Le Risque Technologique Majeur


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Le Risque Technologique Majeur




Principes fondamentaux du génie des procédés et de la technologie chimique (2e éd.)


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Véritable traité de référence et guide pratique, Principes fondamentaux du génie des procédés et de la technologie chimique répertorie et analyse les principes de base incontournables pour réaliser des synthèses industrielles de produits chimiques. Il présente également les fondements de la qualité, de la sécurité et de l'environnement, notions indispensables à maîtriser avant de mettre en route et de conduire un procédé. Organisé en 3 parties, cet ouvrage rassemble toutes les notions théoriques et pratiques nécessaires aux chimistes avant d'industrialiser un procédé physique ou chimique. Il permet : d'assimiler les théories et concepts fondamentaux impliqués dans les procédés (grandeurs physicochimiques, bilans de matière et d'énergie, équilibres physiques et chimiques, etc.), illustrés par 54 exercices d'application. Un chapitre est également consacré à la mise en oeuvre des opérations chimiques en présentant les connaissances de base sur les réacteurs chimiques idéaux et industriels, sur la qualité, la sécurité et l'environnement, d'acquérir une méthodologie efficace pour la conduite de calculs de base à travers 84 exercices et problèmes de synthèse résolus issus de situations industrielles réelles et de la pratique professionnelle. De difficulté croissante et commentés pas à pas, ces exercices permettent de progresser et de vérifier ses acquis, de savoir interpréter et maîtriser les opérations physiques et chimiques les plus courantes. Totalement inédite, cette partie reposant sur des déterminations expérimentales présente des exemples de bilans effectués dans des opérations de séparation ou de synthèse chimique réalisées à l'échelon pilote (rappel des notions théoriques, description exhaustive du matériel utilisé et des opérations à effectuer, présentation et interprétation des résultats expérimentaux…). Enrichie de 26 annexes rassemblant les principales données utilisées et de deux index détaillés, cette nouvelle édition constitue un support indispensable pour les étudiants et enseignants en génie des procédés et en chimie industrielle des IUT, STS, licences et masters professionnels ainsi que des écoles d'ingénieurs. Il sera également utile aux ingénieurs et techniciens supérieurs travaillant dans les domaines production et R&D de l'industrie chimique.




Environmental Impact Assessment, Technology Assessment, and Risk Analysis


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This volume is the outcome of a recent NATO Advanced Study Institute (ASI) on "Technology Assessment. Environmental Impact Assessment. and Risk Analysis: Contributions from the Psychological and Decision Sciences." The Institute was held in Les Arcs. France and functioned as a high level teaching activity during which scientific research results were presented in detail by eminent lecturers. Support for the Institute was provided by grants from the NATO Division of Scientific Affairs. the u.S. Office of Naval Research. and the Russell Sage Foundation. The Institute covered several areas of research. including quantitative studies on decision and judgmental processes. studies on human intellectual limitations. studies on risk attitudes and perceptions. studies on factors contributing to conflicts and disputes about hazardous technologies and activities. studies on factors influencing forecasts and judgments by experts. studies on public preferences for decisionmaking processes. studies on public responses to technological hazards. and case studies applying principles and methods from the psychological and decision sciences in specific settings.




ERM - Enterprise Risk Management


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A wealth of international case studies illustrating current issues and emerging best practices in enterprise risk management Despite enterprise risk management's relative newness as a recognized business discipline, the marketplace is replete with guides and references for ERM practitioners. Yet, until now, few case studies illustrating ERM in action have appeared in the literature. One reason for this is that, until recently, there were many disparate, even conflicting definitions of what, exactly ERM is and, more importantly, how organizations can use it to utmost advantage. With efforts underway, internationally, to mandate ERM and to standardize ERM standards and practices, the need has never been greater for an authoritative resource offering risk management professionals authoritative coverage of the full array of contemporary ERM issues and challenges. Written by two recognized international thought leaders in the field, ERM-Enterprise Risk Management provides that and much more. Packed with international cases studies illustrating ERM best practices applicable across all industry sectors and business models Explores contemporary issues, including quantitative and qualitative measures, as well as potential pitfalls and challenges facing today's enterprise risk managers Includes interviews with leading risk management theorists and practitioners, as well as risk managers from a variety of industries An indispensable working resource for risk management practitioners everywhere and a valuable reference for researchers, providing the latest empirical evidence and an exhaustive bibliography




