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Author:   Richard E. Jorissen ,  P.J. Stallen
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1998
Volume:   12
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9781441947895

ISBN 10:   1441947892
Pages:   242
Publication Date:   03 December 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

1 Three conceptions of quantified societal risk.- 2 Flood protection, safety standards and societal risk.- 3 Modeling considerations in the analysis of risk management strategies.- 4 Risk criteria for the transportation of hazardous materials.- 5 The role of societal risk in land use planning near hazardous installations and in assessing the safety of the transport of hazardous materials at the national and local level.- 6 Protection of man and environment in the vicinity of hazardous installations in Germany.- 7 Risk assessment and risk management: tools and organization.- 8 On the risks of transporting dangerous goods.- 9 Accident risk in complementary transport chains.- 10 An applied economy-look at transport safety.- 11 Issues in societal risk of hazardous chemicals: the use of FN diagrams, data reliability and uncertainty.- 12 Side notes on negative consequences and uncertainty.- 13 FN data need supplement of temporal trend analysis.- 14 Risk-based decision making in the transportation sector.- 15 The need for risk benefit analysis.- 16 Societal risk amid other risk concerns: the experience of the great belt project (1987–1996).- 17 Methods and models for the assessment of third party risk due to aircraft accidents in the vicinity of airports and their implications for societal risk.- 18 Reflections on source-based approaches.- 19 Quality requirements of societal risk models.- 20 Summary of the issues discussed.- About the participants of the workshop.

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