Measures of societal risk and their potential use in civil aviation

Risk Analysis

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1711-1726

  Horn, Mark E T ^a,b   Fulton, Neale ^a   Westcott, Mark ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aviation; Individual risk; Mid air collisions; Risk policy; Societal risk

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS; AVIATION; CIVIL AVIATION; CLARIFICATION; RISK ANALYSIS;

ANALYTICAL TOOLS; BARRIER FUNCTIONS; CONCEPTUAL FOUNDATIONS; INDIVIDUAL RISK; INDIVIDUAL RISKS; MID-AIR COLLISIONS; RISK MEASURES; RISK POLICY; SOCIETAL RISK; SOCIETAL RISKS; TECHNICAL ANALYSIS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

AIR TRANSPORTATION; ANALYTICAL METHOD; COLLISION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSPORTATION POLICY;

ACCIDENTAL DEATH; AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; AVIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHICS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 55349091358     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2008.01114.x     Document Type: Article

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