Catastrophic impact and loss : the capstone of impact assessment /

The author's previous work, Managing Emerging Risk: The Capstone of Preparedness considered the notion of risk and what constitutes risk assessment. It presented scenarios to introduce readers to areas of critical thinking around probability and possibility. Six months after the book's pub...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Burton, Kevin D. (Autor)
Formato: eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boca Raton, Florida ; London ; New York : CRC Press, [2013]
Temas:
Emergency management.
Risk assessment.
Risk Assessment
Évaluation du risque.
risk assessment.
Emergency management
Risk assessment
Acceso en línea:Texto completo (Requiere registro previo con correo institucional)
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • About the author
  • The postmodern impact assessment and problems of the mind
  • Five guiding principles for postmodern impact assessments
  • The first principle: establish the impact horizon
  • The second principle : align impact measures to core values
  • The third principle : consider and align national and state laws and industry
  • Taking a second look at the third principle
  • The fourth principle : apply rigorous data
  • The fifth principle : document deviations and overrides
  • Into the uncanny valley
  • Endnotes.

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