Risk management and governance concepts, guidelines and applications
Heidelberg ;New York
Springer
c2010
xiii, 276 p. , ill. , 24 cm.
Risk, governance and society ;v. 61
Includes bibliographical references )p. 245-270( and index.
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 -- 01. Stakeholder and public involvement -- 11. Case study 1 : risk governance of nanotechnology -- 21. Case study 2 : cash depot and third party risk -- 31. Case study 3 : year-round petroleum activities in the Barents Sea -- 41. Conclusions.