L' Avenir Du Droit International de L'environnement


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German Environmental Law addresses scholars, lawmakers, administrators, investors, & protectionists from outside Germany who do not read German but wish to have access to the sources of German environmental law. The major law texts concerning nature conservation, air quality control, water protection, waste management, road planning, environmental impact assessment & environmental liability are reproduced. Also included are the Technical Instructions on Air Quality Control, an administrative guideline of great practical importance, which is often taken as a point of reference for the construction of industrial plants, even outside Germany. The law texts are accompanied by a case-related introduction to German environmental law. While there are numerous introductions to & editions of German environmental law in the German language, this book is the first to outline German environmental law & reproduce the basic law texts in the English language.





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Cindynics, The Science of Danger


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This book offers a new perspective to uncover the keys to accident and disaster avoidance. Created with a working group, it presents research and understanding on the root causes of disasters. Indeed, beyond technical failures, human beings are at the heart of organizations and, through the exchange of data and information, influential relationships inevitably emerge such as conflicts of interest and cooperation. With examples selected from multiple accidents and disasters, this book demonstrates that analyzing the causal chain that leads to an accident is not sufficient if we wish to truly understand it. The role of operational and managerial actors and the complexities they generate are also explored. Cindynics, The Science of Danger helps readers develop their ability to identify gaps, deficits, dissonances, disjunctions, degenerations and blockages, which are the real dangers in inevitably evolving activity situations. With an easily-understandable approach, this book offers new perspectives in several fields (health, crisis management and conflict resolution).




The Shaping of Environmental Policy in France


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Drawing on an extensive range of political, legal and sociological materials, the author presents and evaluates environmental policy-making in France at a time when environmental problems are growing in complexity and gravity. He highlights the range of inputs to the policy process - including popular movements, green parties, interest group representation, EU legislation and international treaties - and evaluates the diverse nature of the outcomes which lead him to conclude that because new developments involve not only changes in policy content but also adaptation of policy style, environmental demands are progressively changing the shape of politics itself.




Mirages of Development


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This work looks at the issues of development in terms that attack both the earlier idealism and the current mood of cynicism about the Third World.




Expertise Under Scrutiny


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This book explores the challenges that confront leaders in government and industry when making decisions in the areas of environmental health and safety. Today, decision making demands transparency, robustness, and resiliency. However thoughtfully they are devised, decisions made by governments and enterprises can often trigger immediate, passionate public response. Expertise Under Scrutiny shows how leaders can establish organizational decision making processes that yield valid, workable choices even in fast-changing and uncertain conditions. The first part of the book examines the organizational decision making process, describing the often-contentious environment in which important environmental health and safety decisions are made, and received. The authors review the roles of actors and experts in the decision making process. The book goes on to address such topics as: · The roles of actors and experts in the decision making process · Ethics and analytics as drivers of good decisions · Why managing problems in safety, security, environment, and health Part II offers an outline for adopting a formal decision support structure, including the use of decision support tools. It includes a chapter devoted to ELECTRE (ELimination and Choice Expressing Reality), a multi-criteria decision analysis system. The book concludes with an insightful appraisal and analysis of the expertise, structure and resources needed for navigating well-supported, risk-informed decisions in our 21st Century world. Expertise Under Scrutiny benefits a broad audience of students, academics, researchers, and working professionals in management and related disciplines, especially in the field of environmental health and safety.