Technological Risk Assessment

Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Technological Risk Assessment, Erice, Sicily, Italy, May 20-31, 1981

Inhalt

I. Health Risk Assessment.- Problems in Health Measurements for the Risk Assessor.- Issues Related to Carcinogenic Risk Assessment from Animal Bioassay Data.- II. Engineering Risk Assessment.- Engineering Risk Analysis.- Quantities of Hazardous Materials.- The Wider Implications of the Canvey Island Study: A Discussion.- Benefits and Risks of Industrial Development with Special Regard to the Field of Power Production.- III. Risk Evaluation and Management.- Principles for Saving and Valuing Lives.- Eight Frameworks for Regulation.- A Comparison of Air Pollution Control Standards as Adopted in Various Industrialized Countries.- Actual and Perceived Risk: A Review of the Literature.- Psychological Aspects of Risk: The Assessment of Threat and Control.- IV. References.- Risk Analysis and Technological Hazards: A Policy-Related Bibliography.