
Understanding Risk
Description
Alles über E-Books | Antworten auf Fragen rund um E-Books, Kopierschutz und Dateiformate finden Sie in unserem Info- & Hilfebereich.
More details
Other editions
Additional editions

Content
- Understanding Risk
- Copyright
- Acknowledgments
- Contents
- Preface
- Summary
- 1 The Idea of Risk Characterization
- BEYOND TRANSLATION
- A Decision-Driven Activity
- Recognizing All Significant Concerns
- An Analytic-Deliberative Process
- Matching the Process to the Decision
- PARTICIPATION AND KNOWLEDGE IN RISK DECISIONS
- Rationales for Participation
- Role of Science
- AN EXPANDED FRAMEWORK
- A New Definition and Its Implications
- The Risk Assessment-Risk Management Distinction
- Structure of the Book
- 2 Judgment in the Risk Decision Process
- PROBLEM FORMULATION
- The Concept of Risk
- Missing Considerations
- Fairness
- Prevention
- Rights
- SELECTION OF OPTIONS AND OUTCOMES
- Ecological Effects
- Economic and Social Effects
- Effects on Future Generations
- Ripple Effects
- Effects on Democracy, Governance, and Ethical Beliefs
- Conclusion
- INFORMATION GATHERING AND INTERPRETATION
- Choosing a Risk Measure
- Making Simplifying Assumptions
- SYNTHESIS
- Summarization
- The Multidimensional Nature of Risk
- The Meaning of Risk Estimates
- Uncertainty
- Specific Populations
- Multiple Exposures
- Communication
- CONCLUSION: THE IMPORTANCE OF PROCESS DESIGN
- 3 Deliberation
- ROLE OF DELIBERATION
- PURPOSES OF BROADLY BASED DELIBERATION
- LIMITATIONS AND CHALLENGES
- Limitations
- Challenges
- STANDARDS AND GOALS FOR DELIBERATION
- Involve the Interested and Affected Parties
- Who Are the Interested and Affected Parties?
- Is Direct Participation Needed?
- Selecting Participants
- Timing Participation
- Listening to the Participants
- Explicitly Address External Constraints
- Strive for Fairness in the Process
- Plan for Flexibility and Iteration
- Recognize the Roles of the Responsible Organization
- Use Appropriate Methods
- 4 Analysis
- PURPOSES AND CHALLENGES OF ANALYSIS
- STANDARDS FOR GOOD ANALYSIS
- ANALYSIS TO REDUCE THE COMPLEXITY OF RISK
- THE ANALYSIS OF UNCERTAINTY
- Uncertainties that Matter
- Purposes
- Limits
- Social Context
- Summary and Implications
- CONCLUSIONS
- 5 Integrating Analysis and Deliberation
- PROBLEM FORMULATION
- PROCESS DESIGN
- SELECTION OF OPTIONS AND OUTCOMES
- INFORMATION GATHERING AND INTERPETATION
- SYNTHESIS OF INFORMATION
- ACHIEVING CLOSURE
- CONCLUSION
- 6 Implementing the New Approach
- PRACTICALITY
- DIAGNOSIS: MATCHING THE PROCESS TO THE DECISION
- The Risk Decision Landscape
- Unique and Wide-Impact Decisions
- Routine and Narrow-Impact Decisions
- Repeated, Wide-Impact Decisions
- Generic Hazard and Dose-Response Characterizations
- Decisions about Policies for Risk Analysis
- Diagnostic Steps and Questions
- 1. Diagnose the Kind of Risk and the State of Knowledge
- 2. Describe the Legal Mandate
- 3. Describe the Purpose of the Risk Decision
- 4. Describe the Affected Parties and Likely Public Reactions
- 5. Estimate Resource Needs and Timetable
- 6. Plan for Organizational Needs
- 7. Develop a Preliminary Process Design
- 8. Summarize and Discuss Diagnosis within the Organization
- Conclusion
- BUILDING ORGANIZATIONAL CAPABILITY
- Organizational Issues
- Improving the Knowledge Base
- CONCLUSION
- 7 Principles for Risk Characterization
- Appendix A Six Cases in Risk Analysis and Characterization
- APPLICATION OF ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES FOR THE SUSTAINABILITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA
- APPLICATION TO SOUTH FLORIDA
- Implications of the Case Study
- APPROVAL OF THE WASTE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. INCINERATOR AT EAST LIVERPOOL, OHIO
- REGULATORY NEGOTIATION FOR A DISINFECTANT BY-PRODUCTS RULE
- Forming the Negotiating Committee and Technical Support
- Defining the Problem and Informational Needs
- Integrating Deliberation and Analysis
- A Creative Solution to Handling Uncertainty
- Conclusions
- SITING A POWER PLANT WITH THE AID OF DECISION ANALYSIS TOOLS
- Multiattribute Utility Analysis
- The Decision Process
- Additional Features of the Case
- THE CALIFORNIA COMPARATIVE RISK PROJECT
- PLANNING FUTURE LAND USES AT HANFORD, WASHINGTON
- Appendix B Common Approaches to Deliberation and Public Participation
- PUBLIC HEARINGS
- CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEES AND TASK FORCES
- ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION
- CITIZENS' JURIES AND CITIZENS' PANELS
- SURVEYS
- FOCUS GROUPS
- INTERACTIVE TECHNOLOGY-BASED APPROACHES
- COMBINATIONS OF DELIBERATIVE METHODS
- Appendix C Biographical Sketches
- Glossary
- References
- Index
System requirements
File format: PDF
Copy-Protection: Adobe-DRM (Digital Rights Management)
System requirements:
- Computer (Windows; MacOS X; Linux): Install the free reader Adobe Digital Editions prior to download (see eBook Help).
- Tablet/smartphone (Android; iOS): Install the free app Adobe Digital Editions or the app PocketBook before downloading (see eBook Help).
- E-reader: Bookeen, Kobo, Pocketbook, Sony, Tolino and many more (only limited: Kindle).
The file format PDF always displays a book page identically on any hardware. This makes PDF suitable for complex layouts such as those used in textbooks and reference books (images, tables, columns, footnotes). Unfortunately, on the small screens of e-readers or smartphones, PDFs are rather annoying, requiring too much scrolling.
This eBook uses Adobe-DRM, a „hard” copy protection. If the necessary requirements are not met, unfortunately you will not be able to open the eBook. You will therefore need to prepare your reading hardware before downloading.
Please note: We strongly recommend that you authorise using your personal Adobe ID after installation of any reading software.
For more information, see our eBook Help page.