Uncertain safety: allocating responsibilities for safety

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 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

Standort
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
ISBN
9789089641816
Umfang
Online-Ressource, 178 S.
Sprache
Englisch
Anmerkungen
Veröffentlichungsversion
begutachtet (peer reviewed)

Erschienen in
WRR-Report ; Bd. 82

Klassifikation
Soziale Probleme, Sozialdienste, Versicherungen

Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wo)
Amsterdam
(wer)
Amsterdam Univ. Press
(wann)
2009
Beteiligte Personen und Organisationen
The Netherlands Scientific Council for Government Policy (WRR)

URN
urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-271305
Rechteinformation
Open Access; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
Letzte Aktualisierung
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Beteiligte

  • The Netherlands Scientific Council for Government Policy (WRR)
  • Amsterdam Univ. Press

Entstanden

  • 2009

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