Risk management and governance
Subtitle: concepts, guidelines and applications
By: Terje Aven and Ortwin Renn
Contributors: Renn, Ortwin
Series: Risk, governance and society -- v. 16
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Heidelberg; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9783642139253
Subjects: Risk management; Case studies; Risk assessment; Case studies..
Description: Risk is a popular topic in many sciences - in natural, medical, statistical, engineering, social, economic and legal disciplines. Yet, no single discipline can grasp the full meaning of risk. Investigating risk requires a multidisciplinary approach. The authors, coming from two very different disciplinary traditions, meet this challenge by building bridges between the engineering, the statistical and the social science perspectives. The book provides a comprehensive, accessible and concise guide to risk assessment, management and governance. It includes formal approaches to risk analysis without assuming a high level of mathematical proficiency but it also offers reflection and deliberation about the socio-political context in which risk issues are embedded. A basic pillar for the book is the risk governance framework proposed by the International Risk Governance Council (IRGC). This framework offers a comprehensive means of integrating risk identification, assessment, management and communication. The authors develop and explain new insights and add substance to the various elements of the framework. The theoretical analysis is illustrated by several examples from different areas of applications.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-270) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Introduction : concept of risk; title: 2. Characteristics of risks in the modern world; title: 3. Risk perspectives; title: 4. Risk governance : an overview; title: 5. Pre-assessment and framing of risk; title: 6. Risk appraisal; title: 7. Risk characterization and evaluation; title: 8. Risk management; title: 9. Risk communication; title: 10. Stakeholder and public involvement; title: 11. Case study 1 : risk governance of nanotechnology; title: 12. Case study 2 : cash depot and third party risk; title: 13. Case study 3 : year-round petroleum activities in the Barents Sea; title: 14. Conclusions.