Global Risk Governance Concept and Practice Using the IRGC Framework /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Renn, Ortwin (Editor), Walker, Katherine D. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2008.
• Series: International Risk Governance Council Bookseries, 1
• Subjects: Engineering.; Political science.; Public health.; Quality control.; Reliability.; Industrial safety.; Environmental management.; Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk.; Political Science.; Environmental Management.; Public Health.

Global risks, global opportunities, global risk governance challenges. Global risks are not confined to national borders; they cannot be managed through the actions of a single sector. The governance of global, systemic risks requires an integrative approach involving governments, intergovernmental...