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Managing weather and climate risks in agriculture Mannava V. K. Sivakumar, Raymond P. Motha 0 Resenhas Springer, 2007 - 503 páginas In many parts of the world, weather and climate are one of the biggest production risks and uncertainty factors impacting on agricultural systems performance and management. Both structural and non-structural measures can be used to reduce the impacts of the variability (including extremes) of climate resources on crop production. While the structural measures include strategies such as irrigation, water harvesting, windbreaks etc., the non-structural measures include use of seasonal to interannual climate forecasts, improved application of medium-range weather forecasts and crop insurance. This book based on an International Workshop held in New Delhi, India should be of interest to all organizations and agencies interested in improved risk management in agriculture

Natural disasters and extreme events in agriculture: impacts and mitigation M. V. K. Siva Kumar, Mannava V. K. Sivakumar, Raymond P. Motha, Haripada P. Das 0 Resenhas Springer, 2005 - 367 páginas Agricultural production is highly dependent on weather, climate and water availability and is adversely affected by the weather and climate-related disasters. Droughts and natural disasters such as floods can result in crop failures, food insecurity, famine, loss of property and life, mass migration and negative national economic growth. It may not be possible to prevent the occurrence of these natural disasters, but the resultant disastrous effects can be reduced considerably through proper planning and effective preparation. Vulnerability associated with the hazards of natural disasters can be controlled to some extent by accurate and timely prediction and by taking counter-measures to reduce their impacts on agriculture. This book based on an expert meeting held in Beijing, China should be of interest to all organizations involved in disasters reduction and mitigation of extreme events. TOC:Preface.- Impacts of Natural Disasters in Agriculture.- The Role of Disaster Preparedness in National Planning.- The Occurrence and Predictability of Extreme Events.- Accessibility of Database Information.- Tools for Forecasting or Warning.- Agrometeorological Impact Assessment.- Damage Assessment of Agrometeorological Relevance.- Impacts of Tropical Cyclones on Chinese Lowland Agriculture.- Frost and High Temperature Injury in China.- Impacts of Sand Storms/Dust Storms on Agriculture.- Disaster Reduction Planning and Response.- Agricultural Drought Policy and Practices in Australia.- Agrometeorological Disaster Risk Management in China.- Degradation of Vegetation and Agricultural Productivity.- Agricultural Drought Mitigation.- Early Detection and Monitoring of Drought and Flood in China.- The Decision of the Center of a Tropical Cyclone.- Application of Remote Sensing and GIS fo

Floods Dennis J. Parker 0 Resenhas Taylor & Francis, 2000 - 431 página

Silting Problems in Hydro Power Plants: Proceedings of the First International Conference, New Delhi, India, 13-15th October 1999 C.V.J. Varma 0 Resenhas Taylor & Francis, 2000 - 356 páginas The 33 papers focus primarily but not exclusively on the Indian subcontinent, through which passes nearly a third of all the earth carried by rivers and streams to the sea. Their concern is with design, operation, and maintenance approaches to preventing or mitigating the filling of reservoirs and damaging turbines and other equipment used in hydro-electric plants. Plenary papers discuss the Indian scenario, environmental and economic aspects, and reducing silt by implementing ISO 14000 for hilly projects. The technical sessions cover reservoir sedimentation, desilting and its economic optimization, damage mechanisms and their analysis, design criteria, and material technology. There is no index.

Natural disasters and sustainable development Riccardo Casale, Claudio Margottini 0 Resenhas Springer, 2004 - 397 páginas nbsp;Natural disasters are a clear example of people living in conflict with the environment. Disasters cause human, social and environmental losses and, sometimes, even threaten geopolitical stability, as in many less developed countries. They are also a problem of global concern, even when damage is local: the mechanisms are often dependent on global meteoro-climatic circulation. Losses frequently affect severalnbsp; countries, as could be seen in the floods in central Europe in 2002. It is obvious that there is a clear need for a new approach, capable of incorporating the prevention of natural disasters, whilst mitigating strategies within the cycle of sustainable development. There are no thematic disciplines or political boundaries limitating initiatives: the integration of data providers, data users/information providers and information users,nbsp;in a global and holistic manner, is the desired outcome of the new frontier. This book falls into this new category: multidisciplinary interventions and socio-economic point of views are the basic inputs for a changing science, implementing sustainable development for the benefit of citizens and society. It is comprised of studies and investigations which explain natural processes and modelling, as well as assessing hazards and risks and is rounded of with suggestions for sustainable development. Thus reflecting the best results of research on this topic funded by the European Commission. « Menos

