{"product_id":"risk-in-extreme-environments-vicki-m-bier-9781472439901","title":"Risk in Extreme Environments: Preparing, Avoiding, Mitigating, and Managing","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRisk in Extreme Environments\u003c\/em\u003e presents a wide-ranging discussion of approaches for assessing and managing extreme risks. Extreme events are not only severe, but also outside the normal range of experience of the system in question, and can include environmental catastrophe; engineering failure; financial or business meltdown; and nuclear or other extreme terrorism. The book focuses on synthesizing research results in a way that provides insights useful to decision makers, and enables them to ask probing questions about the risks faced by their organizations, identify creative solutions, and minimize the neglect of extreme risks that can come from a focus on mundane or ordinary management challenges.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book details case studies on nuclear power, infectious diseases, and global catastrophic risks, in addition to sections on risk assessment, risk management, and risk perceptions. Since effective management benefits from an interdisciplinary perspective, the chapter authors include experts in economics, engineering, geography, law, political science, psychology, sociology, and science in addition to risk analysis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRisk in Extreme Environments is an accessible and valuable resource for risk managers and other decision makers responsible for large complex business and government decisions, while also providing enough detail and references to be informative for risk analysts interested in learning more about technical aspects of the various methods.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Vicki M. Bier\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1472439902\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781472439901\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/27\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.60h x 7.10w x 0.70d","brand":"Vicki M. Bier","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48659399475455,"sku":"9781472439901","price":225.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/risk-in-extreme-environments-vicki-m-bier-9781472439901","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}