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Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Decision theory > Risk assessment
Rice is cultivated throughout the world under submerged conditions.
The high water requirements and the heavy pesticide load used in
rice paddies worldwide have resulted in contamination of associated
surface water, such as streams, ditches, rivers and lakes. The
uniform risk assessment approach which has been developed for other
crops is not applicable to rice paddies, because of the specific
conditions applied to rice cultivation.
Pesticide Risk Assessment in Rice Paddies: Theory and Practice
fills the gap in information on this subject. Written by experts,
this book summarizes the methods used for pesticide risk assessment
in rice paddies, the limitations and problems encountered and
future developments. It also examines the various agronomic,
pesticide application and risk assessment approaches used in
different rice cultivated zones in Asia, America and Europe and is
an essential reference for those working in this area.
* The only up-to-date book dealing with pesticide risk assessment
in the flooded conditions of rice paddies
* Offers guidelines on the use and application of existing modeling
tools, specific for rice cultivation
* Presents the differences and similarities in rice cropping
systems and how these relate to pesticide risk assessment
Stress Testing and Risk Integration in Banks provides a
comprehensive view of the risk management activity by means of the
stress testing process. An introduction to multivariate time series
modeling paves the way to scenario analysis in order to assess a
bank resilience against adverse macroeconomic conditions. Assets
and liabilities are jointly studied to highlight the key issues
that a risk manager needs to face. A multi-national bank prototype
is used all over the book for diving into market, credit, and
operational stress testing. Interest rate, liquidity and other
major risks are also studied together with the former to outline
how to implement a fully integrated risk management toolkit.
Examples, business cases, and exercises worked in Matlab and R
facilitate readers to develop their own models and methodologies.
Hazard Mitigation in Emergency Management introduces readers to
mitigation, one of the four foundational phases of emergency
management, and to the hazard mitigation planning process. Authors
Islam and Ryan review the hazard mitigation framework in both
private sector and governmental agencies, covering the regulatory
and legal frameworks for mitigation, as well as risk assessment
processes and strategies, and tools and techniques that can
prevent, or lessen, the impact of disasters. The book specifically
addresses hazards posed by human activity, including cyber threats
and nuclear accidents, as well as hurricanes, floods, and
earthquakes. Readers will learn about the framework for the
mitigation process, hazard identification, risk assessment, and the
tools and techniques available for mitigation. Coverage includes
both GIS and HAZUS, with tutorials on these technologies, as well
as case studies of best practices in the United States and around
the world. The text is ideal for students, instructors, and
practitioners interested in reducing, or eliminating, the effects
of disasters.
This publication examines risks from flooding and earthquakes in
the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) region. It
assesses the protection gap and identifies ways of strengthening
financing. CAREC member countries face growing levels of disaster
risk without sufficient financial protection. Regional cooperation
can help narrow the protection gap and increase the financing
available for quick responses to disaster events. This publication
explores the current approach to disaster risk finance in each
CAREC member state to identify opportunities to strengthen
financing arrangements. It aims to inform the design of a regional
disaster risk transfer facility.
As there is a need for careful analysis in a world where threats
are growing more complex and serious, you need the tools to ensure
that sensible methods are employed and correlated directly to risk.
Counter threats such as terrorism, fraud, natural disasters, and
information theft with the Fourth Edition of "Risk Analysis and the
Security Survey. "Broder and Tucker guide you throughanalysis
toimplementationto provide you with the know-how to implement
rigorous, accurate, and cost-effective security policies and
designs. This book builds on the legacy of its predecessors by
updating and covering new content. Understand the most fundamental
theories surrounding risk control, design, and implementation by
reviewing topics such as cost/benefit analysis, crime prediction,
response planning, and business impact analysis--all updated to
match today's current standards.
This book will show you how to develop and maintain current
business contingency and disaster recovery plans to ensure your
enterprises are able to sustain loss are able to recover, and
protect your assets, be it your business, your information, or
yourself, from threats.
*Offers powerful techniques for weighing and managing the risks
that face your organization *Gives insights into universal
principles that can be adapted to specific situations and threats
*Covers topics needed by homeland security professionals as well as
IT and physical security managers"
Over the centuries, mankind has slowly reduced the risks and
hazards that even as recently as a century ago kept life expectancy
to a mere 45 years. Our average lifespan has improved to 77 years
by remarkable progress in public health and safety. But with this
improvement has come a demand for greater efforts to improve both
life expectancy and the quality of life. The first edition of this
book, published in 1982, was a pioneer in the development of
logical, yet simple, analytic tools for discussion of the risks
which we all face. This new edition, revised, expanded, and
illustrated in detail, should be of value both to professionals in
the field and to those who wish to understand these vital
issues.
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The establishment of the International Risk Governance Council
(IRGC) was the direct result of widespread concern that the
complexity and interdependence of health, environmental, and
technological risks facing the world was making the development and
implementation of adequate risk governance strategies ever more
difficult. This volume details the IRGC developed and proposed
framework for risk governance and covers how it was peer reviewed
as well as tested
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