Flood Problem and Management in South Asia M. Monirul Qader Mirza, Ema. Manirula Kādera Mirjā, Ajaya Dixit, Ainun Nishat 0 Resenhas Springer, 2002 - 210 páginas Flood Problem and Management in South Asia focuses on both the hazard and the vulnerability aspects of floods. This book addresses floods in South Asia from a multidisciplinary approach. The characteristics and nature of the flood problem and its management aspects are examined. It is suggested that flood control and management focused on structural solutions using embankments and reservoirs are insufficient. Effective solutions must go beyond structural measures and require major restructuring of both legal systems and institutions responsible for management. For those people living in the vast flood plains of South Asia to be able to overcome social, economic and environmental vulnerabilities, an adaptive approach to management of flood risks that identifies specific strategies is needed.

Understanding the economic and financial impacts of natural disasters Charlotte Benson, Edward J. Clay 0 Resenhas World Bank Publications, 2004 - 119 páginas This study examines the short and long term economic and financial effects of natural disasters and the problems they pose for long-term development. It draws on evidence from studies of Bangladesh, Dominica, Malawi and southern Africa to explore macroeconomic and development issues, including the factors that contribute to underlying sensitivities, and opportunities for improving the economic management of risk and disasters.

Uncertainty: a guide to dealing with uncertainty in quantitative risk and policy analysis Millett Granger Morgan, Max Henrion, Mitchell Small 0 Resenhas Cambridge University Press, 1990 - 332 páginas This book explain the ways in which uncertainty is an important factor in the problems of risk and policy analysis

Environmental risk assessment: quantitative measures, anthropogenic influences, human impact Ian Lerche, Walter Glässer 1 Resenha Birkhäuser, 2006 - 343 páginas This book deals with environmental and human risk problems caused by contamination from the perspective of real world applications with quantitative procedures. It includes risk methods for the discussion of environmental problems where data are sparse or fuzzy, as well as incorporating political, social and economic considerations in determining directions of remediation solutions for environmental contaminant problems. Furthermore, it highlights the impact of contaminants on human health, in some cases ultimately leading to death, as well as the anthropogenic exacerbation of natural processes.

A History of Moral Hazard David Rowell and Luke Connelly (University of Queensland)d.rowell@uq.edu.au The term 'moral hazard' was initially developed 150 years ago within the insurance-industry literature, to describe a positive relationship between insurance and a claim. It has been asserted that the concept of moral hazard spontaneously evolved with insurance. However, the earliest insurance contracts predate the first recorded use of the term moral hazard by almost 500 years. When interpreted literately, the phrase moral hazard can evoke a strong rhetorical tone, which has readily been used by a variety of stakeholders, most notably insurers, to influence public attitudes to claimers and claiming. In contrast, the discipline of economics has treated moral hazard as an idiom which 'in fact, has little to do with morality' to analyse the role that incentives play in a broad range of principal-agent relationships. This paper seeks to explore the underlying historical reasons for this impasse by reviewing four distinct and disparate literatures: theological, probabilistic, insurance and economic. The theological literature contains a rich discussion of the liceity of insurance that reveals a medieval concept of providence, which had profound implications for the conceptual development of moral hazard. The emergence of a probability literature from the field of mathematics also contributed to the theory of risk, (e.g. Bernoulli's resolution of the St Petersburg paradox) which were precursors for conceptual development of moral hazard. The eventual genesis of moral hazard in The Practice of Fire Underwriting in 1865 was followed by some ambiguity in the interpretation of this term. A careful inspection of the early insurance literature suggests that the term moral hazard was used pejoratively to also describe the related actuarial process of adverse selection, i.e., morally suspect people were observed to purchase insurance with a view to committing fraud. The insuranc

Offshore Oil and Gas Development in Northwest Russia: Consequences and Implications Original title: Offshore Oil and Gas Development in Northwest Russia: Consequences and Implications Report number: 2007 Authors: Nina Lesikhina, Irina Rudaya, Anna Kireeva, Olga Krivonos, Elena Kobets Publisher: Bellona Format: ISBN: ISSN: Price: 0 Download the report: Conclusion for Oil and Gas Report (0.05MB) Chapter 5. Environmental impact of oil and gas activity in the Arctic (1.23MB) Chapter 4. Oil and gas accidents prevention and liquidation (0.34MB) Chapter 3. Environmental risks when extracting and exporting oil and gas (0.79MB) Chapter 2. Transporting oil and gas in Northwest Russia (0.49MB) Chapter 1. Oil and gas resources on the Arctic Continental shelf in Russia (1.06MB) Introduction for Oil and Gas Report (0.03MB)

