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Risk/Benefit Analysis in Water Resources Planning and Management (Hardcover, 1981 ed.)
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Risk/Benefit Analysis in Water Resources Planning and Management (Hardcover, 1981 ed.)
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Ronald M. North President Universities Council on Water Resources
People sense intuitively that the world in which we live is not
free of risk. Every decision, every action, even the refusal to
either act or decide involves some element of risk. Perhaps,
because we accept relatively low levels of risk in our daily activi
ties, we tend to minimize the existence of risk and thereby fail to
include risk assessment in those decisions and actions which could
be improved through a risk assessment process. However, our casual
approach to risk assessment seems to stem largely from the diffi
culties inherent in measuring risk rather than from any lack of
cognizance of the existence of risk. This conclusion is evidenced
by the many statements in official documents relating to planning
and evaluation which suggest that risk assessments should be con
ducted but do not provide the mechanism for such assessments nor do
they encourage their consideration in the decision making process.
This conference on Risk/Benefit Analysis in Water Resources
Planning and Management is notable because it attempts to identify
and evaluate the mechanisms available for risk assessment which
might be useful in water resources planning and management efforts.
These proceedings bring together the thoughts of professional per
sons who have struggled with the problems of risk assessment and
who have contributed to the refinement of both theoretical and
pragmatic solutions for the improvement of risk assessment
processes."
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