian Updating of Toxic Leakage Scenarios.

Chapter 11: Multiple Transport to Hazardous Material: Probabilities of Profitability.

Chapter 12: Maximizing Profit for a Toxic Waste Site Monitoring System.

Chapter 13: Option Payments for Future Information.

Chapter 14: The Worth of Resolving Uncertainty for Environmental Projects.

Chapter 15: Scientific Uncertainty in Environmental Problems: Models and Data.

Chapter 16: Human, Water, Chemical, Biological and Radioactive Risks.

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