Brasil final tender protocol concession agreement 2008 Laws & Regulations 2008 Brazilian summary submission to the United Nations on the Continental Shelf 2004 International Treaties & Related Instruments 2004 Brazilian submission to the United Nations on the Continental Shelf 2004 International Treaties & Related Instruments 2004 Brazil Incorporation of Petro-Sal Laws & Regulations 2009 Establishment of a social fund to manage the Brazilian government revenues from PSAs Laws & Regulations 2009 Brazil Production sharing agreements (PSAs), for the pre-salt and other strategic areas Laws & Regulations 2009 Draft of Legistation - Assignment to Petrobras of free pre-salt acreage in consideration for the Brazilian government's subscription for Petrobras shares Laws & Regulations 2009 Brazil Concessions for Round 10 Contracts & Agreements 2009 Brazil Petroleum Law of 1997 (Spanish) Laws & Regulations 1997 Brazil Petroleum Law of 1997 (Portuguese) Laws & Regulations 1997 Brazil Petroleum Law of 1997 Laws & Regulations 1997 Brazil Final Tender on Round 10 Contracts & Agreements 2009 Brazil Law on Wholesale Market of Electric Energy 1998 Laws & Regulations 1998 Brazil Law on Commercialization of Electric Energy 2004 Laws & Regulations 2004 Brazil National Energy Policy 2000 Guidelines, Codes & Standards 2000 Model ANP Concession Agreement for the Exploration, Development and Production of Oil and Gas Between Agencia Nacional Do Petrolia and Contractor (March 2001) Contracts & Agreements 2001 Petroleum Law of Brazil ( Constitutional Amendment), 1995 Laws & Regulations 1995 Petroleum Law of Brazil, 2000 Laws & Regulations 2000 Petroleum Law of Brazil, 1997 Laws & Regulations 1997

The Journal of World Energy Law & Business Advance Access originally published online on March 15, 2010 The Journal of World Energy Law & Business 2010 3(2):140-165; doi:10.1093/jwelb/jwq002 This Article Full Text Full Text (PDF) Audios Audios All Versions of this Article: 3/2/140    most recent jwq002v2 jwq002v1 Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Alert me to new issues of the journal Add to My Personal Archive Download to citation manager Request Permissions Citing Articles Scopus Links Citing Articles via CrossRef Google Scholar Articles by Wagner, J. Articles by Armstrong, K. Social Bookmarking          What's this? © The Author 2010. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the AIPN. All rights reserved. Managing environmental and social risks in international oil and gas projects: Perspectives on compliance Jay Wagner and Kit Armstrong* The first 150 words of the full text of this article appear below.    1. Introduction   Background Oil and gas exploration and production (E&P) and associated energy infrastructure projects take place across the globe in a diversity of environmental and socio-economic settings from the Arctic to the humid tropics. Energy industry activities are also inherently complex and risky. They involve a variety of environment, health and safety (EHS) and social issues that need to be carefully managed alongside geologic, political and economic risk factors. Worldwide, stakeholders are demanding ever-higher levels of environmental and social performance from the industry. In addition to EHS concerns, a wide range of social issues, such as human rights, revenue management, ethics, governance and corruption, have become increasingly significant in terms of both perception and conduct of industry activities. As a result, oil and gas companies are being exposed

Global strategies of clean environment, safe earth, disaster management, sustainable development and quality life: national and international obligations and priorities N. P. Rao 0 Resenhas Atlantic Publishers & Distributors, 1998 - 320 páginas The Efforts Made At The International Level By The United Nations Agencies On Environ¬Mental Destination Problems And Saving The Earth From The Natural And Man-Made Disasters Are Well-Known. Besides, The Proclamation Of The International Decade For Natural Disaster Reduction And Appoint¬Ing Inter-Governmental Panels On Climatic Change, Etc., Show That All Are Concerned With The Safety Of Environment And Earth And Are Seized With The Attendant Problems Discussed Herein And Incorporated In Agenda-21 As Action Programme For Implementation By All Concerned.At The National Level Agencies Such As The Central And The State Pollution Control Boards And Other Ngos Are Involved In Pollution Abatement Programmes. Already The Global Warming Has Led To Rise In Atmospheric Temperatures. So, The Battle Is Already On At The National And International Level To Ensure Clean Environment And Safe Earth For Sustained Development And Better And Healthier Quality Of Life. At A Time When We Are Fighting Against These Problems At A Global Level, We Are Confronted At The Domestic Level With Such Calamities As The Latur Earthquake, And The East Coastal Cyclones, Typhoons, Hurricanes, Blizzards Causing Loss Of Life And Property Resulting In Untold Sufferings Mentioned In This Book.The Object Of This Book Is To Focus Attention Of All Governmental And Non-Governmental Agencies Both At The National And Inter¬National Level (Including Un, World Bank, Undp, Uncef Etc.), And At The Local Level (The Pollution Control Boards, Urban Plan¬Ning Authorities, Municipal, Industries, Health, Welfare And Safety Departments), On The Importance Of The Problems Discussed In This Book, Which Is Intended For Them. The Book Is Timely And Topical. « Menos

