Risk in extreme environments : preparing, avoiding, mitigating, and managing / edited by Vicki Bier.
| Other author | Bier, Vicki M., editor. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, [2018] |
| Copyright Date | ©2018 |
| Description | 1 online resource (xiv, 192 pages) |
| Supplemental Content | Ebook Central |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 Assessing the risks of extreme events -- 1.Probabilistic risk analysis / Vicki Bier -- 2.The meaning of black swans / Terje Aven -- pt. 2 Managing the risks of extreme events -- 3."As if their lives depended on it": high performance in extreme environments / Ron Westrum -- 4.Decision making on trial: the extreme situation at Fukushima Dai Ichi / Franck Guarnieri -- 5.Prevention versus response: application in the management of disease / Levan Elbakidze -- 6.The feasibility and value of adaptive strategies for extreme risks / Robert Goble -- pt. 3 Perceptions of extreme risks -- 7.It won't happen to me: the behavioral impact of extreme risks / Ido Erev -- 8.Social amplification of risk and extreme events / Roger E. Kasperson -- pt. 4 Case studies of extreme risks -- 9.Safety and severe accidents in nuclear reactors / Vicki Bier -- 10.Mitigating extreme infectious disease disaster risk / Terrence M. O'Sullivan |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Source of description | Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 16, 2017). |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Risk in extreme environments. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2018 9781472439901 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2017037780 |
| ISBN | 9781315557540 (electronic book) |
| ISBN | 1315557541 (electronic book) |
| ISBN | (hardcover alkaline paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |