Terje Aven, Shital Thekdi

Risk Science (eBook, ePUB)

An Introduction

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Risk Science: An Introduction explores the theory and practice of risk science, providing concepts and tools for understanding and acting under conditions of uncertainty.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 426
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. September 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000435030
• Artikelnr.: 62300644

Autorenporträt

Terje Aven is Professor of Risk Analysis and Risk Management at the University of Stavanger, Norway.

Shital Thekdi is Associate Professor of Management at the University of Richmond, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

1 Illustrative examples
PART I BASIC CONCEPTS 2 What is risk?
3 Measuring and describing risk
PART II RISK ASSESSMENT 4 Basic theory of risk assessment
5 More on risk assessment methods
PART III RISK PERCEPTION AND COMMUNICATION 6 Risk perception
7 Risk communication
PART IV RISK MANAGEMENT 8 Basic theory of risk management
9 Methods for balancing different concerns: Decision and cost-benefit analysis
PART V TACKLING PRACTICAL RISK PROBLEMS AND ISSUES 10 General knowledge and experience
11 Cases: Personal, organizational and public
Appendices: A Basic terminology
B Risk science fundamentals
C Outline of solutions to problems