Catalogue of risks : Natural, technical, social and health risks

Catalogue of risks : Natural, technical, social and health risks

Author
Dirk Proske
Publication Year
2008
Publisher
Springer
Language
English
Document Type
Book
Faculty / Subject Heading
Engineering

The book clearly shows the interdependence of risk measures. Safety and risks cannot be discussed only by looking at specific problems, since increasing safety in individual fields might lead to a decrease of safety over the entire society.


Keywords: Engineering / Imitation / Complexity / Disaster / Hazard / Indetermination / Quality / Risk / Risk parameters / Safety / Uncertainty / Quality control, reliability, safety and risk / Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk / Innovation / Technology Management / Civil Engineering / Philosophy of Technology / Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences / Energy, general