David J. Ball, Laurence Ball-King

Public Safety and Risk Assessment (eBook, ePUB)

Improving Decision Making

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book aims to encourage a more reflective, multidisciplinary approach to public safety, and the 'reenfranchisement' of those affected by this new phenomenon.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. April 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317972402
• Artikelnr.: 40831179

Autorenporträt

David Ball is Professor of Risk Management and Director of the Centre for Decision Analysis & Risk Management at Middlesex University, UK. Previously he was Director of the Centre for Environmental and Risk Management at the University of East Anglia, and before that worked as a scientist in local and central government and the private sector in Britain and the USA. He is a regular consultant to government departments and regulators as well as international agencies.

Laurence Ball-King has a Masters degree in risk management and a BA in economics and politics. He has worked in credit risk management within financial services and on a variety of non-financial risks including adventure activities and public safety more generally.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface 1. Clear and Foreseeable Danger 2. Risk Assessment
A Simple Tool? 3. Is Safety Paramount? 4. Risk and Safety
A National Philosophy 5. What Works in Public Life? 6. Legal Matters 7. Advice
Whose Advice? 8. A Closer Look at Decision Making 9. Adventure Activities
A Hard Case 10. Risk
benefit Assessment 11. In Search of a New Agenda 12. Final Thoughts and Résumé