Public safety and risk assessment : improving decision making /
Ball, D. J.
Public safety and risk assessment : improving decision making / David J Ball and Laurence Ball-King. - Oxon ; New York : Earthscan, 2011. - xvi, 204 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-196) and index.
Clear and foreseeable danger -- Risk assessment-a simple tool? -- Is safety paramount? -- Risk and safety-a national philosophy -- What works in public life? -- Legal matters -- Advice-whose advice? -- A closer look at decision making -- Adventure activities-a hard case -- Risk-benefit assessment -- In search of a new agenda -- Final thoughts and r�esum�e.
9781849713801 (hardback) 9781849713818 (pbk.)
Public safety--Great Britain.
Risk assessment--Government policy--Great Britain.
Decision making--Great Britain.
HV675 / .B255 2011
Public safety and risk assessment : improving decision making / David J Ball and Laurence Ball-King. - Oxon ; New York : Earthscan, 2011. - xvi, 204 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-196) and index.
Clear and foreseeable danger -- Risk assessment-a simple tool? -- Is safety paramount? -- Risk and safety-a national philosophy -- What works in public life? -- Legal matters -- Advice-whose advice? -- A closer look at decision making -- Adventure activities-a hard case -- Risk-benefit assessment -- In search of a new agenda -- Final thoughts and r�esum�e.
9781849713801 (hardback) 9781849713818 (pbk.)
Public safety--Great Britain.
Risk assessment--Government policy--Great Britain.
Decision making--Great Britain.
HV675 / .B255 2011