List of Selected Publications:

Latest Book:
Improving Sustainability through Reasonable Risk and Crisis Management, by Franco & César Oboni, ISBN 978-0-9784462-0-8, 2007 book.oboni.net

Oboni, F., Angelino, C. , Moreno, J. , Using Artificial Intelligence In An Integrated Risk Management Program For A Large Alpine Landslide, International Conference ‘Climate Change – Challenges and Solutions’, May 21-24th 2007, Ventnor, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom.

Oboni, F., Angelino, C., Visconti, B., Curti, R., Ghione, A., Environmental Restoration of a 60Mm3 Dry Asbestos Tailings Dup Using Risk Based Decision Making, Canadian Reclamation, Issue 1, Spring/Summer 2006

Oboni, F. , Risk Based Decision Making for the Design of Reclamation Projects, CLRA 2006 Reclamation and Remediation: Policy to Practice, 31st Annual Meeting and Conference, Ottawa, 2006

Oboni, F., Do Risk Assessments Really Add Value To Mining Projects?, CIM Mining Conference & Exhibition 2006, Vancouver, Canada, 2006

Geneva International Centre of Humanitarian Demining, A Study of Manual Mine Clearance, Chapter 4, Risk Assessment and Risk Management of Mined Areas, Geneva, 2005

M. Pritchard, M. Porter, K. W. Savigny, I. Bruce, F. Oboni, T. Keegan, B. Abbott, CN Rockfall Hazard Risk Management System: Experience, Enhancements, and Future Direction, 2005 AREMA Annual Conference, 2005

L. Piccarelli, F. Oboni, S.G. Evans, G. Mostyn, R. Fell, Hazard characterization and quantification, State of the Art Paper, Landslide Risk Management Conference, Vancouver, June 2005

Oboni, F., Velocity-Rain Relationship at the Cassass Landslide, Landslide Risk Management Conference, Vancouver, June 2005

M. Pritchard, M. Porter, W. Savigny, I. Bruce, F. Oboni, T. Keegan & B. Abbott, CN rockfall hazard risk management system: Experience, enhancements, and future direction, Landslide Risk Management Conference, Vancouver, June 2005

Oboni, C. Oboni, F., Risk Based Prioritization of Mitigative Funding (RBPMF) ©Oboni&Associates, 2003, Turin 2004

Oboni, C. Oboni, F., Formulation of Predictive Potential Target Selection (PPTS) ©Oboni&Associates, 2003, Turin, 2004

Oboni, C. Oboni, F., Definition of Objective Terror Alert Criteria, (OTAC) ©Oboni&Associates, 2003, Turin, 2004

Oboni, F., Ten Years Experience in Linear Facilities Risk Assessment (LFRA), San Francisco ICASP9 2003

Oboni, F., Utilisation des Risques Quantitatifs dans le Domaine Minier, Montreal Icold 2003

Bruce, I. , Oboni, F., Thibaud, R., Risk Management for the Mining Industry Using Quantitative Risk Assessment, CIM, Montreal 2003

Bruce & Oboni, Risk Management Process for Tailings Control, Mining Engineering, SME, Oct. 2002

Un database sui rischi quantitativi nella attività di coltivazione di miniere e cave, F. Oboni, C. Angelino, B. Visconti, Rivista GEAM, n° 103, 2001

A database of Quantitative Risks in Tailings Management, Oboni and Bruce, p379 in Slope Stability in Surface Mining edited by Hustrulid, WA, McCarter MK, and Van Zyl, D.J.A., Society for Mining Metallurgy and Exploration Inc. (SME), 2000. ISBN 0-87335-194-0

R.S. Read, K. W. Savigny, F. Oboni, D. M. Cruden, C. W. Langenberg, Geotechnical hazard assessment of the south flank of Frank Slide, Hillcrest, Alberta, Geo Canada 2000, The Millenium Geoscience Summit, 2000

Mehling, P., Oboni, F., and Bruce, I. 2000. Tailings: To Flood or not to Flood, A Presentation to Tailings Dams 2000, Association of State Dam Safety Officials, US Committee on Large dams, March 28-30, 2000, Las Vegas, Nevada

Bruce, I. G., and Oboni. F., 2000 Tailings management Using Quantitative risk Assessment. In Tailings Dams 2000, Proceedings of the Association of State Dam Safety Officials, US Committee on Large dams, March 28-30, 2000, Las Vegas, Nevada. P. 449

