Papers from two separate proceedings: The seventh International Conference on Computer Simulation in Risk Analysis and Hazard Mitigation and the fifth International Brownfield Sites both held at the Algarve, Portugal, 2010.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents Part I - Risk Analysis VII Section 1: Risk assessment Kernal density functions to estimate parameters to simulate stochastic variables with sparse data: what is the best distribution?; Assessment of hazard distribution within network systems with resistance feature; Risk assessment: the global confidence uncertainty plume of SAKWebA(c); Bayesian inference in oil spill response management; Assessment of the system degradation level using the Bayesian approach; A critical look at risk analysis of disasters; Quantitative assessment parameters of the protection level of national strategic sites in the EU; An integrated approach for risk analysis based on CFD modelling and reliability engineering; Robustness analysis of industrial emergency plans: a model-based methodology; A combined approach using accelerated and a sequential life testingA" applied to steel components used in highway overpasses in Brazil; Systematic method of risk assessment in industrial processes; The concept of social risks perception; Guidelines and tools to prevent risks in valleys downstream from large dam-reservoir systems: a review; Computerized fault tree construction for improved reliability analysis; Development of a risk assessment system based on pattern matching of behavioural fault modelsSurvey on total fire safety in residential care homes for elderly persons in Hong Kong; Investigation of workers carrying out outdoor activities in environmentally contaminated areas Section 2: Risk management A quantitative risk analysis method for the natural gas pipeline network; Major risks associated with the renovation of Terminal Building 2, Cairo International Airport, Egypt; Evaluation of watershed water quality risk reduction after earthquake disasters; Estimation efficiency in the modeling of dependence structures: an application of alternative copulas to insurance rating; Risk analysis as an integrated operational and legal instrument with respect to the safety of maritime traffic Section 3: Hazard prevention, management and control Optimization decision support system for safe ship control; Stability and numerical modelling of the King TiberiusA" cave at Riolo Terme (Ravenna-IT); Effectiveness of passive seismic control of steel structures; Thermal behavior and toxic emissions of flame retarded timber in fire enclosure tests; The application of disaster management in Turkey from a comparative perspective: a proposal for a new model; Crowd management using fuzzy logic and G.I.S. Section 4: Early warning systems Risk analysis by emission source strengths and wind directions of trace gases at Map Ta Phut Industrial Estate, Rayong province, Thailand; Improved damage quantification method based on substructure modal strain energy; Evaluating risk reduction by telematic early warning in dam flood scenarios Section 5: Natural hazards Natural and man-made flooding hazards at the torrents in the town of Thessaloniki; Developing a GIS tool to assess potential damage of future floods; GIS applications for landslide susceptibility assessment: a case study in Iasi County (Moldavian Plateau, Romania); Probabilistic seismic hazard assessment for Nepal; Spatio-temporal distribution of slope failures in the Western Ghats of Kerala, India Section 6: Simulation and design in road evacuation A sequential dynamic choice model to simulate demand in evacuation conditions; Signal setting design on a road network: application of a system of models in evacuation conditions; Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) for evacuation planning; An approach to designing vehicle routes in evacuation conditions; An individual risk model in the case of a road accident to support the decisional process in planning Section 7: Vulnerability issues Spatial uncertainty of groundwater-vulnerability predictions assessed by a cross-validation strategy: an application to nitrate concentrations in the Province of Milan, northern Italy; Methodology to evaluate the risk of vulnerable failure scenarios in a water pipe network; A coupled vulnerability approach for European mountain regions Section 8: Health risk Creative Application to Remedy Epidemics; Quantitative microbial risk assessment for Listeria monocytogenes in cold smoked salmon; Risk assessment methodology for surface fungal infection in gymnasium workers in Lisbon: a proposal; A distributed multi-level system for the monitoring and simulation of epidemics; The effect of the intratracheal exposure of rats to secondary metabolites isolated from microfungi on lungs; Cases of Leptospirosis after typhoon Ondoy (international name: Ketsana) seen at the emergency department: the Philippine General Hospital experience Section 9: Debris flow and flood hazards Designing safe and stable tailings dam structures with centrifuge modelling; Debris flow hazard mapping with a random walk model in Korea; Forces on piles preventing debris slope slips; Experimental survey on off-stream floodplain storages: first results; A framework to assess the social and economic impacts on communities and industries due to loss in serviceability of infrastructure networks after floods; Equity and efficiency considerations in setting standards for flood protection; Implementation of intelligence of flood disaster debris discharge for emergency response; The hydraulic safeguard of the city of Milan: the Canale Scolmatore di Nord-Ovest; Debris flows promoted by mechanical deterioration of the ground due to eutrophication of hillside Part II - Brownfields V Section 1: Rehabilitation Brownfield redevelopment: a business approach for regional collaboration; Visualising and regenerating brownfields in the Czech Republic; The REHMINE research project: the threefold value of Sao Domingos abandoned mine rehabilitation in southern Portugal; Mapping and rehabilitation of brownfields in the city of Izhevsk; Environmental solutions of recovery of Amazonian forest mining operations; Renewable energy projects at municipal landfills; Geotechnical verification of impact compaction; Project stockholder: an effective system for renewal and revitalization of dilapidated inner city areas; Oxidative stress in microorganisms exposed to iron nanoparticles Section 2: Risk assessment Comparative risk assessment of potentially contaminated sites: proposal, implementation and application of a regional methodology; The effects of soil pollution and its relation with morbidity in shoreline areas; Health risk analysis of the environmental burden; Project and disaster risk management under climate change Section 3: Case studies Remediation and development of a former rubber products manufacturing facility in Colorado, USA; The Sydney tar ponds: lessons learned from Canada's first superfund level project; Mechanical tillage of degraded mining areas at Jamari National Forest (Amazonian Forest, Rondonia - BR); Eco industrial parks in Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil: a proposal for brownfield revitalization

This book contains the papers presented at two conferences organized by the Wessex Institute of Technology. The first conference is the Seventh International Conference on Computer Simulation in Risk Analysis and Hazard Mitigation, being held in Algarve, Portugal, September 13-15. This biennial conference is the latest in a successful series that began in 1998 and that includes many practical applications, demonstrating how to analyze and manage risk and mitigate hazards. The applications cover man-made as well as natural hazards, the importance of which is becoming increasingly evident in our modern world. These problems have become a priority for all governments, as well as a cause for public concern. The second conference is the Fifth International Conference on Prevention, Assessment, Rehabilitation and Development of Brownfield Sites, also being held in Algarve, September 14-16. The biennial conference was first held in 2002 and covers the challenges the public and private sectors must face in seeking to reuse brownfield sites and to capitalize on the opportunities-- Source other than Library of Congress.