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Risk Management and Governance

Concepts, Guidelines and Applications

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Authors:
  1. Terje Aven

    1. University of Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway

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  2. Ortwin Renn

    1. Institut für Sozialwissenschaften, Abteilung für Technik- und, Universität Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany

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  • Important and popular topic
  • Comprehensive, accessible and concise
  • Unique combination of formal risk analysis and broader social science-related risk governance and management approaches
  • Truly interdisciplinary
  • With several examples and case studies
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Risk, Governance and Society (RISKGOSO, volume 16)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction: Concept of Risk

    • Terje Aven, Ortwin Renn
    Pages 1-15

  3. Characteristics of Risks in the Modern World

    • Terje Aven, Ortwin Renn
    Pages 17-20

  4. Risk Perspectives

    • Terje Aven, Ortwin Renn
    Pages 21-48

  5. Risk Governance: An Overview

    • Terje Aven, Ortwin Renn
    Pages 49-66

  6. Pre-assessment and Framing of Risk

    • Terje Aven, Ortwin Renn
    Pages 67-70

  7. Risk Appraisal

    • Terje Aven, Ortwin Renn
    Pages 71-105

  8. Risk Characterization and Evaluation

    • Terje Aven, Ortwin Renn
    Pages 107-120

  9. Risk Management

    • Terje Aven, Ortwin Renn
    Pages 121-158

  10. Risk Communication

    • Terje Aven, Ortwin Renn
    Pages 159-179

  11. Stakeholder and Public Involvement

    • Terje Aven, Ortwin Renn
    Pages 181-200

  12. Case Study 1: Risk Governance of Nanotechnology

    • Terje Aven, Ortwin Renn
    Pages 201-214

  13. Case Study 2: Cash Depot and Third Party Risk

    • Terje Aven, Ortwin Renn
    Pages 215-227

  14. Case Study 3: Year-Round Petroleum Activities in the Barents Sea

    • Terje Aven, Ortwin Renn
    Pages 229-233

  15. Conclusions

    • Terje Aven, Ortwin Renn
    Pages 235-238

  16. Back Matter

    Pages 239-276
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Risk is a popular topic in many sciences - in natural, medical, statistical, engineering, social, economic and legal disciplines. Yet, no single discipline can grasp the full meaning of risk. Investigating risk requires a multidisciplinary approach. The authors, coming from two very different disciplinary traditions, meet this challenge by building bridges between the engineering, the statistical and the social science perspectives. The book provides a comprehensive, accessible and concise guide to risk assessment, management and governance. A basic pillar for the book is the risk governance framework proposed by the International Risk Governance Council (IRGC). This framework offers a comprehensive means of integrating risk identification, assessment, management and communication. The authors develop and explain new insights and add substance to the various elements of the framework. The theoretical analysis is illustrated by several examples from different areas of applications.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway

    Terje Aven

  • Institut für Sozialwissenschaften, Abteilung für Technik- und, Universität Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany

    Ortwin Renn

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