Risk management and governance : concepts, guidelines and applications
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : T Aven; Ortwin Renn
- ناشر : Berlin ; Heidelberg : Springer
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2010
- شابک / ISBN : 9783642139260
Description
1. Introduction : concept of risk -- 2. Characteristics of risks in the modern world -- 3. Risk perspectives -- 4. Risk governance : an overview -- 5. Pre-assessment and framing of risk -- 6. Risk appraisal -- 7. Risk characterization and evaluation -- 8. Risk management -- 9. Risk communication -- 10. Stakeholder and public involvement -- 11. Case study 1 : risk governance of nanotechnology -- 12. Case study 2 : cash depot and third party risk -- 13. Case study 3 : year-round petroleum activities in the Barents Sea -- 14. Conclusions.
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 disciplinary traditions, meet this challenge by building bridges between the engineering, the statistical and the social science perspectives. The book provides a comprehensive, accessible and concise guide to risk assessment, management and governance. A basic pillar for the book is the risk governance f.
