Risk : an introduction : the concepts of risk, danger and chance

"Investments, global warming and crossing the road - risk is a factor embedded in our everyday lives but do we really understand what it means, how it is quantified and how decisions are made? In six chapters Ben Ale explains the concepts, methods and procedures for risk analysis and in doing s...

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Main Author: Ale, Ben J. M. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge , c2009
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245 1 0 |a Risk :   |b an introduction : the concepts of risk, danger and chance   |c Ben Ale 
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300 |a x, 134 p. :   |b ill. ;   |c 24 cm. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-132) and index 
505 0 |a 1. Introduction: what is risk? -- 2. Modelling risk -- 3. The systems approach -- 4. Managing risk -- 5. Risky information: the difference between data and knowledge -- 6. Risk and decision making 
520 |a "Investments, global warming and crossing the road - risk is a factor embedded in our everyday lives but do we really understand what it means, how it is quantified and how decisions are made? In six chapters Ben Ale explains the concepts, methods and procedures for risk analysis and in doing so provides an introductory understanding of risk perception, assessment and management." -- Publisher's description 
650 0 |a Decision making 
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