RISK-BASED DECISIONMAKING IN WATER RESOURCES IX proceedings of the Ninth Conference : October 15-20, 2000, Santa Barbara, California

• Corporate Authors: United Engineering Foundation Conference on Risk-Based Decisionmaking in Water Resources Santa Barbara, California, United Engineering Foundation (U.S.)
• Other Authors: Stakhiv, Eugene Z. (Editor), Haimes, Yacov Y. (Editor), Moser, David A. (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Reston, Virginia American Society of Civil Engineers 2001
• Subjects: Risk assessment > Congresses > Security measures > United States; Water resources development > Congresses > Decision making; Water-supply > Congresses > Security measures > United States
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• Physical Description: viii, 227 pages illustations 22 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographic references and indexes
• ISBN: 0784405778; 9780784405772

This volume, Risk-Based Decisionmaking in Water Resources IX, is a collection of papers presented at the Ninth United Engineering Foundation Conference held in Santa Barbara, California on October 15-20, 2000. Participants from government, industry, and universities share their knowledge and experience in the rapidly growing field of risk-based decisionmaking in water resources. Topics include new theoretical and methodological frontiers and the economic dimensions of risk analysis, legislative initiatives and risk assessment, maintenance and rehabilitation, reliability of physical infrastructure, flood frequency and climate non-stationarity, and risk of extreme events.