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This chapter delves with the methodological details of modern risk assessments in compliance with the “specs” defined in Part I, and in particular Chap. 6.
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Oboni, F., Oboni, C. (2020). Risk Assessment for the Twenty-First Century. In: Tailings Dam Management for the Twenty-First Century. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-19447-5_14
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