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850376
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Risk in extreme environments : : preparing, avoiding, mitigating, and managing /\ edited by Vicki Bier.
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| Publication Statement
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Abingdon, Oxon ;New York, NY :: Routledge,, 2018.
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, ©2018
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1 online resource (xiv, 192 pages)
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| ISBN
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1315557541
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: 9781315557540
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9781472439901
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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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
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Accidents-- Prevention.
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Disasters.
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Emergency management.
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Risk management.
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Risk-- Sociological aspects.
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Accidents-- Prevention.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Industrial Management.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Management Science.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Management.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Organizational Behavior.
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Disasters.
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Emergency management.
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Risk management.
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Risk-- Sociological aspects.
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| Dewey Classification
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658.15/5
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HD61.R56875 2018
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| Added Entry
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Bier, Vicki M.
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