Introduction: the Global Risk Arena, Technological Systems and This Book

Per Jacobsson, Göran Grimvall, Åke J. Holmgren and Torbjörn Thedéen
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Per Jacobsson: Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)
Göran Grimvall: Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)
Åke J. Holmgren: Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)
Torbjörn Thedéen: Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)

Chapter 1 in Risks in Technological Systems, 2010, pp 1-6 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The global citizen of the twenty-first century faces a wide spectrum of risks, such as from transportation, ionizing radiation, the propagation of contagious diseases, terrorism, natural disasters, and global climate change. Some of them, for instance the risk of a motorcycle accident, affect only individuals and have merely occasional direct impacts on society. Nevertheless the accumulation of these individual risks is leading to major long-term changes in risk patterns.

Keywords: Technological System; Safety Culture; Structural Failure; Political Risk; Global Citizen (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-84882-641-0_1

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