The Science of Risk Analysis Foundation and Practice

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Synopsis

This book provides a comprehensive demonstration of risk analysis as a distinct science covering risk understanding, assessment, perception, communication, management, governance and policy. It presents and discusses the key pillars of this science, and provides guidance on how to conduct high-quality risk analysis.

The Science of Risk Analysis seeks to strengthen risk analysis as a field and science by summarizing and extending current work on the topic. It presents the foundation for a distinct risk field and science based on recent research, and explains the difference between applied risk analysis (to provide risk knowledge and tackle risk problems in relation to for example medicine, engineering, business or climate change) and generic risk analysis (on concepts, theories, frameworks, approaches, principles, methods and models to understand, assess, characterise, communicate, manage and govern risk). The book clarifies and describes key risk science concepts, and builds on recent foundational work conducted by the Society for Risk Analysis in order to provide new perspectives on science and risk analysis. The topics covered are accompanied by cases and examples relating to current issues throughout.
This book is essential reading for risk analysis professionals, scientists, students and practitioners, and will also be of interest to scientists and practitioners from other fields who apply risk analysis in their work.

Book details

Author:
Terje Aven
ISBN:
9780429639555
Related ISBNs:
9780429029189, 9780367139223, 9780367139223, 9780367139193, 9780367139193
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Pages:
N/A
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
Yes
Date of addition:
2019-07-22
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2020
Copyright by:
Terje Aven 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Business and Finance, Health, Mind and Body, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics, Nonfiction, Sociology