Ebook: Integrating Insurance and Risk Management for Hazardous Wastes
- Tags: Environmental Economics, Economic Policy, Finance/Investment/Banking, Waste Management/Waste Technology
- Year: 1990
- Publisher: Springer Netherlands
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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A challenge facing society today is how to develop a meaningful strategy for integrated hazardous waste management. Meeting this challenge was the principal motivation for the conference on "Risk Assessment and Risk Management Strategies for Hazardous Waste Storage and Disposal Prob lems," held at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania on May 18-19, 1988. The conference brought together representatives from the major interested parties - environmentalists, government, insurance, law, manufacturing, and the university community - who have been con cerned with the waste management process. The conference was the third cosponsored by the Wharton Center for Risk and Decision Processes addressing the knotty problem of hazardous waste. The first, held at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in 1985, examined the transportation, storage, and disposal of hazardous materials. It suggested steps that industry, insurers, and gov ernment agencies could take to improve the safety and efficiency with which hazardous materials are produced and controlled in industrialized societies. Specifically, it focused on the risk-management tools of insurance, com pensation, and regulation. xv xvi PREFACE The second conference, held at the Wharton School, University of Penn sylvania in 1986, concentrated on the role of insurance and compensation in environmental pollution problems. It characterized a set of problems related to the environmental pollution liability insurance crisis as presented by key interested parties and proposed a set of research needs for providing a sound basis for constructing socially appropriate measures to deal with the problem.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Introduction....Pages 1-11
Front Matter....Pages 13-14
Risk Assessment Issues Associated with Cleaning Up Inactive Hazardous Waste Sites....Pages 15-40
Insurability Issues Associated with Cleaning Up Inactive Hazardous Waste Sites....Pages 41-82
Risk Management Issues Associated with Cleaning Up Inactive Hazardous Waste Sites....Pages 83-102
Front Matter....Pages 103-104
Managing Existing Hazardous Waste Facilities: Risk Assessment Issues....Pages 105-130
Insurability Issues Associated with Managing Existing Hazardous Waste Sites....Pages 131-168
Risk Management Issues Associated with Managing Hazardous Waste Sites....Pages 169-190
Front Matter....Pages 191-194
A Risk Communication Perspective on an Integrated Waste Management Strategy....Pages 195-216
An Environmental Perspective on an Integrated Waste Management Strategy....Pages 217-243
An Industrial Perspective on an Integrated Waste Management Strategy....Pages 245-270
An Insurance Perspective on an Integrated Waste Management Strategy....Pages 271-302
A Legal Perspective on an Integrated Waste Management Strategy....Pages 303-315
A Legislative Perspective on an Integrated Waste Management Strategy....Pages 317-329
Front Matter....Pages 331-331
A Synthesis of the Conference....Pages 333-341
Conclusion....Pages 343-350
Back Matter....Pages 351-365
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Introduction....Pages 1-11
Front Matter....Pages 13-14
Risk Assessment Issues Associated with Cleaning Up Inactive Hazardous Waste Sites....Pages 15-40
Insurability Issues Associated with Cleaning Up Inactive Hazardous Waste Sites....Pages 41-82
Risk Management Issues Associated with Cleaning Up Inactive Hazardous Waste Sites....Pages 83-102
Front Matter....Pages 103-104
Managing Existing Hazardous Waste Facilities: Risk Assessment Issues....Pages 105-130
Insurability Issues Associated with Managing Existing Hazardous Waste Sites....Pages 131-168
Risk Management Issues Associated with Managing Hazardous Waste Sites....Pages 169-190
Front Matter....Pages 191-194
A Risk Communication Perspective on an Integrated Waste Management Strategy....Pages 195-216
An Environmental Perspective on an Integrated Waste Management Strategy....Pages 217-243
An Industrial Perspective on an Integrated Waste Management Strategy....Pages 245-270
An Insurance Perspective on an Integrated Waste Management Strategy....Pages 271-302
A Legal Perspective on an Integrated Waste Management Strategy....Pages 303-315
A Legislative Perspective on an Integrated Waste Management Strategy....Pages 317-329
Front Matter....Pages 331-331
A Synthesis of the Conference....Pages 333-341
Conclusion....Pages 343-350
Back Matter....Pages 351-365
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