Adaptive management: A paradigm for remediation of public facilities following a terrorist attack

Risk Analysis

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1445-1456

  Whicker, Jeffrey J ^a,b   Janecky, David R ^b   Doerr, Ted B ^b  

^a Mail Stop 6761 ^*  (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Emergency response; Facility restoration; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CIVIL AVIATION; ENERGY RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; HEALTH RISKS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT; NATURAL RESOURCES EXPLORATION; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; PLANNING; REPAIR; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESTORATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY ENGINEERING;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CAUSAL RELATIONSHIPS; CHANGING ENVIRONMENTS; CRITICAL INFORMATION; EFFECTIVE RESPONSE; EMERGENCY RESPONSE; FACILITY RESTORATION; INDUSTRIAL SETTINGS; NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; POTENTIAL TERRORIST; PUBLIC ACCESS; PUBLIC FACILITIES; QUANTITATIVE RISK ASSESSMENT; RESTORATION PROCESSES; STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION; TERRORISM; TERRORIST ATTACKS;

FACILITIES;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; REMEDIATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TERRORISM;

ADAPTIVE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TERRORISM; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

DISASTER PLANNING; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PUBLIC FACILITIES; RISK MANAGEMENT; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 52449101619     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2008.01102.x     Document Type: Article

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