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Uncertain safety: allocating responsibilities for safety
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The Netherlands Scientific Council for Government Policy (WRR)
Abstract Flood prevention, food safety, transport of hazardous materials, infectious diseases, the risks posed by new technologies, and many other threats to public health and the environment call for ongoing public alertness. However, the ways in which these safety risks are currently assessed and managed f... view more
Flood prevention, food safety, transport of hazardous materials, infectious diseases, the risks posed by new technologies, and many other threats to public health and the environment call for ongoing public alertness. However, the ways in which these safety risks are currently assessed and managed fall short of addressing the uncertainties of future threats. The contributors to this essential volume argue that in order to ensure future-proof safety policies, we should be adopting a new paradigm, one based on the precautionary principle: i.e. the notion that the vulnerability of humans, society and the natural environment requires a proactive approach to uncertainties. In this vital report, the Netherlands Scientific Council for Government Policy outlines ways to embody this principle in both private and public law and in various institutional arrangements.... view less
Keywords
institutional factors; disaster; security; risk; risk research; civil law; public law; environment crisis; crisis management (econ., pol.); security policy; natural disaster
Classification
Special areas of Departmental Policy
Sociology of Science, Sociology of Technology, Research on Science and Technology
Document language
English
Publication Year
2009
Publisher
Amsterdam Univ. Press
City
Amsterdam
Page/Pages
178 p.
Series
WRR-Report, 82
ISBN
978-90-8964-181-6
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works