Low-Probability / High-Concequence Risk Analysis. Issues, Methods and Case Studies (Advances in Risk Analysis, Vol. 2)

Waller, Ray A. / Vincent T. Covello (Ed.) -

ISBN 10: 0306417251 / ISBN 13: 9780306417252

Published by New York/London, Plenum Press, 1984

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Formateinband: Pappband / gebundene Ausgabe X, 571 S. (26 cm) 1st Edition; (With figures); Ecken minimal berieben; sonst in gutem Zustand. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1500 [Stichwörter: LC/HC, Risikoanalyse, Risk Analysis Models, Accidents, Nuclear Power Risks, Toxic Chemicals, Cost versus Risk].

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Low-Probability / High-Concequence Risk Analysis. Issues, Methods and Case Studies (Advances in Risk Analysis, Vol. 2)
• Publisher: New York/London, Plenum Press
• Publication Date: 1984
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0306417251
• ISBN 13: 9780306417252
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Gut
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Synopsis

In recent years public attention has focused on an array of low-probability/high-consequence (LC/HC) events that pose a signif- icant threat to human health, safety, and the environment. At the same time, public and private sector responsibilities for the assessment and management of such events have grown because of a perceived need to anticipate, prevent, or reduce the risks. In attempting to meet these responsibilities, legislative, judicial, regulatory, and private sector institutions have had to deal with the extraordinarily complex problem of assessing and balancing LP/ HC risks against the costs and ben if its of risk reduction. The need to help society cope with LP/HC events such as nuclear power plant accidents, toxic spills, chemical plant explosions, and transportation accidents has given rise to the development of a new intellectual endeavor: LP/HC risk analysis. The scope and complexity of these analyses require a high degree of cooperative effort on the part of specialists from many f~elds. Analyzing technical, social, and value issues requires the efforts of physicists, biologists, geneticists, statisticians, chemists, engineers, political scientists, sociologists, decision analysts, management scientists, economists, psychologists, ethicists, lawyers, and policy analysts. Included in this volume are papers by authors in each of these disciplines. The papers share in common a focus on one or more of the following questions that are generic to the analysis of LP/HC risks.