Ben Ale

Risk: An Introduction (eBook, ePUB)

The Concepts of Risk, Danger and Chance

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

An introductory guide to the concepts, quantification and mitigation of risk, that plainly explains risk perception, assessment and management and thereby forms a solid starting for students and policy professionals alike.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. April 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134008360
• Artikelnr.: 38251805

Autorenporträt

Ben Ale

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction.  Why We Take Risks.  The Essence of Risk.  Safety
Science.  Security and Safety.  Technological Risk.  Scientific Definition 
2. Cause and Consequence.  Probability.  Systems and Interfaces  3. The
System.  The Intestines.  Using the System.  Lifecycle.  Mitigation. 
Quantified Risk Assessment  4. The Development of an Accident.  Management
of Risk.  Unsafe Acts and Unsafe Design  5. Occupational Accidents. 
Aviation.  Human Error Probability.  No Data but Still Knowledge  6. Taking
Risks.  Risk Metrics.  Risk Acceptability and Criteria.  Cost-Benefit
Analysis.  Setting Standards. Framing.  Nuclear Waste.  Discourse.  Risky
Decisions