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Transportation Hazards

The chapter on transportation hazards in the Handbook of Transportation Engineering uses the risk definition by Kaplan and Garrick. It is is concise and to the point and boosts an impressive reference list for further in-depth study.

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ARTICLES and PAPERS
Supply, Demand, and ... "Miscellanous" Risk?
I've said so before, sometimes new articles are found in new and unlikely places. The other day I wa[...]
Strategic Alliances: Trust Control Risk
Can strategic alliances really work?  In Trust, Control and Risk in Strategic Alliances, Das & T[...]
BOOKS and BOOK CHAPTERS
Book Review: The Geography of Transport Systems
This is a book I've wanted to lay my hands on for a long time. The Geography of Transport Systems by[...]
Book Review:Managing Risks in Supply Chains
To make up for yesterday's perhaps overly harsh critique of just one article from this book, this is[...]
REPORTS and WHITEPAPERS
Risky cities - want to work there?
If you are doing global business, do you know where you are at risk and what risk that is most perti[...]
The supply chain of the future
Many global supply chains are not equipped to cope with the world we are entering. Most were enginee[...]
from HERE and THERE
Resilience Lessons from the Haiti Earthquake
The recent earthquake in Haiti is a poignant reminder of how vulnerable a country is when it is faci[...]
Food commodity supply chains at risk?
Have the prices gone up at your local supermarket recently? Maybe your favorite chocolate is suddenl[...]