Risk Management and Governance: Concepts, Guidelines and Applications

Introduction: Concept of Risk.- Characteristics of Risks in the Modern World.- Risk Perspectives.- Risk Governance: An Overview.- Pre-assessment and Framing of Risk.- Risk Appraisal.- Risk Characterization and Evaluation.- Risk Management.- Risk Communication.- Stakeholder and Public Involvement.- Case Study 1: Risk Governance of Nanotechnology.- Case Study 2: Cash Depot and Third Party Risk.- Case Study 3: Year-Round Petroleum Activities in the Barents Sea.- Conclusions.