Sustainable Risk Management

✍ Scribed by Peter A. Wilderer,Ortwin Renn,Martin Grambow,Michael Molls,Klaus Mainzer (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2018
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 287
• Series: Strategies for Sustainability
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Here, expert authors delineate approaches that can support both decision makers as well as their concerned populations in overcoming unwarranted fears and in elaborating policies based on scientific evidence. Four exemplary focus areas were chosen for in-depth review, namely:- The scientific basis of risk management- Risk management in the area of environmental and ecological policy- Risk management in radiation medicine- Risk management in context with digitalization and roboticsGeneral as well as specific recommendations are summarized in a memorandum. Fundamental thoughts on the topic are presented in the introductory part of the book. The idea for and contents of the book were developed at a workshop on “Sustainable Risk Management: How to manage risks in a sensible and responsible manner?” held in Feldafing at Lake Starnberg (Germany) on April 14 to 16, 2016. The book offers important information and advice for scientists, entrepreneurs, administrators and politicians.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-xx
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
Risk Management from the Perspective of Catholic Social Ethics (Markus Vogt)....Pages 3-17
Distributed Responsibility in Risk Governance (Andreas Klinke, Ortwin Renn)....Pages 19-31
Economic Growth: Opportunity or Risk (Michael von Hauff)....Pages 33-44
Approaching Risk Management: General Perspectives on Handling Systemic Risk (Teresa Wildemann, Adrian Straub)....Pages 45-51
Front Matter ....Pages 53-53
Environmental and Ecological Aspects of Sustainable Risk Management (Martin Grambow, Jane Korck)....Pages 55-75
Maxims of Risk Ethics for Sustainable Agriculture (Franz-Theo Gottwald)....Pages 77-84
Risk and Water Management Under Climate Change: Towards the Nexus City (Daphne Gondhalekar, Jörg E. Drewes, Martin Grambow)....Pages 85-101
Risking Weather Engineering: Fiction or Contribution to Conflict Prevention? (Peter A. Wilderer, Helmut Fluhrer, Elena Davydova)....Pages 103-126
The Contribution of Neurobiology to Human Decision-Making Processes and Motivation (Stefan Braune)....Pages 127-129
More Sustainability in Cardiovascular Disease Prevention—Holistic, Practice-Oriented Approaches Taking into Account Environmental Topics (Ulrich Hildebrandt)....Pages 131-139
Front Matter ....Pages 141-141
Risk and Challenges in Radiation Medicine—An Introduction and Position Statement (Michael Belau, Daniel Méndez Fernández, Michael Molls, Thomas Herrmann)....Pages 143-148
The Biological Foundations of Risks from Ionizing Radiation Exposures: How an Understanding of Associated Effects Will Help Their Quantification and Mitigation (George Iliakis)....Pages 149-158
The Carcinogenic Risk in Radiation Medicine (Klaus-Rüdiger Trott)....Pages 159-164
Benefit and Risks of Screening for Breast Cancer (Sylvia H. Heywang-Köbrunner)....Pages 165-174
“Radiation Effects” in Patient Treatment (Michael Flentje, Michael Molls)....Pages 175-181
Risk Management in Radiation Medicine: Administrative, Legal and Ethical Aspects of Research in Radiation Medicine in Germany (Ursula Nestle, Peter Lukas)....Pages 183-185
On Dealing with Risks in Modern Medicine and Communicating Them Effectively (Claudia Peter)....Pages 187-196
Front Matter ....Pages 197-197
Sustainable Risk Management in Technics, Robotics and Cyber-Security: An Introduction (Maximilian Roßmann, Tobias Hafner)....Pages 199-207
Complexity, Risk, and Technoscience (Klaus Mainzer)....Pages 209-222
Risking the Future of Automotive Industry (Gernot Spiegelberg)....Pages 223-234
The Smart City Concept: A Review Concerning Sustainable Risk Management (Michael Kelnberger)....Pages 235-249
Dark Clouds over the Digital World (Daniela Korhammer, Konstantin Grambow)....Pages 251-261
Sustainable Risk Management in Business (Martin Steger)....Pages 263-270
Front Matter ....Pages 271-271
General Recommendations (Peter A. Wilderer)....Pages 273-278
Specific Recommendations (Peter A. Wilderer)....Pages 279-285

✦ Subjects

Sustainable Development