Catalogue of risks : natural, technical, social and health risks
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Dirk Proske
- ناشر : Berlin ; London : Springer,
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2008
- شابک / ISBN : 9783540795551
Description
Indetermination and Risk; Risks and Disasters; Objective Risk Measures; Subjective Risk Judgement; Quality of Life -- the Ultimate Risk Measure; Law and Risk; Example -- Ship Impacts Against Bridges.
The term risk has experienced a dramatic growth in usage over the last few years. This is mainly due to the growing concern about the future of mankind, but also to a greater awareness of the limited nature of our resources. People want to know what can go wrong. In the beginning terms such as risk, disaster, indeterminacy and uncertainty are discussed in detail in this book. Furthermore disasters and risks are categorized into natural, technical, health and social risks, and then major disasters in these categories are listed. Risk parameters are introduced to allow the objective description.
