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Fig. 9.23 Phase portrait of Dam Nuoc Ngot Lagoon. Notation 1 river mouth, 2 boundary ʓ ,
3 lagoon centre

Fig. 9.24 Phase portrait of Dam Nuoc Ngot Lagoon in its section by plane salinity/depth
variation. Notation 1 average level on all aquatory; 2 average in the river mouths; and 3 boundary
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9.4 Risk Control and Sustainable Development

Assuming the de nition of the sustainable development given by Kobayashi (2005)

as a basis, we shall consider its different aspects connected with the human behavior
strategy under conditions when the trend of NSS development depends on the
decision making. The level of the risk of making decisions at this stage of human-
kind development can be evaluated by not only the results obtained in the nearest
future, but also by the subsequent impacts. In that sense, the developed and currently
used ineffective strategy of the risk control of the decisions made can lead to cata-
strophic consequences. In particular, this refers to various decisions obtained by
international organizations on nature-use management, change of the Earth s covers,

impacts on anthropogenic processes, etc. Under conditions of limited long-range
forecasting methods, an erroneous decision can cause irreversible consequences of
economic character with development of undesirable processes in the environment.

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