The role of society in engineering risk analysis: A capabilities-based approach

Risk Analysis

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1073-1083

  Murphy, Colleen ^a   Gardoni, Paolo ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Texas A and M University   (United States)

Author keywords

Capabilities; Capabilities Based Approach; Risk; Society

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; HAZARDS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

CAPABILITIES-BASED APPROACHES; ENGINEERING RISK ANALYSIS; MAN-MADE HAZARDS; SOCIAL IMPACTS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

CATASTROPHIC EVENT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DECISION MAKING; NATURAL HAZARD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL IMPACT;

DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENGINEERING; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; POLICY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIETY;

EID: 33748418455     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2006.00801.x     Document Type: Review

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