Decision making in environmental projects can be complex and seemingly intractable,
principally because of the inherent trade‐offs between sociopolitical, environmental …

Building an energy system compatible with the Paris Agreement requires large-scale
investment in renewable energy technologies (RET). Designing effective energy policies …

Risk ranking offers a potentially powerful means for gathering public input to help set risk‐
management priorities. In most rankings conducted to date, the categories and attributes …

Risk Governance is a tour de force. Every risk manager, every risk analyst, every risk
researcher must read this book-it is the demarcation point for all further advances in risk …

Understanding the relative public health impact of major microbiological hazards across the
food supply is critical for a risk-based national food safety system. This study was conducted …

Risk is a popular topic in many sciences-in natural, medical, statistical, engineering, social,
economic and legal disciplines. Yet, no single discipline can grasp the full meaning of risk …

Because of accelerating technological progress, humankind may be rapidly approaching a
critical phase in its career. In addition to well-known threats such as nuclear holocaust, the …

Risk is an amazing concept. It has lingered on the fringe of academics for years, but only in
the past three decades has its broad application and examination become adopted. It …

Barrier islands. Flood plains. Earthquake faults. Sometimes the environment poses threats to
our well being, yet many of us continue to choose to live in risky or dangerous places. And …

Current practice for risk characterisations is based on methods reflecting threats, their
consequences and probability, as well as concepts like risk factors and sources. The risk …