Insuring and Managing Hazardous Risks: From Seveso to Bhopal and Beyond

ISBN-13: 9783642830761 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 534 str.

Paul R. Kleindorfer; Howard C. Kunreuther

Opis

This book is the Proceedings of the International Conference on Trans portation, Storage, and Disposal of Hazardous Materials, which was held at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), 1-5 July 1985. The Conference brought together representatives of academia, business, and government from East and West to discuss the nature of current problems in the area of hazardous materials. An important objective of the Conference was to suggest steps that could be undertaken by industrial firms, the insurance industry, and govern ment agencies to improve the safety and efficiency with which hazar dous materials are produced and controlled in industrialized societies. Conference sponsors were IIASA, the Geneva Association, and the Center for Risk and Decision Processes of the University of Pennsyl vania. Additional financial support was received from the US Environ mental Protection Agency, the Monsanto Corporation, the Center for Organizational Innovation at the University of Pennsylvania, and the Canadian IIASA Committee. We are grateful to all of these institutions for their generous support of this Conference. Within IIASA, a long history of research in risk activities is evi dent. This owes much to the vision of IIASA's founding Director, Howard Raiffa, and program leaders who have promoted risk research at IIASA. The present Conference continued this tradition with the strong support of IIASA's current Director, Thomas H. Lee, and Deputy Director, Vitali Kaftanov."

Spis treści

Editors’ Introduction.- One: Historical Background.- 1. From Seveso to Mexico and Bhopal: Learning to Cope with Crises.- 2. Engineering Aspects of Severe Accidents, with Reference to the Seveso, Mexico City, and Bhopal Cases.- 3. The Seveso Accident and Its Aftermath.- 4. Compensation for Exceptional Environmental Damage Caused by Industrial Activities.- Discussion by J. Deprimoz.- Two: Problem Context.- 5. Insurance and Compensation as Policy Instruments for Hazardous Waste Management.- Discussion by J. Nichols.- 6. Bargaining and Negotiation in Hazardous Material Management.- Discussion by J.C. Davies.- Discussion by F. Dinglinger.- 7. Rethinking the Siting of Hazardous Waste Facilities.- Three: Risk Analysis.- 8. The Inexact Science of Chemical Hazard Risk Assessment: A Description and Critical Evaluation of Available Methods.- 9. Methods of Risk Analysis.- Discussion by H. Bohnenblust.- Discussion by J.L. Hawksley.- 10. Informing and Educating the Public about Risk.- Discussion by T.R. Lee.- Discussion by O. Renn.- 11. Value Tree Analysis: An Introduction and an Application to Offshore Oil Drilling.- Discussion by H. Otway.- Discussion by I. Rosenthal.- Four: Risk Management and Insurance.- 12. Regulating Environmental Risks: A Comparative Perspective.- Discussion by T.J. Jones and S.M. Swanson.- 13. Chemical Industry Hazards: Liability, Insurance, and the Role of Risk Analysis.- Discussion by A.V. Cohen.- 14. Practical Aspects of Environmental Impairment Liability.- 15. Recent Developments Concerning the Legal Regime and Insurance Problems Related to the Transportation of Hazardous Materials by Sea.- 16. Insuring Environmental Liabilities.- 17. The Role of Insurance in Risk Spreading and Risk Bearing.- Discussion by J.G. Cowell.- Discussion by J. Spühler.- EPILOGUE: From Seveso to Bhopal and Beyond.- List of Participants.