The Illusion of Risk Control - What Does it Take to Live With Uncertainty? (Paperback, 1st ed. 2017)

This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book explores the implications of acknowledging uncertainty and black swans for regulation of high-hazard technologies, for stakeholder acceptability of potentially hazardous activities and for risk governance. The conventional approach to risk assessment, which combines the likelihood of an event and the severity of its consequences, is poorly suited to situations where uncertainty and ambiguity are prominent features of the risk landscape. The new definition of risk used by ISO, "the effect of uncertainty on [achievement of] one's objectives", recognizes this paradigm change. What lessons can we draw from the management of fire hazards in Edo-era Japan? Are there situations in which increasing uncertainty allows more effective safety management? How should society address the risk of potentially planet-destroying scientific experiments? This book presents insights from leading scholars in different disciplines to challenge current risk governance and safety management practice.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	SpringerBriefs in Safety Management
Release date:	August 2017
First published:	2017
Editors:	Gilles Motet • Corinne Bieder
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	112
Edition:	1st ed. 2017
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-32938-3
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Economic theory & philosophy Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Work & labour Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Management & management techniques > Organizational theory & behaviour Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Environmental economics > Sustainability
LSN:	3-319-32938-3
Barcode:	9783319329383

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