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  • The Tolerability of Risk

    A New Framework for Risk Management

    Edited by Frederic Bouder, David Slavin ...
    Series series Earthscan Risk in Society
    There is an increasing dissatisfaction about how risk is regulated, leading to vivid debates about the use of 'risk assessment' and 'precaution'. As a result, academics, government officials and industry leaders are calling for new approaches and fresh ideas. This book provides a historical and topical perspective on the alternative concept of 'Tolerability of Risk' and its concrete regulatory ... Read more

    $81.99 USD

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    Property, Liability, Life, Health and Risk Management

    by Marshall Wilson Reavis III, PhD, CPCU, CLU, ARM, AIC ...
    RISK IS UNCERTAINTY AS TO LOSS… RISK IS OMNIPRESENT AND ALL PERVASIVE… INSURANCE PROTECTS AGAINST THE ECONOMIC LOSS CAUSED BY RISK This book provides an actionable approach to the functions of the insurance industry in an easy to use examination of property, liability, life and health insurance coverages plus information on the basics of a risk management program. ... Read more

    $3.01 USD

  • Root Cause Analysis Handbook

    A Guide to Efficient and Effective Incident Investigation

    by ABS Consulting, Lee N. Vanden Heuvel, Donald K. Lorenzo, Laura O. Jackson, Walter E. Hanson, James J. Rooney, David A. Walker ...
    Are you trying to improve performance, but find that the same problems keep getting in the way? Safety, health, environmental quality, reliability, production, and security are at stake. You need the long-term planning that will keep the same issues from recurring. Root Cause Analysis Handbook: A Guide to Effective Incident Investigation is a powerful tool that gives you a detailed step-by-step ... Read more

    $91.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Introduction to Geophysical Fluid Dynamics

    Physical and Numerical Aspects

    by Benoit Cushman-Roisin, Jean-Marie Beckers ...
    Series Book 101 - International Geophysics
    Introduction to Geophysical Fluid Dynamics provides an introductory-level exploration of geophysical fluid dynamics (GFD), the principles governing air and water flows on large terrestrial scales. Physical principles are illustrated with the aid of the simplest existing models, and the computer methods are shown in juxtaposition with the equations to which they apply. It explores contemporary ... Read more

    $85.49 USD

  • Risk, Uncertainty and Rational Action

    by Carlo C. Jaeger, Thomas Webler, Eugene A. Rosa, Ortwin Renn ...
    Series series Earthscan Risk in Society
    Risk as we now know it is a wholly new phenomenon, the by-product of our ever more complex and powerful technologies. In business, policy making, and in everyday life, it demands a new way of looking at technological and environmental uncertainty.In this definitive volume, four of the world's leading risk researchers present a fundamental critique of the prevailing approaches to understanding and ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Risk Management in Post-Trust Societies

    Edited by Ragnar E. Lofstedt ...
    Series series Earthscan Risk in Society
    A thought-provoking and invaluable book for anyone who cares about risk communication and management in the 21st centuryAnna Jung, Director General, European Food Information CouncilProfessor Ragnar Löfstedt has once again produced a most interesting book on risk management and trust, well-based on theory and built on empirical findingsMikael Karlsson, President, Swedish Society for Nature ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • Foresight in Action

    Developing Policy-Oriented Scenarios

    Edited by Marjolein van Asselt, Susan van 't Klooster ...
    Series series Earthscan Risk in Society
    Assessing the future is vital in informing public policy decisions. One of the most widespread approaches is the development of scenarios, which are alternative hypothetical futures. Research has indicated, however, that the reality of how professionals go about employing scenarios is often starkly at odds with the theory - a finding that has important ramifications for how the resulting images of ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Uncertainty and Risk

    Multidisciplinary Perspectives

    Edited by Gabriele Bammer, Michael Smithson ...
    Series series Earthscan Risk in Society
    �This is a major, and deeply thoughtful, contribution to understanding uncertainty and risk. Our world and its unprecedented challenges need such ways of thinking! Much more than a set of contributions from different disciplines, this book leads you to explore your own way of perceiving your own area of work. An outstanding contribution that will stay on my shelves for many years.�Dr Neil T. M. ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Gravity and Magnetic Exploration

    Principles, Practices, and Applications

    by William J. Hinze, Ralph R. B. von Frese, Afif H. Saad ...
    This combination of textbook and reference manual provides a comprehensive account of gravity and magnetic methods for exploring the subsurface using surface, marine, airborne and satellite measurements. It describes key current topics and techniques, physical properties of rocks and other Earth materials, and digital data analysis methods used to process and interpret anomalies for subsurface ... Read more

    $85.29 USD

  • Reliability, Maintainability and Risk

    Practical Methods for Engineers including Reliability Centred Maintenance and Safety-Related Systems

    by David J. Smith ...
    Reliability, Maintainability and Risk: Practical Methods for Engineers, Eighth Edition, discusses tools and techniques for reliable and safe engineering, and for optimizing maintenance strategies. It emphasizes the importance of using reliability techniques to identify and eliminate potential failures early in the design cycle. The focus is on techniques known as RAMS (reliability, availability, ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

  • Interpreting the Precautionary Principle

    by Timothy O'Riordan ...
    Viewed from the perspective of environmental management, this study describes the implications and applications of the precautionary principle - a theory of avoiding risk even when its likelihood seems remote. This principle has been employed in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the North Atlantic Convention, yet it is not widely understood. This study examines the ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • Transboundary Risk Management

    Edited by Joanne Linnerooth-Bayer, Ragnar E. Lofstedt, Gunnar Sjostedt ...
    Series series Earthscan Risk in Society
    Environmental hazards do not respect international boundaries. In this volume, distinguished international researchers make a significant contribution to the understanding and management of transboundary environmental risks.The transboundary risk topics addressed highlight the key political, economic, social and cultural issues of our times, such as how transboundary risks are constructed, how ... Read more

    $47.99 USD