Environmental Security and Environmental Management: The Role of Risk Assessment (NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security)

ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY, CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND RISK ASSESSMENT: DEFINITIONS AND CURRENT TRENDS 1 ....Pages 1-16
Environmental Security, Critical Infrastructure and Risk Assessment: Definitions and Current Trends....Pages 3-16
SECURITY AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE MIDDLE EAST WATER ISSUES....Pages 17-24
Security and the Environment in the Middle East Water Issues....Pages 17-24
POTENTIAL OF SOLAR THERMAL DESALINATION TO DEFUSE WATER AS A CONFLICT ISSUE IN THE MIDDLE EAST Proposal for Functional Cooperation in the Gulf of Aqaba....Pages 25-48
Potential of Solar Thermal Desalination to Defuse Water as a Conflict Issue in the Middle East....Pages 25-48
WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY IN MEDITERRANEAN TRANSBOUNDARY RIVER BASINS....Pages 49-58
Water Resources Management and Environmental Security in Mediterranean Transboundary River Basins....Pages 49-58
THE ROLE OF COMPARATIVE RISK ASSESSMENT IN DECISION ANALYSIS MARSHLANDS OF MESOPOTAMIA AND AFFECTED RIPARIAN COUNTRIES....Pages 59-77
The Role of Comparative Risk Assessment in Decision Analysis Marshlands of Mesopotamia and Affected Riparian Countries....Pages 59-77
A FUTURE FOR THE DEAD SEA BASIN: OPTIONS FOR A MORE SUSTAINABLE WATER MANAGEMENT....Pages 79-91
A Future for the Dead Sea Basin: Options for a More Sustainable Water Management....Pages 79-91
Are Standard Risk Acceptability Criteria Applicable to Critical Infrastructure Based on Environmental Security Needs?....Pages 93-102
ARE STANDARD RISK ACCEPTABILITY CRITERIA APPLICABLE TO CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE BASED ON ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY NEEDS? 1 ....Pages 93-102
FROM GLOBAL WARMING TO WATER SCARCITY: WHAT ARE THE MOST URGENT ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS OF THE REGION. Report of the Discussion Group on Environmental Security....Pages 103-107
From Global Warming to Water Scarcity: What Are the Most Urgent Environmental Problems of the Region....Pages 103-107
The Interconnection between the Built Environment Ecology and Health....Pages 111-125
THE INTERCONNECTION BETWEEN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT ECOLOGY AND HEALTH....Pages 109-125
Statistical Models for Distributions of Ambient Fine Particulate Matter....Pages 127-150
QND: A Scenario-Based Gaming System for Modeling Environmental Processes and Management Decisions....Pages 151-185
Mapping of Relative Risk....Pages 187-199
Understanding Risk Culture and Developing a’ soft’ Approach to Risk Assessment Methodologies....Pages 201-210
Different Preventive Strategies Require Diversified Risk Assessment Models....Pages 211-221
Coupling Public Participation and Expert Judgment for Assessment of Innovative Contaminated Sediment Technologies....Pages 223-244
Environmental Risk Assessment and Management: Promoting Security in the Middle East and the Mediterranean Region....Pages 245-253
Reuse of Wastewater in Agriculture- Economic Assessment of Treatment and Supply Alternatives as Affecting Aquifer Pollution....Pages 257-262
Minimizing the Risks Associated with Water Scarcity....Pages 263-267
Integrated Risk-Based Management of Water Resources in the Jordan River Basin....Pages 269-279
Outcome of NATO Workshop on Radiological Risk in Central Asia....Pages 281-286
Public Transport Policy & Measures That Could Improve the Air Quality in Major Cities in Syria....Pages 287-296
Modeling the Combination of Impacts Caused by Waste Heat Discharge from Power Plant Cooling Systems into Offshore Environments....Pages 297-305
Role of Synergy in Biological Risk Assessment....Pages 307-314
Cooperative Network for Environmental Risk Analysis Studies: The Case of the Middle East Region....Pages 315-320