1st Edition

The Management of Uncertainty Learning from Chernobyl

By Angela Liberatore Copyright 2000
322 Pages
by Routledge

322 Pages
by Routledge

322 Pages
by Routledge

This investigative analysis studies why key European countries responded differently to the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, and what can be learned from it. The author details why the accident was defined differently in various countries, why actions were or were not taken, and what was learned about the management of nuclear risk. Furthermore, Liberatore studies the short-term and long-term responses... Read more
one: Risk, Uncertainty and Their Management; two: Issue Framing, Decision Making and Learning; three: The Makings of a Disaster; four: Emergenza! Chernobyl in Italy; five: Bonn Oder Die Länder? Chernobyl in Germany; six: Pas de Nuages Ici! Chernobyl in France; seven: Bonn, Paris, Rome… and Brussels? The European Community, International Organizations and Chernobyl; eight: Man-made Disasters: Interpreting Response and Learning Processes

Biography

Angela Liberatore