Industrial Risk Management: A Life-Cycle Engineering Approach : A Selection of Papers Presented at the International Conference on Industrial Risk M

The complexity of today's products and systems and the increased environmental vulnerability indicate that current problems with risk management require a rethinking of safety management design as well as management itself. Product-life is a new approach to technical product safety. Until now, safety and risk have been assessed independently in some stages of a product's existence. Product-life presents a comprehensive and integrated approach to risk management and industrial environmental policy and thus provides for the reduction of potential risks to both the human race and the environment. This volume gives a comprehensive overview of risk assessment and management for products. The topic is examined from various perspectives starting with risk and loss analysis, human factors, economy of safety, liability and compensation, risk assessment, management and prevention as well as the role of innovation to overcome the challenges of a civilisation which depends increasingly on complex technical systems.