Humble Analysis

I have taught from pre-publication chapters of this book, and it will continue to be central to my graduate risk issues course for the foreseeable future. Clint has done a remarkable job of communicating the challenges of contributing expertise to environmental discourse. Book will be out in mid-2002.

CLINTON J. ANDREWS is Assistant Professor at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University.

Readings in Risk is a collection of papers published by Resources for the Future. I have assigned it in the past, and will probably do so again. The second paper, by Granger Morgan, provides an excellent template for class risk projects. Serves both risk methods and decision making courses.

Social Theories of Risk is just what one would expect--it contains 15 essays that explore a variety of issues about how risk fits into society and culture. I assign many papers from this book in my graduate issues course.

Risk and Modern Society. A well selected collection of papers on the role of risk information in decision making processes. I assign this book in my graduate issues course.

Risk Modeling, Assessment, and
Management by Yacov Y.
Haimes. This book at a lower cost would be an excellent companion to Uncertainty and Should We Risk It. I always recommend this book to students who expect to continue with risk studies after an introductory risk methods course.

Uncertainty: A Guide to Dealing With
Uncertainty in Quantitative Risk and Policy
Analysis. This is an outstanding book. I assign it as part of my graduate and undergraduate risk methods courses.

Risk Assessment and Management Handbook: For Environmental, Health, and Safety Professionals
Rao V. Kolluru (Editor)

I suggest this book for my risk analysis methods courses, and I know that elsewhere it has been assigned. Now out of print.

Toxics A to Z

This book is an excellent reference for information on toxic materials. Readable and concise, yet accurate information.

Decision Sciences

This continues to be the state of the art book for thinking in a structured way about making high stakes, highly uncertain decisions. I would love to build a whole class around it!

Risk Analysis: A Quantitative Guide. (David Vose)

An excellent book for risk professionals; a bit pricey for students.

From Amazon.com: This book provides the basic information necessary for a simple risk analysis models as well as in-depth modeling techniques for more complicated problems. It concentrates on the accuracy of risk modeling rather than the management of risk analysis, and provides a comprehensive guide to the modeling of uncertainty using spreadsheets and Monte Carlo software on standard PCs. It also includes sufficient probability and statistics theory for concise risk analysis.

Consider a Spherical Cow by John Harte

While I don't assign this book in my risk classes, it was an inspiration for Should We Risk It, just as Harte and Holdren's courses at UC Berkeley's Energy and Resources Group was the template for my pedagogical style. An excellent book for all environmental modelers.

Probabilistic Techniques in Exposure Assessment by Alison Cullen and H. Christopher Frey

An excellent reference for dealing with probabilistic data and inputs, whether or not for exposure assessment. Clearly written and illustrated with examples.