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The Tangier Mediterranean Project (TMP), a strategic priority for the sustainable economic and social development of the Northern Region of Morocco, requires the construction of a sea harbor handling domestic and business activities (passengers, containers, transshipments, cereals, other goods…), a 98-ha free zone for the stocking of goods and light processing, an industrial free zone targeting exportoriented production industries, and a 125-ha duty free/trade zone. The main objective is to create jobs by attracting export oriented enterprises, develop tourism, and generate sources of income for the harbor activities. The geographical region of the project lies in an area free of any industrial activity and was until now devoted to agriculture and fishery activities. After the general presentation of the TMP, this paper will discuss ecosystem changes (aquatic and terrestrial) that will occur following the development of the project and the risks of human and ecosystem changes.

Agricultural growth, industrialization, population demands for drinking water, recreation, and other demands in coastal areas pose environmental risk and security difficulties. These pressures are well illustrated by the challenges facing Lake Sevan, the largest lake in the Transcaucasus Region of Armenia and one of the largest freshwater high-mountain lakes in Eurasia. The paper presents an investigation around the Lake, which integrates a set of criteria for performing socioeconomic valuation and cost-benefit analysis with the further aim of optimal control modeling and development of security policies.

The Tri-State Mining District was formed to encompass areas of Oklahoma, Kansas, and Missouri where lead, zinc, and other metals were mined from the 1900s until the 1960s. Tar Creek in Ottowa County, Oklahoma was the recipient of much of the mining waste generated during this period. The Tar Creek watershed is an approximately 53.3-square-mile area, where 19,566 people reside. It is characterized by high heavy metal soil concentrations, contaminated surface and ground waters, air transport of contaminants, and exposed mining wastes. There are human health and ecological exposure hazards from these media. A need for evaluations of long-term solutions that could be constructed or implemented to improve the ecosystems is apparent. There has been a movement toward a more ‘holistic’ response to human health and wildlife risks at and adjacent to Tar Creek, including determining problems affecting residents and identifying appropriate remedial actions. In 1983, the area along Tar Creek was listed on the National Priority List (NPL) as a Superfund Site. The Environmental Protection Agency signed a Memorandum of Understanding with United States Army Corps of Engineers and the Department of Interior in 2003 to collaborate on assessment and remediation efforts with multiple stakeholders, which include tribal authorities, local interest parties, and other entities. Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) is a systematic and structured process beneficial to users during the pre- and postphase of decision making. MCDA could prove an asset to the Tar Creek project, particularly when dealing with multiple stakeholders coupled with numerous remediation objectives and risk remedies, by applying decision processes such as Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Multi-Attribute Utility Theory (MAUT). Commercial software packages use decision processes as engines; for example, Expert Choice® utilizes AHP while Criterium DecisionPlus® exercises MAUT. MCDA, paired with decision-making tools, provides the results of modeling/-monitoring studies, risk analysis, cost, and stakeholder preferences so that risk managers are able to systematically evaluate and compare alternatives and actions supporting risk management and thus credibly prioritize resources. The following sections will discuss the background and history of the Tar Creek Superfund Site, the MCDA framework/structure, commonly used MCDA tools in conjunction with theories, and a methodology for how MCDA can be effectively used at the site.

Harbors can be considered one of the most appealing targets for terrorist threats. Considering that small ships or swimming commandos cannot be easily tracked by on-ground surveillance and that on-site surveillance, by means of manned ships, is quite expensive and difficult to conceal from enemy eyes, the interest in Unmanned Sea Vehicles (USVs) is quite clear. USVs may be one or two meters long, equipped with proper surveillance sensors. If state-of-the-art technology is taken into account, USVs can also be thought of as low-cost vehicles. The paper presents a system low-cost solution and it highlights the usefulness of tools like Comparative Risk Analysis (CRA), Multi-Criteria Analysis (MCA), and simulation techniques.