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Sustainable Risk Management

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Editors:
  1. Peter A. Wilderer

    1. Institute for Earth System Preservation, Technical University of Munich, Garching, Germany

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  2. Ortwin Renn

    1. Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies, Potsdam, Germany

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  3. Martin Grambow

    1. Bavarian State Ministry of the Environment and Consumer Protection, Munich, Germany

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  4. Michael Molls

    1. Klinik für Strahlentherapie, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany

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  5. Klaus Mainzer

    1. Chair of Philosophy and Philosophy of Science, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany

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  • Includes memorandum with recommendations for scientists, entrepreneurs, administrators and politicians
  • Written by experts
  • Important reading for meeting global challenges
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Strategies for Sustainability (STSU)

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Table of contents (26 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
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  2. Fundamental Thoughts

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Risk Management from the Perspective of Catholic Social Ethics

      • Markus Vogt
      Pages 3-17

    3. Distributed Responsibility in Risk Governance

      • Andreas Klinke, Ortwin Renn
      Pages 19-31

    4. Economic Growth: Opportunity or Risk

      • Michael von Hauff
      Pages 33-44

    5. Approaching Risk Management:General Perspectives on Handling Systemic Risk

      • Teresa Wildemann, Adrian Straub
      Pages 45-51

  3. The Environmental and Ecological Dimensions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 53-53
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    2. Environmental and Ecological Aspects of Sustainable Risk Management

      • Martin Grambow, Jane Korck
      Pages 55-75

    3. Maxims of Risk Ethics for Sustainable Agriculture

      • Franz-Theo Gottwald
      Pages 77-84

    4. Risk and Water Management Under Climate Change: Towards the Nexus City

      • Daphne Gondhalekar, Jörg E. Drewes, Martin Grambow
      Pages 85-101

    5. Risking Weather Engineering: Fiction or Contribution to Conflict Prevention?

      • Peter A. Wilderer, Helmut Fluhrer, Elena Davydova
      Pages 103-126

    6. The Contribution of Neurobiology to Human Decision-Making Processes and Motivation

      • Stefan Braune
      Pages 127-129

    7. More Sustainability in Cardiovascular Prevention—Holistic, Practice-Oriented Approaches Taking into Account Environmental Topics

      • Ulrich Hildebrandt
      Pages 131-139

  4. The Medical Radiation Dimension

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 141-141
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    2. Risk and Challenges in Radiation Medicine—An Introduction and Position Statement

      • Michael Belau, Daniel Méndez Fernández, Michael Molls, Thomas Herrmann
      Pages 143-148

    3. The Biological Foundations of Risks from Ionizing Radiation Exposures: How an Understanding of Associated Effects Will Help Their Quantification and Mitigation

      • George Iliakis
      Pages 149-158

    4. The Carcinogenic Risk in Radiation Medicine

      • Klaus-Rüdiger Trott
      Pages 159-164

    5. Benefit and Risks of Screening for Breast Cancer

      • Sylvia H. Heywang-Köbrunner
      Pages 165-174

    6. “Radiation Effects” in Patient Treatment

      • Michael Flentje, Michael Molls
      Pages 175-181

    7. Risk Management in Radiation Medicine: Administrative, Legal and Ethical Aspects of Research in Radiation Medicine in Germany

      • Ursula Nestle, Peter Lukas
      Pages 183-185
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About this book

Here, expert authors delineate approaches that can support both decision makers as well as their concerned populations in overcoming unwarranted fears and in elaborating policies based on scientific evidence. Four exemplary focus areas were chosen for in-depth review, namely:- The scientific basis of risk management
- Risk management in the area of environmental and ecological policy
- Risk management in radiation medicine
- Risk management in context with digitalization and robotics
General as well as specific recommendations are summarized in a memorandum. Fundamental thoughts on the topic are presented in the introductory part of the book. The idea for and contents of the book were developed at a workshop on “Sustainable Risk Management: How to manage risks in a sensible and responsible manner?” held in Feldafing at Lake Starnberg (Germany) on April 14 to 16, 2016. The book offers important information and advice for scientists, entrepren
eurs, administrators and politicians.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute for Earth System Preservation, Technical University of Munich, Garching, Germany

    Peter A. Wilderer

  • Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies, Potsdam, Germany

    Ortwin Renn

  • Bavarian State Ministry of the Environment and Consumer Protection, Munich, Germany

    Martin Grambow

  • Klinik für Strahlentherapie, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany

    Michael Molls

  • Chair of Philosophy and Philosophy of Science, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany

    Klaus Mainzer

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