Integrated risk and vulnerability management assisted by decision support systems : relevance and impact on governance

Disaster Risk and Vulnerability Management from Awareness to Practice.- Quantitative Area Risk Analysis: Available Tools and Open Problems.- ARIPAR-GIS, TRAT, OPTIPATH, EHHRA-GIS.- Risk Based Decision Making: Three Examples of Practical Application Tools.- Catastrophe Risk Management.- Interactive Risk Management.- Pilot Project on Environment and Health Rapid Risk Assessment in Secondary Rivers of the Mean and Lower Danube Basin.- Facing Modern Times: Challenges in Risk Analysis.- A Research and Development Strategy on Assessment and Management of Technological and Natural Risks.