Engineering Decisions for Life Quality How Safe is Safe Enough? /

• Main Authors: Nathwani, J. S. (Author), Lind, N. C. (Author), Pandey, M. D. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2009.
• Series: Springer Series in Reliability Engineering,
• Subjects: Business.; Management science.; Organization.; Planning.; Quality control.; Reliability.; Industrial safety.; Business and Management.; Business and Management, general.; Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk.

Engineering Decisions for Life Quality: How Safe is Safe Enough? provides a foundation and a theoretical basis for managing risk to an acceptable level under the real-world constraint of limited resources. The focus is not on risks as such, but on what can be done to maximize the positive outcomes o...

Table of Contents:

• The Societal Capacity to Commit Resources
• Social Indicators for Managing Risk
• Judging Risks Using the Life Quality Method
• Air Quality Standards
• Nuclear Safety
• Port Cities with High Exposure to Flood
• Optimal Design of a Flood Protection Levee
• Closure.