RISK GOVERNANCE

'"RISK GOVERNANCE" IS A TOUR DE FORCE. EVERY RISK MANAGER, EVERY RISK ANALYST, EVERY RISK RESEARCHER MUST READ THIS BOOK - IT IS THE DEMARCATION POINT FOR ALL FURTHER ADVANCES IN RISK POLICY AND RISK RESEARCH. RENN PROVIDES AUTHORITATIVE GUIDANCE ON HOW TO MANAGE RISKS BASED ON A DEFINITIVE SYNTHESIS OF THE RESEARCH LITERATURE. THE SKILL WITH WHICH HE BUILDS PRACTICAL RECOMMENDATIONS FROM SOLID SCIENCE IS UNPRECEDENTED' - THOMAS DIETZ, DIRECTOR, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLICY PROGRAM, MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY, USA. 'A MASTERPIECE OF NEW KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM WITH ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES OF TESTED APPLICATIONS TO REALWORLD CASES. THE BOOK IS RECOMMENDABLE ALSO TO INTERESTED STUDENTS IN DIFFERENT DISCIPLINES AS A TIMELY TEXTBOOK ON 'RISK BEYOND RISK" - NORIO OKADA, FULL PROFESSOR AND DIRECTOR AT THE DISASTER PREVENTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE (DPRI), KYOTO UNIVERSITY, JAPAN. 'THERE ARE CLASSIC ENVIRONMENTAL WORKS SUCH AS "THE TRAGEDY OF THE COMMONS" BY HARDIN, "RISK SOCIETY" BY BECK, "THE TH