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Instructions for Book Reviews

To submit a title for review:

Please send the book directly to:

Karen Lowrie
Managing Editor, Risk Analysis
E. J. Bloustein School
33 Livingston Ave.
New Brunswick, NJ 08901

To review a book:

If you are interested in writing a book review for the journal, please see the list below for current books in our catalog.  If you’d like to review one of these, or another book that is not listed, please contact Managing Editor Karen Lowrie to inquire about whether Risk Analysis is interested in the book that you would like to review. All book reviews will be reviewed by members of the Editorial Staff and edits will be requested as necessary prior to publication.

Current Book Catalog

Title
Author
Publisher
The Flaw of Averages: Why We Underestimate Risk in the Face of Uncertainty (2009) Sam L. Savage Wiley and Sons
Children and Pollution: Why Scientists Disagree (2009) Colleen F. Moore Oxford University Press

Actuarial Modeling of Claim Counters (2007)

Denuit/Marechal/
Pitrebois/Walhin

John Wiley & Sons

Analytical Methods for Risk Management (2009)

Paul R. Garvey

CRC Press

Calculating Political Risk (2008)

Catherine Althaus

UNSW Press

Choosing Safety (2008)

Michael V. Frank

RFF Press

Data Mining Methods & Models (2006)

Daniel T. Larose

John Wiley & Sons

Environmental Risk Assessment of Genetically Modified Organisms (2007)

Kapuscinski, Hayes Li and Dana

CAB International

Floods in Bangladesh (2006)

Hofer/Messserli

United Nations University

Frontiers in Quantitative Finance (2009)

Rama Cont

John Wiley & Sons

Full Disclosure (2007)

Fung/Graham/Weil

Cambridge University Press

Mathematical Asset Management (2008)

Thomas Hoglund

John Wiley & Sons

Measuring Vulnerability to Natural Hazards (2006)

Jorn Birkmann

United Nations University Press

Operational Risks - Modeling Analytics (2006)

Harry H. Panjer

John Wiley & Sons

Risk Analysis for Islamic Banks, (2008)

Van Greuning/Iqbal

The World Bank

Risk Assessment of Chemicals: An Introduction (2007)

Van Leeuwen/Vermeire

Springer

Risking House and Home, (2008)

Quigley/Rosenthal

Berkeley Public Policy Press

Safe Use of Chemicals (2009)

T.S.S. Dikshith

CRC Press

Statistical Framework for Recreational Water (2007)

Larry J. Wymer

John Wiley & Sons

Strategies for Risk Communication (2008)

Tucker/Ferson/
Finkel/Slavin

Blackwell Publishing

Techniques et philosophies des risques (2007)

C. Kermisch et G. Hottois

Librairie Philosophique

The Principles and Practice of Crisis Management - Case of Brent Spar (2006)

Meena Ahmed

Palgrave/MacMillan

The Reporter’s Handbook on Nuclear Materials, Energy and Waste Management (2009)
Michael R. Greenberg, Bernadette M. West, Karen W. Lowrie and Henry J. Mayer
Vanderbilt University Press

The Sentinel CEO (2007)

William G. Parrett

John Wiley & Sons

Toxic Exposures (2007)

Phil Brown

Columbia University

Toxic Torts - Science, Law & the Possibility of Justice (2006)

Carl. F. Cranor

Cambridge University Press

Transparency & Accountability in Science & Politics:
The Awareness Principle (2008)

Kjell Andersson

Palgrave/MacMillan

Uncertainty and Risk (2008)

Bammer/Smithson

Earthscan