Environmental Security and Environmental Management: The Role of Risk Assessment: Proceedings of the

Preface.- Acknowledgements.- Part 1. Environmental Security.- Environmental Security, Critical Infrastructure and Risk Assessment: Defmitions and Current Trends;D.A. Belluck, R. Hull, S.L. Benjamin, I Alcorn, I. Linkov.- Security and the Environment in the Middle-East Water Issues; B. Morel.-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; H. G. Brauch.- Water Resources Management and Environmental Security in MediterraneanTransboundary River Basins; I. Ganoulis .- The Role of Comparative Risk Assessment in Decision Analysis. Marshlands of Mesopotamia and Affected Riparian Countries; C. Maxwell .- A Future for the Dead Sea Basin: Options for a More Sustainable Water Management; C. Lipchin .- Are Standard Risk Acceptability Criteria Applicable to Critical Infrastructure Based on Environmental Security Needs?; D.A. Belluck et al.- From global warming to water scarcity: what are the most urgent environmental problems of the region. Report of the discussion Group on Environmental Security; A. Morel, B. Morel .- Part 2. Environmental Management.- The Interconnection Between the Built Environment, Ecology and Health;H. S. Koren, C. D. Butler.- Statistical Models for Distributions of Ambient Fine Particulate Matter; S. Yeh, M J. Small.- QnD: A Scenario-Based Gaming System for Modeling Environmental Processes and Management Decisions; G. A. Kiker et al.- Mapping of Relative Risk; U. Schlink et al. Understanding Risk Culture and Developing a 'Soft' Approach to Risk Assessment Methodologies; S. Rao .- Different Preventive Strategies Require Diversified Risk Assessment Models; S. Menoni.- Coupling Public Participation and Expert Judgment for Assessment of Innovative Contaminated Sediment Technologies; T. P. Seager et al. Environmental Risk Assessment and Management: Promoting Security in the Middle East and in the Mediterranean Region.Report o fthe Working Group on Environmental Risk Assessment and Management; J. Ganoulis, L. Simpson .- Part 3. Case Studies in Environmental Security and Environmental Management.- Reuse of Wastewater in Agriculture- Economic Assessment of Treatment and Supply Alternatives as Affecting Aquifer Pollution; N. Haruvy.- Minimizing the Risks Associated with Water Scarcity; S. Arlosoroff.- Integrated Risk-Based Management of Water Resources in the Jordan River Basin;E. Levner.- Outcome of Nato Workshop on Radiological Risk in Central Asia; M.K.. Zaidi et al.- Public Transport Policy & Measures That Could Improve the Air Quality in Major Cities in Syria, A Case Study: Damascus; J. Chahoud .- The Modeling of Combine Impact of Waste Heat Discharge into Offshore Strip from Cooling Systems and Power Plants; A. Andrijievskij et al.- Role of Synergy in Biological Risk Assessment; N. Goncharova.- Cooperative Networks for Environmental Risk Analysis Studies: The Case of the Middle East Region; M.K. Zaidi, I. Ganoulis.- List of Participants.- Author Index .-