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Risk-benefit Analysis
Richard Wilson
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Description for Risk-benefit Analysis
Paperback. This edition should be of value to both professionals in the field and to those who wish to understand the issues of life expectancy and quality of life. Series: Harvard Centre for Risk Analysis S. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: GPQD; KJMD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 600.
Over the centuries, mankind has slowly reduced the risks and hazards that even as recently as a century ago kept life expectancy to a mere 45 years. Our average lifespan has improved to 77 years by remarkable progress in public health and safety. But with this improvement has come a demand for greater efforts to improve both life expectancy and the quality of life. The first edition of this book, published in 1982, was a pioneer in the development of logical, yet simple, analytic tools for discussion of the risks which we all face. This new edition, revised, expanded, and ... Read more
Over the centuries, mankind has slowly reduced the risks and hazards that even as recently as a century ago kept life expectancy to a mere 45 years. Our average lifespan has improved to 77 years by remarkable progress in public health and safety. But with this improvement has come a demand for greater efforts to improve both life expectancy and the quality of life. The first edition of this book, published in 1982, was a pioneer in the development of logical, yet simple, analytic tools for discussion of the risks which we all face. This new edition, revised, expanded, and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Series
Harvard Centre for Risk Analysis S.
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United States
ISBN
9780674005297
SKU
V9780674005297
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About Richard Wilson
Richard Wilson was Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics, Emeritus, at Harvard University. Edmund A. C. Crouch is Principal, Cambridge Environmental, Inc.
Reviews for Risk-benefit Analysis
This book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of the methodology for assessing and managing risks. Based on well-developed lectures given for many years at the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis and written by both an academic and a practitioner in this rapidly evolving field, it contains clear explanations, excellent examples, and duality figures and tables...The best yet on this ... Read more