GESTÃO DE RISCO: ANÁLISE DA UTILIZAÇÃO DE DERIVATIVOS FINANCEIROS PELAS COOPERATIVAS AGROPECUÁRIAS DO ESTADO DO PARANÁ Régio Marcio Toesca Gimenes, Miguel Angel Uribe Opazo, Claudemir José de Souza, Fátima Maria Pegorini Gimenes Resumo Este artigo tem como objetivo investigar o gerenciamento do risco em uma amostra de vinte e nove cooperativas agropecuárias localizadas no estado do Paraná. Na ultima década estudos relacionados ao uso de instrumentos de gerenciamento de risco, como derivativos, tornaram-se freqüentes, persistindo ainda muitas dúvidas em relação aos custos e benefícios dessa utilização. As cooperativas estão inseridas em um ambiente na qual a incerteza está presente e com ela o risco, destacando-se as oscilações de produção e preços das commodities agrícolas. Desta forma, decorre a necessidade de um gerenciamento de risco eficaz, em busca de uma estratégia adequada de hedge que maximize o tradeoff entre risco e retorno. Quanto à metodologia adotada, utilizou-se os procedimentos de uma pesquisa descritiva com a aplicação de questionário a uma amostra de gestores financeiros das cooperativas agropecuárias que compõem o universo do estudo. As evidências sugerem que os gestores financeiros das cooperativas agropecuárias gerenciam com derivativos as exposições cambiais, seguidas pela de taxa de juros, de commodities e de patrimônio, tendo como maior preocupação os aspectos institucionais do que os econômico-financeiros, apesar da volatilidade dos mercados brasileiros. Texto Completo: PDF

EL ESTUDIO DE LOS RIESGOS CON ORIGEN HIDROLÓGICO EN EL SU-RESTE DE LA PENÍNSULA IBÉRICA. ENFOQUE GEOGRÁFICO Y PLANI-FICACIÓN TERRITORIAL. Carmelo Conesa García, R. García Lorenzo, W. E. Brinckmann, R. y García Marin, A. Morales Pérez Resumo El presente artículo muestra el estado de la cuestión en el análisis de los riesgos hidrológicos de una región natural española especialmente productora de situaciones de peligro: el Sureste de la Península Ibérica. Los graves impactos que este tipo de peligros naturales tienen en la economía, la sociedad y el medio ambiente de esta región hacen que el enfoque geográfico revista aquí especial importancia en el estudio de sus riesgos derivados, particularmente en relación con la evaluación y gestión de los mismos, y su indudable implicación en las políticas de planificación territorial. Ésta es una de las regiones más áridas de Europa, caracterizada por lluvias extraordinarias de alta intensidad horaria capaces provocar abultados caudales y desbordamientos de cauces, pero también por la instalación de núcleos densos de poblamiento en sus áreas litorales y de vega. El escaso, o en ocasiones desafortunado, diálogo entre me-dio natural y hombre ha hecho de ésta una zona de notable interés para gran número de investigadores en temas de riesgos asociados a fenómenos hidrológicos extremos. El carácter efímero de las corrientes y los efectos hidráulicos de las infraestructuras lineales y obras de drenaje complican la estimación de los cau-dales de avenida, aumentando dicho grado de complejidad. Aun cuando existen ya varios modelos, pro-gramas y proyectos enfocados a estas cuestiones todavía falta un mayor conocimiento sobre este tipo de procesos de riesgo, particularmente en relación con la generación de áreas inundables, para la que se ne-cesita una información cartográfica base de mayor detalle y la incorporación de factores hasta ahora muy poco considerados como los hidromorfológic

