Risk Analysis, Decision Analysis, and the Social Context for Risk Decision Making

Abstract

The practice of risk analysis has steadily increased in prominence during the past several decades, as risk managers in government and industry seek to develop more effective ways to meet public demands for a safer and healthier environment. Dozens of scientific disciplines have been mobilized to provide technical information about risk, and billions of dollars have been expended to create this information and distill it in the context of risk assessments.