Social Decision Making For High Consequence Low Probability Occurrences
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Social Decision Making For High Consequence Low Probability Occurrences
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Author : National Planning Association
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1978
Social Decision Making For High Consequence Low Probability Occurrences written by National Planning Association and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1978 with Decision making categories.
Low Probability High Consequence Risk Analysis
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Author : Ray Waller
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2013-11-21
Low Probability High Consequence Risk Analysis written by Ray Waller and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-21 with Social Science categories.
In recent years public attention has focused on an array of low-probability/high-consequence (LC/HC) events that pose a signif icant threat to human health, safety, and the environment. At the same time, public and private sector responsibilities for the assessment and management of such events have grown because of a perceived need to anticipate, prevent, or reduce the risks. In attempting to meet these responsibilities, legislative, judicial, regulatory, and private sector institutions have had to deal with the extraordinarily complex problem of assessing and balancing LP/ HC risks against the costs and ben if its of risk reduction. The need to help society cope with LP/HC events such as nuclear power plant accidents, toxic spills, chemical plant explosions, and transportation accidents has given rise to the development of a new intellectual endeavor: LP/HC risk analysis. The scope and complexity of these analyses require a high degree of cooperative effort on the part of specialists from many f~elds. Analyzing technical, social, and value issues requires the efforts of physicists, biologists, geneticists, statisticians, chemists, engineers, political scientists, sociologists, decision analysts, management scientists, economists, psychologists, ethicists, lawyers, and policy analysts. Included in this volume are papers by authors in each of these disciplines. The papers share in common a focus on one or more of the following questions that are generic to the analysis of LP/HC risks.
Social Decision Making For High Consequence Low Probability Occurrences
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Author : United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Research and Development
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1978
Social Decision Making For High Consequence Low Probability Occurrences written by United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Research and Development and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1978 with categories.
Nureg Cr
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Author : U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1981
Nureg Cr written by U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with Nuclear energy categories.
Decision Science And Social Risk Management
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Author : M.W Merkhofer
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 1986-11-30
Decision Science And Social Risk Management written by M.W Merkhofer and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986-11-30 with Technology & Engineering categories.
Economists, decision analysts, management scientists, and others have long argued that government should take a more scientific approach to decision making. Pointing to various theories for prescribing and rational izing choices, they have maintained that social goals could be achieved more effectively and at lower costs if government decisions were routinely subjected to analysis. Now, government policy makers are putting decision science to the test. Recent government actions encourage and in some cases require government decisions to be evaluated using formally defined principles 01' rationality. Will decision science pass tbis test? The answer depends on whether analysts can quickly and successfully translate their theories into practical approaches and whether these approaches promote the solution of the complex, highly uncertain, and politically sensitive problems that are of greatest concern to government decision makers. The future of decision science, perhaps even the nation's well-being, depends on the outcome. A major difficulty for the analysts who are being called upon by government to apply decision-aiding approaches is that decision science has not yet evolved a universally accepted methodology for analyzing social decisions involving risk. Numerous approaches have been proposed, including variations of cost-benefit analysis, decision analysis, and applied social welfare theory. Each of these, however, has its limitations and deficiencies and none has a proven track record for application to govern ment decisions involving risk. Cost-benefit approaches have been exten sively applied by the government, but most applications have been for decisions that were largely risk-free.
Risk In The Technological Society
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Author : Chris Hohenemser
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2019-06-26
Risk In The Technological Society written by Chris Hohenemser and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-06-26 with Social Science categories.
In this book, representatives of government, industry, universities, and public interest groups consider the emerging art of risk assessment and discuss the issues and problems involved. They look at two failures in technological risk management–Three Mile Island and Love Canal; examine the dimensions of technological risk; tackle the difficult question of how safe is "safe enough"; and offer a set of research priorities.
Modeling The Human Well Being Benefits Of Ecosystem Restoration And Management For Environmental Decision Making
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Author : Susan Harrell Yee
language : en
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Release Date : 2024-08-28
Modeling The Human Well Being Benefits Of Ecosystem Restoration And Management For Environmental Decision Making written by Susan Harrell Yee and has been published by Frontiers Media SA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-08-28 with Science categories.
