Safety Management and Public Spaces: Restoring Balance

Risk Analysis

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 763-771

  Ball, David J ^a   Ball King, Laurence ^a  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health and safety; Injury prevention; Policy; Public safety; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL HERITAGES; EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES; HEALTH AND SAFETY; INJURY PREVENTION; PUBLIC SAFETY; PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SAFETY REQUIREMENTS;

PUBLIC POLICY; URBAN GROWTH;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

CULTURAL HERITAGE; HEALTH AND SAFETY; HEALTH RISK; INJURY; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC SPACE; RISK ASSESSMENT; WORKPLACE;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INJURY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SANITATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PUBLIC FACILITIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84877617537     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2012.01900.x     Document Type: Article

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