144 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
144 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
144 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Investments, global warming and crossing the road – risk is a factor embedded in our everyday lives but do we really understand what it means, how it is quantified and how decisions are made? In six chapters Ben Ale explains the concepts, methods and procedures for risk analysis and in doing so provides an introductory understanding of risk perception, assessment and management.... Read more
1. Introduction: What is Risk? 1.1 What is Risk? 1.2 Why We Take Risks 1.3 The Essence of Risk 1.4 Safety Science 1.5 Security and Safety 1.6 Technological Risk 1.7 Scientific Definition 2. Modelling Risk 2.1 Cause and Consequence 2.2 Probability, Systems and Interfaces 3. The Systems Approach 3.1 The System 3.2 The Intestines 3.3 Using the System 3.4 Lifecyclem 3.5 Mitigation 3.6 Quantified Risk Assessment 4. Managing Risk 4.1 The Development of an Accident 4.2 Management of Risk 4.3 Unsafe Acts and Unsafe Design 5. Risky Information: The Difference between Data and Knowledge 5.1 Occupational Accidents 5.2 Aviation 5.3 Human Error Probability 5.4 No Data but Still Knowledge 6. Risk and Decision-Making 6.1 Taking Risks 6.2 Risk Metrics 6.3 Risk Acceptability and Criteria 6.4 Cost-Benefit Analysis 6.5 Setting Standards 6.6 Framing, Nuclear Waste 6.7 Discourse 6.8 Risky Decisions
Biography
Ben Ale
