Safety improvement has actually slowed to a standstill. In Safety Cant Be Measured, Andrew Townsend suggests the main reason is the failure to recognise the evolution in accident causation and to evolve with it. He contends that everyone is trying...Loe edasi...
This book provides comprehensive coverage on aging and safety aspects including fire safety, food safety, and occupational safety in a single volume. It will an ideal text for professionals and graduate students in the fields of ergonomics, human fa...Loe edasi...
This book deals with how to measure innovation in crisis management drawing on data, case studies and lessons learned from different European countries....Loe edasi...
Outdoor Lighting for Pedestrians shows how outdoor lighting is important for pedestrians safety, personal security, and comfort, with major impacts on street, path, and park aesthetics and neighborhood sense of place....Loe edasi...
Public safety as well as the safety of products and services is of paramount importance and interest to individuals, organizations and the society. Safety successes are achieved every second, but we take them for granted and we do not appreciate the...Loe edasi...
This book brings together diverse new perspectives on current and emerging themes in space risk, covering both the threats to Earth-based activities arising from space events (natural and man-made), and those inherent in space activity itself....Loe edasi...
Safety culture is a contested concept and a complex phenomenon, which has been much debated in recent years. But it is not so much about what can be measured and pin-pointed as about what is difficult to fully articulate. In the long-term, arguably,...Loe edasi...
Recently, mass arsenic poisoning of groundwater has emerged as a disastrous public health concern in Bangladesh. Apart from hundreds of deaths that have already been reported, 85 million people are estimated to be at high risk of developing deadly a...Loe edasi...
Covering such topics as on-the-job dangers, the role of unions in worker protection, and occupational health in both developed and developing countries, this collection of articles demonstrates the negative impact that neglect of citizens working l...Loe edasi...
The book provides the reader with a profound knowledge of basic principles, properties and preferred applications of diverse kinds of CO2 measurement. It shows the advantages, disadvantages and limitations of several methods and gives a comprehensiv...Loe edasi...
Application of a sociotechnical systems approach to the road safety domain is lagging behind other safety domains. Benefits in reviewing driver error have begun to be recognized, but not yet transcended into countermeasures. This book covers the rol...Loe edasi...
This book showcases, through the use of simulation, on-road testing, and human factors methods in an integrated manner, how road-safety concepts can be studied, advanced, and influenced in the real world. It achieves this by describing a programme o...Loe edasi...
This book describes how to conduct Process Hazard Assessments (PHAs) for processes handling combustible solids. The book explains how to do a dust hazard assessment by using either an approach based on compliance with existing consensus standards, o...Loe edasi...
Examines regulatory and other strategies for improving chemical risk management in small enterprises in the European Union. This book considers what supports are necessary to secure the implementation of these strategies and is particularly concerne...Loe edasi...
Locates workers health and safety problems in the broad political economy. This title argues that without a deep understanding of the social/political/economic context of particular industries or workplaces, we cannot fully grasp the process of rec...Loe edasi...