Crime de Poluição - Uma Resposta do Direito Penal aos Novos Riscos - Biblioteca de Estudos Avançados em Direito Penal e Processual Penal - Coords.: Luiz Regis Prado e Adel El TasseAlessandra Rapassi Mascarenhas Prado, 348 pgs. Publicado em: 1/4/2010 Editora: Juruá EditoraISBN: 978853622923-2Preço: R$ 79,90 * Desconto não cumulativo com outras promoções e P.A.P.               ÁREA(S) Direito PenalClique aqui e veja os últimos lançamentos da mesma área. SINOPSE"... A autora, embora entenda a necessidade de legitimação do Direito Penal para que possa enfrentar os problemas recentes, busca ao longo de seu trabalho, conciliar o direito liberal e garantista, com os ajustes necessários para atender às novas demandas. Por isto mesmo, afirma que há um 'grande desafio do Direito Penal Contemporâneo, que não pode deixar de assegurar as garantias e liberdades e individuais, mas, de outro lado, deve estender-se, quando necessário, para impedir lesões que podem assumir proporções catastróficas'... ... A autora põe o foco de seus estudos sobre o crime de poluição (um dos maiores impactos negativos sobre o meio ambiente, como se refere), analisando, com rara dedicação, a multiplicidade de aspectos existentes ao redor do tema, motivo pelo qual apresenta um trabalho único no Brasil... ... A poluição é apresentada ao leitor como fenômeno que assume características específicas em cada país e é altamente dependente de sua situação econômica. Lembra, por exemplo, que o processo de industrialização no Brasil apenas ganhou expressão na década de cinquenta, recorrendo-se a máquinas e equipamentos sucatados e tecnologia ultrapassada dos países industrializados. Este fato, no entanto constitui apenas uma faceta dos fatores econômicos que contribuíram para atividades poluidoras, como destaca, já que postos em conflito desenvolvimento econômico e preservação ambiental, o país durante muitos anos, optou pela primeira vertente

The politics of food Marianne E. Lien, Brigitte Nerlich 1 Resenha Berg Publishers, 2004 - 244 páginas Is shopping for food really a political act? Why is it that, in a world with enough food for everyone, more people than ever go hungry? Why did the French resistance against genetically modified foods become a fight against McDonalds? Why did the foot-and-mouth epidemic in the UK become a problem for consumers? Capable of connecting human bodies to abstract nations, and techno-science to moral concerns, food has become one of the most contested fields of our time. It is high on the political agenda throughout the world. With disease, contamination, famine, hunger and imbalanced food markets all unfortunate realities, a book that interrogates the politics of food is long overdue. From the BSE outbreak in the 1990s through to cultural taboos and the genetic modification of produce and livestock, this timely book raises provocative questions about how we relate to food in the 21st century. Recent food scandals and genetically modified organism controversies have shattered the idea that 'food is food' as we have always known it, and exposed fundamental dilemmas related to risk and control. Taking as its starting point the premise that food is politicized in arenas not commonly thought of as political, The Politics of Food explores issues surrounding the development of global food markets in underdeveloped nations and addresses recent events that have had a profound impact on how consumers feel about what they eat. The epidemic of foot-and-mouth disease that swept through the UK in 2001 spawned a series of questions concerning the real costs of cheap food. What lessons have been learned? And how are food choices linked to the politics of food markets? With globalization, food has increasingly become entangled in webs of political significance. Through ethnographic case studies, this book reveals how food has come to serve a key role in political resistance, grassroots

Iran, BP and the CIA LAWRENCE S. WITTNER Counterpunch June 23, 2010 The offshore oil drilling catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico brought to us by BP has overshadowed its central role over the past century in fostering some other disastrous events. BP originated in 1908 as the Anglo-Persian Oil Company-a British corporation whose name was changed to the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company two decades later.  With exclusive rights to extract, refine, export, and sell Iran's rich oil resources, the company reaped enormous profits.  Meanwhile, it shared only a tiny fraction of the proceeds with the Iranian government.  Similarly, although the company's British personnel lived in great luxury, its Iranian laborers endured lives of squalor and privation. In 1947, as Iranian resentment grew at the giant oil company's practices, the Iranian parliament called upon the Shah, Iran's feudal potentate, to renegotiate the agreement with Anglo-Iranian.  Four years later, Mohammed Mossadeq, riding a tide of nationalism, became the nation's prime minister.  As an enthusiastic advocate of taking control of Iran's oil resources and using the profits from them to develop his deeply impoverished nation, Mossadeq signed legislation, passed unanimously by the country's parliament, to nationalize the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company. The British government was horrified.  Eager to assist the embattled corporation, it imposed an economic embargo on Iran and required its technicians to leave the country, thus effectively blocking the Iranian government from exporting its oil.  When this failed to bring the Iranians to heel, the British government sought to arrange for the overthrow of Mossadeq-first through its own efforts and, later (when Britain's diplomatic mission was expelled from Iran for its subversive activities), through the efforts of the U.S. government.  But President Truman refused to commit the CIA to this venture. To the delight of Anglo-Iranian, it received

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