Managing Critical Infrastructure Risks

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiv

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2. Overview of Critical Infrastructure and Environmental Security

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 2-2

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   2. Understanding Environmental Security At Ports And Harbors

      • Richard J. Wenning, S. E. Apitz, Alper Baba, M. Citron, Katherine Elliott, N. Al-Halasah et al.

      Pages 3-15

   3. A Brief Analysis Of Threats And Vulnerabilities In The Maritime Domain

      • N. O. Bakir

      Pages 17-49

   4. Environmental And Human Security In The Mediterranean

      • Jacques Ganoulis

      Pages 51-61

3. Port Critical Infrastructure and Management Frameworks

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 64-64

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   2. Protection of Hazardous Installations and Critical Infrastructures - Complementarity of Safety and Security Approaches

      • F. Fontaine, B. Debray, Olivier Salvi

      Pages 65-78

   3. Applying Risk Assessment To Secure The Containerized Supply Chain

      • M. van de Voort, H. Willis, D. Ortiz, S. Martonosi

      Pages 79-95

   4. Transportation Of Dangerous Goods

      • Scira Menoni

      Pages 97-110

   5. Lifeline Earthquake Vulnerability Assessment

      • Scira Menoni, F. Pergalani, M. P. Boni, V. Petrini

      Pages 111-132

   6. A Network Security Architecture Using The Zachman Framework

      • A. B. Ramadan, M. Hefnawi

      Pages 133-143

4. Ecological Risks in Harbors and Coastal Areas

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 146-146

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   2. Conceptual Frameworks To Balance Ecosystem And Security Goals

      • S. E. Apitz

      Pages 147-173

   3. Invasive Species

      • Lawrence Kapustka, G. Linder

      Pages 175-188

   4. Evaluating Risks From Contaminated Sediments at Industrial Ports and Harbors

      • Richard J. Wenning, M. T. Sorensen, V. S. Magar

      Pages 189-205

   5. Harmful Cyanobacterial Blooms

      • Igor Linkov, A. Fristachi, F. K. Satterstrom, A. Shifrin, J. Steevens, G. A. Clyde Jr et al.

      Pages 207-242

5. Decision-Making and Risk Assessment Methods, Tools, and Applications for Critical Infrastructure and Port Security

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 244-244

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   2. Decision Analysis Tools for Safety, Security, and Sustainability Of Ports and Harbors

      • Gregory Parnell, Jose Rui Figueira, Steven Bennett, N. Bobylev, Michele Del Pup, Jacques Ganoulis et al.

      Pages 245-260

   3. A Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis Approach for Prioritization of Performance Metrics

      • Igor Linkov, F. K. Satterstrom, A. Tkachuk, A. Levchenko, T. P. Seager, Jose Rui Figueira et al.

      Pages 261-298

   4. Risk-Cost-Benefit Analysis For Port Environmental Security Investments

      • James H. Lambert

      Pages 299-307

At the beginning of each year, there is a deluge of top-10 lists on just about every subject you can imagine. A top-10 list of biggest news stories, best-selling books, most popular music and movies, richest companies, and best places to visit or live. It seems everyone has his or her own top-10 list, reflecting, perhaps, differences in regional, national, and cultural values. Companies and governments most often tend to focus their top-10 lists on economic priorities, or priorities related to national defense, security, public health, and new infrastructure. This year, 2007, was no exception. Yet, increasingly, we see governments, private organizations, and companies advocating a new type of prioritization. The complexity of societal change requires an enhanced capacity for scientific assessment, monitoring, and emer gency response. New uncertain and multifaceted risks and stressors as well as globalization and public pressure for decision transparency drive the need for a new framework for thinking about prioritization. This framework needs to reach beyond the realms of economics, world trade, and corporate management to include the environment, stakeholders, public preferences, and social goals. Moreover, corporations and individuals are not only interested in generic 10-best lists; they want lists tailored to their values, goals, and current economic and social state. For example, the U. S.

• Environmental
• NATO
• PEACE
• Science
• Security
• Sub-Series C
• Transport
• Wastewater treatment
• calculus
• development
• ecosystem
• environmental protection
• game theory

• Intertox, Inc., Brookline, USA

  Igor Linkov

• ENVIRON, Emeryville, USA

  Richard J. Wenning

• University of Florida, Gainesville, USA

  Gregory A. Kiker

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