The Illusion of Risk Control : : What Does It Take to Live with Uncertainty?

• Superior document: SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology Series
• Author: Motet, Gilles.
• TeilnehmendeR: Bieder, Corinne.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2017.; Ã2017.
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (113 pages)

Table of Contents

• Intro
• Contents
• 1 Uncertainty: New Perspectives, Questions and Proposals
• 1.1 Uncertainty: A New Perspective on Safety
• 1.2 Uncertainty: New Questions for Safety Management
• 1.3 Uncertainty: New Proposals
• 2 Uncertainty---Its Ontological Status and Relation to Safety
• 2.1 Introduction
• 2.1.1 From Risk to Uncertainty
• 2.1.2 The Connotation and Use of the Concept of Safety, Security, Risk and (un)Certainty
• 2.1.3 MSc Students' Perception of Uncertainty When Studying Societal Safety at the University of Stavanger
• 2.1.4 Uncertainty and Its Relation to Risk Theory and Conceptualizations
• 2.2 Contextual Prerequisites for the Uncertainty Concept
• 2.2.1 Time---Past, Present and the Future
• 2.2.2 System States Through Lenses of Scientific Disciplines
• 2.3 Perspectives on Uncertainty in Various Enterprises/Sectors
• 2.3.1 Health Sector
• 2.3.2 Aviation/Helicopter Transport
• 2.4 Concluding Remarks
• References
• 3 A Conceptual Foundation for Assessing and Managing Risk, Surprises and Black Swans
• 3.1 Introduction
• 3.2 Risk Perspectives, Brief Review of Historical and Recent Development Trends
• 3.3 Risk, Surprises and Black Swans
• 3.4 Assessing and Managing Surprising Events and Black Swans
• 3.4.1 Assessment
• 3.4.2 Risk Management
• 3.5 Conclusions
• References
• 4 Recognizing Complexity in Risk Management: The Challenge of the Improbable
• 4.1 Introduction
• 4.2 Revisiting the Concepts
• 4.2.1 Limitations of the Current Paradigm
• 4.2.2 The Total Predetermination Fallacy
• 4.2.3 What Is Uncertainty?
• 4.2.4 Environment Ontologies: A Taxonomy of Complexity
• 4.2.5 Uncertainty and Cognitive Control
• 4.2.6 Uncertainty and Risk Management
• 4.3 Is There a `Credible Alternative'?
• 4.3.1 Nature and Scope of Necessary Changes
• 4.3.2 Suggesting New Trails
• 4.4 Conclusion
• References.
• 5 Practices in the Danger Culture of Late Industrial Society
• 5.1 Introduction
• 5.2 The Danger Culture of Industrial Society
• 5.3 Negotiations in Intersecting Social Worlds, Rather than Implementation of RegulationThis section draws heavily on an unpublished paper, which is now in the public domain as part of a collection of papers by Arie Rip on the occasion of a conference in honour of his being retired 18. The text and figures draw on this paper, with only minor modifications.
• 5.4 Conclusion
• References
• 6 Judicial Review of Uncertain Risks in Scientific Research
• 6.1 Introduction
• 6.2 Background on the LHC/Black-Hole Disaster Scenario
• 6.2.1 CERN and the LHC
• 6.2.2 Black Holes and the Evolving Safety Rationale
• 6.3 Conceptual and Practical Problems
• 6.3.1 The Lack of Disinterested Experts
• 6.3.2 The Need for Uncertain Scientific Principles Under Investigation
• 6.3.3 The Effect of Uncertainty in Low-Probability Assessments
• 6.4 Rhetorical Issues
• 6.4.1 Using Pricelessness to Avoid Quantitative Analysis of Benefits
• 6.4.2 Moving Away from the ``Probability Mode''
• 6.4.3 Constructing the Quantum Straw Man
• 6.5 Implications for Courts
• 6.5.1 Evaluating Uncertain Risks in Qualitative Terms
• 6.5.2 Testing the Opinions of Science-Experiment Proponents by Analogy to Their Opinions Outside the Context of the Controverted Experiment
• 6.6 Conclusion
• References
• 7 What Can Japan's Early Modern Capital of Edo Teach Us About Risk Management?
• 7.1 Introduction
• 7.2 Six Principles Drawn from Edo's Fire Management
• 7.2.1 Build Light, Travel Light
• 7.2.2 Strong Social Infrastructure Counterbalances Vulnerable Physical Infrastructure
• 7.2.3 Disaster Clarifies Society's Hierarchy of Values
• 7.2.4 Give People Some Control Over Their Fates and They Will Tolerate Risk.
• 7.2.5 Personal Risk Differs from Systemic Uncertainty
• 7.2.6 Safety Decisions Are Political Decisions
• 7.3 Conclusion
• References
• 8 Conclusion
• 8.1 Uncertainty: A Multi-faceted Notion
• 8.2 Uncertainty: A Relative Notion
• 8.3 Reconciling Risk Management and Social Science Approaches to Uncertainty
• 8.4 Should We Fear Uncertainty?
• 8.5 Living with Uncertainty: Beyond Organizations and Regulators...
• References.