Physical safety : a matter of balancing responsibilities /
Ensuring the population's physical safety is one of the core tasks of any government. In general, a government is typically held accountable for safe handling of hazardous substances, food safety, flood protection, controlling and preventing infectious diseases, as well as managing risks engend...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam :
Amsterdam University Press,
2012.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Dealing with incidents
- 3. Risks and uncertainty
- 4. Damage arrangements : a different perspective
- 5. Conclusions.
- 1. Introduction
- Responsibility for physical safety
- Request for reflection
- Key concepts: incidents, damage, risks and uncertainty
- Interactions
- Guide to this publication
- 2. Dealing with incidents
- Risk-regulation reflex?
- Perceived reality
- Lack of evidence
- Tilting the perspective towards good governance
- Conclusion
- 3. Risks and uncertainty
- Fundamental political appraisal
- Intertwine opportunities and threats
- Make allowance for the social and psychological properties of danger
- Utilise risk comparisons
- Accept uncertainty
- and the responsibility for uncertainty
- Organise the way uncertainty is dealt with
- Incorportation into policy
- The national risk assessment
- Amending environment and planning law: the simply better operation
- 4. Damage arrangements: a different perspective
- Damage as the focal point
- Current practices
- Reasons for uncompensated damage
- Damage arrangements as a basis for a balanced allocation of responsibility
- Businesses taking responsibility for themselves and society
- The role of citizens
- The role of government
- 5. Conclusions
- Difficult questions
- Key concepts: incidents, damage, risks and uncertainty
- Beyond reflexes
- Is a general policy possible?
- Reference points for dealing with risks and uncertainty
- Damage arrangements: a different perspective on the allocation of responsibility
- Top three on the list of priority studies
- Final remarks.