Insuring and Managing Hazardous Risks: from Seveso to Bhopal and beyond

The International Conference on Transportation, Storage, and Disposal of Hazardous Materials, held at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), brought together representatives of academia, business, and government from East and West to discuss the nature of current problems in the area of hazardous materials. An important objective of the Conference was to suggest steps that could be undertaken by industrial firms, the insurance industry, and government agencies to improve the safety and efficiency with which hazardous materials are produced and controlled in industrialized societies.