ABSTRACT

The contributions in Risks Challenging Publics, Scientists and Government looks at risks not just as a technical, social, political or economic matter, but as originating and challenging the various disciplines. Contextual aspects, usually defined by engineers as "margin conditions", are generally not looked at, but deserve much more atttention, pa

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Emergency preparedness: From contingency plans to crisis management

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Environment and public health: Looking for new risk assessment tools

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Embedding social and economic perspectives into risk assessment and management

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Risk mitigation criteria in land use planning and critical infrastructures siting and design