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Chernov, Dmitry.
Man-made catastrophes and risk information concealmentcase studies of major disasters and human fallibility /
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Man-made catastrophes and risk information concealmentby Dmitry Chernov, Didier Sornette.
其他題名:
case studies of major disasters and human fallibility /
作者:
Chernov, Dmitry.
其他作者:
Sornette, Didier.
出版者:
Cham :Springer International Publishing :2016.
面頁冊數:
xv, 342 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm.
Contained By:
Springer eBooks
標題:
Disasters.
電子資源:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24301-6
ISBN:
9783319243016$q(electronic bk.)
Man-made catastrophes and risk information concealmentcase studies of major disasters and human fallibility /
Chernov, Dmitry.
Man-made catastrophes and risk information concealment
case studies of major disasters and human fallibility /[electronic resource] :by Dmitry Chernov, Didier Sornette. - Cham :Springer International Publishing :2016. - xv, 342 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm.
Preface -- Setting the landscape -- Examples of risk information concealment practice -- Causes of risk information concealment -- Major on-going cases with information concealment practice -- Succesful risk information management.
This book discusses the risks of information concealment in the context of major natural or industrial disasters - offering detailed descriptions and analyses of some 25 historical cases (Three Mile Island nuclear accident, Bhopal disaster, Challenger Space Shuttle explosion, Chernobyl nuclear disaster, Deepwater Horizon oil spill, Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear disaster, Enron's bankruptcy, Subprime mortgage crisis, Worldwide Spanish flu and SARS outbreaks, etc.) and applying these insights to selected on-going cases where such information concealment is suspected. Some successful examples of preventive anti-concealment practice are also presented. In the book, the term 'concealment' is used to represent the two distinct behaviors uncovered in the investigations: (i) facts and information about an organization and its functioning being hidden from those that need them - here the concealment can be due to various factors, such as complexity and miscommunication, to name but two - and (ii) the conscious and deliberate action of keeping important information secret or misrepresenting it. This second meaning makes up a surprisingly important part of the evidence presented. Accordingly, emphasis has been put on this second aspect and the approach is more pragmatic than academic, remaining focused on evidence-based practical and useful factors. It raises awareness and provides valuable lessons for decision- makers, risk specialists and responsible citizens alike. This work is also intended as a fact-based reference work for future academic and scholarly investigations on the roots of the problem, in particular regarding any psychological or sociological modeling of human fallibility.
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