Human well-being is inextricably linked to the condition of the natural environment. Environmental management decisions often aim to maintain ecosystems in a healthy and resilient condition while providing the ecosystem goods and services that humans want and need. Models, methods, frameworks, and metrics are needed to characterize and forecast the potential benefits from remediation, restoration, and revitalization that improve human health and well-being through the delivery of ecosystem services. However, ecosystems are complex, and layering on social and economic considerations can make environmental decision-making seem intractable. Dynamics of socio-ecological systems are complicated, making models a pivotal tool for identifying and quantifying relationships, assessing historical patterns, and forecasting alternative decision scenarios. The goal of this Research Topic is to leverage modeling approaches to provide science-based evidence, metrics, and frameworks and methods for quantifying how restored ecosystem goods and services lead to benefits for public health, community well-being, and economic vitality. Modeling approaches may range in complexity from conceptual models to statistical models to dynamic process models, empirically-derived to mechanistic to participatory. Research will evaluate connections between ecosystem condition, ecosystem services, and human health and well-being, and may include covarying socio-economic or biophysical factors that modify relationships between ecosystem health and perceived or realized benefits. Applications or case studies will demonstrate how to integrate community priorities with nature-based solutions to enhance benefits of environmental remediation, ecological restoration, community revitalization, and climate resilience decisions.
Optimal Strategies For Disaster And Hazard Mitigation
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Author : Stuart Reid
language : en
Publisher: Sydney University Press
Release Date : 2007
Optimal Strategies For Disaster And Hazard Mitigation written by Stuart Reid and has been published by Sydney University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Mathematics categories.
IFED is sponsored and organized by the Five-University Consortium on Uncertainty, Risk and Decision Making in Engineering. Forums are held every 12-18 months, to provide an opportunity to share exciting developments, and to stimulate new initiatives in engineering decision making and risk analysis for engineering systems.
Index Of Risk Exposure And Risk Acceptance Criteria
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Author : B. Miller
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1981
Index Of Risk Exposure And Risk Acceptance Criteria written by B. Miller and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with Nuclear energy categories.
The Social Roots Of Risk
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Author : Kathleen Tierney
language : en
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Release Date : 2014-07-23
The Social Roots Of Risk written by Kathleen Tierney and has been published by Stanford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-23 with Social Science categories.
“This book about risk and disaster—and how they get amplified—is fascinating and hugely important as we face an ever-more-turbulent world.” —Rebecca Solnit, award-winning author of A Field Guide to Getting Lost The first decade of the twenty-first century saw a remarkable number of large-scale disasters. Earthquakes in Haiti and Sumatra underscored the serious economic consequences that catastrophic events can have on developing countries, while 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina showed that first world nations remain vulnerable. The Social Roots of Risk argues against the widespread notion that cataclysmic occurrences are singular events, driven by forces beyond our control. Instead, Kathleen Tierney contends that disasters of all types—be they natural, technological, or economic—are rooted in common social and institutional sources. Put another way, risks and disasters are produced by the social order itself—by governing bodies, organizations, and groups that push for economic growth, oppose risk-reducing regulation, and escape responsibility for tremendous losses when they occur. Considering a wide range of historical and looming events—from a potential mega-earthquake in Tokyo that would cause devastation far greater than what we saw in 2011, to BP’s accident history prior to the 2010 blowout—Tierney illustrates trends in our behavior, connecting what seem like one-off events to illuminate historical patterns. Like risk, human resilience also emerges from the social order, and this book makes a powerful case that we already have a significant capacity to reduce the losses that disasters produce. A provocative rethinking of the way that we approach and remedy disasters, The Social Roots of Risk leaves readers with a better understanding of how our own actions make us vulnerable to the next big crisis—and what we can do to prevent it. “Brilliant . . . Drawing on a trove of timely case studies, Tierney analyses how factors such as speculative finance and rampant development allow natural and economic blips to tip more easily into catastrophe.” —Nature