Oboni, F., Principles of Risk Assessment & Communicating the results of a Risk-Based Analysis, Mine Environmental neutral drainage (MEND) program, Summary notes, 5th annual BC MEND 2000 metal leaching & ARD workshop, Vancouver, 1998

Oboni, F., Geo-Environmental Risk: Assessment, Analysis, Management and Planning, SIGA 98 State of the Art Report, Sao Paolo, Brazil, 1998

B. Abbott, I Bruce, T. Keegan, F. Oboni, W.Savigny, Application of a New Methodology for the Management of Rockfall Risk along a Railway, IUGS Conference, Vancouver, 1988

B. Abbott, I Bruce, T. Keegan, F. Oboni, W.Savigny, A Methodology for the Assessment of Rockfall Hazard and Risk Along Linear Transportation Corridors, IUGS Conference, Vancouver, 1988

Oboni, F., I. Bruce, M. Aziz, K. Ferguson - A Risk Management Approach for Tailing Systems -Second International Conference on Environmental Management, Wollongong, 1998

Oboni, F., Oldendorff, G. (1998) - Uncertainties, Risk and Decision Making: Risk Management and Crisis Management Integrated Approaches - Second International Conference on Environmental Management, Wollongong, 1998

Oboni, F., Oldendorff, G., Risk Management - University of British Columbia Course and Notes, Vancouver, Canada, 1997

Oboni, F., et al. - A Risk Management Approach for Tailing Systems - Golden Jubilee Conference Canadian Geotechnical Society, Ottawa, 1997 (Canada), 1998 (Wollongong, Australia).

Oboni, F., Oldendorff, G. (1997) - Integrating Risk and Crisis Management: Meeting the Needs of a Sophisticated Society - IUGS Working Group on Landslides Committee on Risk Assessment, Honolulu, 1997

Oboni, F., Angelillo V., Naceur I., Coppex J.P. (1996) - Environmental Risks in the Building Industry - Ingénieurs et Architectes Suisses, 12/96

Oboni, F., Naceur, I. & Hlobil, Z. (1996) - Integrated Resources/Wastes management systems: Concept for a healthy beneficial reuse - Globe Foundation of Canada, Globe Environmental Conference 1996

Oboni, F., Hlobil, Z. & Angelillo, V. (1994) - Risk Maps for Rockfall Prone Areas: A Methodological Approach - Proc. IVth Geoengineering Int. Congress on Soil and Groundwater Protection, Torino, pp 215-217

Hlobil, Z., Oboni, F. & Vernez, G. (1994) - Managing a subsurface contamination program in a dense urban site with peculiar geological setting - Second Int. Symp. and Exhib. on Environmental Contamination in Central and Eastern Europe, Budapest, Hungary

Oboni, F. & Hlobil, Z. (1993) - Risk managment and decision making: Complex retaining structures and other geotechnical issues - Short courses at Wollongong University, Australia. 15p

Oboni, F. & Angelillo, V.T.G (1993) - Risk Maps for Rockfall Prone Areas: Environmental/human aspects - Proc. Int. Conf. on Environmental Management. Geo-Water and Engineering Aspects, Wollongong, Australia, pp 715-720

Oboni, F. (1992) - Building a Complex Urban Facility on a 35-year old dump - in Geomechanic and Water Engineering in Environmental Management. Ed.A.A.Balkema, Rotterdam, pp195-231

Oboni, F. & Hlobil, Z. (1991) - Building a residential complex on a slow deep seated slope instability - ICE-ICSSE '91, The Institution of Civil Engineering, London, pp 113-117

Oboni, F. (1988) - General Report: Analysis Methods and Forecasting of Behaviour - Proc. Vth Int. Symp. on Landslides, Lausanne. Vol.1, pp 491-499

Oboni, F. & Egger, P. (1985) - A Probabilistic Analysis of the Vajont Slide - Proc. Vth Int. Conf. on Numerical Methods in Geomechanics, Nagoya, pp 1013-1018

Oboni, F. & Bourdeau, P.L. (1985) - Simplified Use of the Beta Distribution and sensitivity to the Bound Locations - Structural Safety - Elesevier Sciences Publishers B.V., Amsterdam

Oboni, F., Bourdeau, P.L. & Bonnard, Ch. (1984) - Probabilistic Analysis of Swiss Landslides - Proc. IVth Int. Symp. on Landslides, Vol. 2, ISL, Toronto, 1984, pp 473-478.