Abstract: The terrorist acts of September 11, 2001, were a wake-up call for changing our past practices in ensuring homeland security. The positive results of these changes, however, are accompanied by myriad visible and invisible ...

Abstract: This article posits that the complex technical, organizational, and communication process associated with preparedness for, response to, and recovery from natural and human-made disasters is harmonious and synonymous with ...

Abstract: Wassily Leontief received the 1973 Nobel Price in Economics for developing what came to be known as the Leontief input-output model of the economy. Leontief's model enables understanding the interconnectedness among the ...

Abstract: The development of preparedness strategies for natural and malevolent man-made hazards and approaches with which to compare such investments is fraught with uncertainty. The dynamic inoperability input-output model (DIIM) ...

Abstract: The safety of many existing dams could be improved by modifying hem structurally in accordance with recent advances in statistical hydrology and mproved availability of meteorological and hydrological data. Any increase ...