Comparative Risk Assessment

Concepts, Problems and Applications
1. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-3-527-31667-0
Verlag: WILEY-VCH

Buch, Englisch, 217 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 567 g

Providing a catalogue of suggested solutions for different categories of issues, this book offers a balanced overview and methodological examples for the practical implementation of the CRA. It considers CRA in the USA, Europe and Germany, using case studies to analyze and exemplify the decision-making processes and challenges involved. The authors then go on to look at the practical lessons learned from these case studies, together with an in-depth discussion of the underlying scientific hypotheses.

Sound scientific knowledge for everyone who makes decisions, whether government ministers, regulators, or company directors.

Zielgruppe

Umweltchemiker, Sicherheitsingenieure, Chemische Industrie, Ingenieure für Chemie

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schütz, Holger

Wiedemann, Peter M.

Hennings, Wilfried

Mertens, Johannes

Clauberg, Martin

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Verfahrenstechnik | Chemieingenieurwesen | Biotechnologie Chemische Verfahrenstechnik
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Angewandte Ökologie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltmanagement, Umweltökonomie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Risikomanagement
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Public Health, Gesundheitsmanagement, Gesundheitsökonomie, Gesundheitspolitik
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Technische Zuverlässigkeit, Sicherheitstechnik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

INTRODUCTION

CONCEPTS AND DEFINITIONS

Risk

Danger/ Potential for Damage - Hazard

Incertitude and Uncertainty

Risk Assessment

Risk Evaluation

Risk Comparison

Risk Management

Risk Regulation

Risk Communication

CRA IN PRACTICE

CRA's Political Environment

Projects Case Studies

THE EMPIRICAL FOUNDATIONS OF CRA

A Starting Point for Risk Comparisons

Risk Comparisons as a Means of Risk Communication

Procedural Challenges

CRA Negotiations under Conflict

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR AN INTEGRATED COMPARATIVE RISK EVALUATION

Methodological Problems of a CRA

Methodology of Comparative Risk Evaluation

THE PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION OF CRA

Limits of Comparability

Goals of a Comparative Evaluation of Risks

Participation Models

CRA Participants

The Sequence of Events in a CRA

The Organization of Communication

APPENDIX

Risk Metrics

Multiattribute Comparative Risk Evaluation (MCRA)

Comparative Evaluation of Unclear Risks

The Comparative Evaluation of the Risks of Hazardous Incidents

Bibliography

Introduction

CONCEPTS AND DEFINITIONS

Risk

Danger/ Potential for Damage - Hazard

Incertitude and Uncertainty

Risk Assessment

Risk Evaluation

Risk Comparison

Risk Management

Risk Regulation

Risk Communication

CRA IN PRACTICE

CRA's Political Environment

Projects Case Studies

THE EMPIRICAL FOUNDATIONS OF CRA

A Starting Point for Risk Comparisons

Risk Comparisons as a Means of Risk Communication

Procedural Challenges

CRA Negotiations under Conflict

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR AN INTEGRATED COMPARATIVE RISK EVALUATION

Methodological Problems of a CRA

Methodology of Comparative Risk Evaluation

THE PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION OF CRA

Limits of Comparability

Goals of a Comparative Evaluation of Risks

Participation Models

CRA Participants

The Sequence of Events in a CRA

The Organization of Communication

APPENDIX

Risk Metrics

Multiattribute Comparative Risk Evaluation (MCRA)

Comparative Evaluation of Unclear Risks

The Comparative Evaluation of the Risks of Hazardous Incidents

Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Holger Schütz is a senior scientist in the MUT (Man, Environment and Technology) Program Group at the Jülich Research Center, focusing on risk perception and risk communication, comparative assessment of environmental health risks and evidence assessment.

Peter M. Wiedemann is the Director of the MUT Program Group and also teaches at the University of Innsbruck, Austria. He was elected President of the Society for Risk Analysis - Europe and served on the WHO task force on risk communication, the Scientific Expert Group of the National Action Program "Environment and Health", and on the EMF Communication Group of the WHO EMF Project. He has extensive experience in societal conflicts over modern technologies with a focus on risk communication and conflict resolution.

Wilfried Hennings is a member of the MUT Program Group, whose current research centers on methods for assessing technological risks. He received his diploma in electrical engineering from the RWTH Aachen University.

Johannes Mertens is a member of the MUT Program Group, who received his PhD in physics from the RWTH Aachen University. His recent research is on the assessment and management of technological risks.

Martin Clauberg is a lecturer at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and also Sr. Risk/Science Consultant & Founder of Dr. Clauberg-Consulting, Germany & US. He has been a visiting scientist at the Jülich Research Center and at the National Institutes of Health, Washington, DC, as well as Human Health Risk Assessor & Risk Assessment Team Leader at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.