Future Risks and Risk Management Softcover Repri Edition Contributor(s): Brehmer, B. (Editor), Sahlin, N. E. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 904814454X ISBN-13: 9789048144549 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $161.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2010 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Science | Environmental Science (see Also Chemistry - Environmental) - Business & Economics | Operations Research - Technology & Engineering | Environmental - General |
Dewey: 333.7 |
Series: Risk, Governance and Society |
Physical Information: 0.57" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.85 lbs) 256 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Future Risks and Risk Management provides a broad perspective on risk, including basic philosophical issues concerned with values, psychological issues, such as the perception of risk, the factors that generate risks in current and future technological and social systems, including both technical and organizational factors. No other volume adopts this broad perspective. Future Risks and Risk Management will be useful in a variety of contexts, both for teaching and as a source book for the risk professional needing to be informed of the broader issues in the field. |