Public safety and risk assessment
Subtitle: improving decision making
By: David J Ball and Laurence Ball-King
Contributors: Ball-King, Laurence
Publisher: Earthscan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9781849713801; 9781849713818
Subjects: Public safety; Government policy; Risk assessment; Decision making
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Clear and foreseeable danger; title: Risk assessment-a simple tool?; title: Is safety paramount?; title: Risk and safety-a national philosophy; title: What works in public life?; title: Legal matters; title: Advice-whose advice?; title: A closer look at decision making; title: Adventure activities-a hard case; title: Risk-benefit assessment; title: In search of a new agenda; title: Final thoughts and résumé.