Risk Management and Governance Concepts, Guidelines and Applications /

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Aven, Terje (Συγγραφέας), Renn, Ortwin (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Σειρά: Risk, Governance and Society ; 16
• Θέματα: Political science.; Quality control.; Reliability.; Industrial safety.; Environmental management.; Economic policy.; Social sciences.; Nanotechnology.; Economics.; R & D/Technology Policy.; Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk.; Methodology of the Social Sciences.; Political Science.; Environmental Management.

Risk is a popular topic in many sciences - in natural, medical, statistical, engineering, social, economic and legal disciplines. Yet, no single discipline can grasp the full meaning of risk. Investigating risk requires a multidisciplinary approach. The authors, coming from two very different discip...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction: Concept of Risk
• Characteristics of Risks in the Modern World
• Risk Perspectives
• Risk Governance: An Overview
• Pre-assessment and Framing of Risk
• Risk Appraisal
• Risk Characterization and Evaluation
• Risk Management
• Risk Communication
• Stakeholder and Public Involvement
• Case Study 1: Risk Governance of Nanotechnology
• Case Study 2: Cash Depot and Third Party Risk
• Case Study 3: Year-Round Petroleum Activities in the Barents Sea
• Conclusions.