Risk Analysis IV

by C.A. Brebbia

The analysis and management of risk and the mitigation of hazards is of fundamental importance to planners and researchers around the world. The papers featured in this book come from the fourth in the popular international conference series on this subject and cover areas such Estimation of Risk; Man-Made Risk; Seismic Hazard; External Events - Terrorism and Sabotage; Risk Perception and Philosophy; Landslides and Slope Movements; Data Collection Analysis; Emergency Response; Soil and Water Contamination; and Air Quality Studies. The information provided will be essential to engineers and managers involved in the development of simulated risk analysis as well as researchers concerned with these problems.

832 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 2004

About the author

Professor Carlos Brebbia is the founder of the Wessex Institute of Technology, a postgraduate research centre. He was born in Argentina & has a PhD from Southampton University in England. He worked in research and academia in England and the U.S., in the field of engineering, before founding the Wessex Institute.