Premium
Dimensions of Risk
Author(s) -
Hansson Sven Ove
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
risk analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.972
H-Index - 130
eISSN - 1539-6924
pISSN - 0272-4332
DOI - 10.1111/j.1539-6924.1989.tb01225.x
Subject(s) - risk analysis (engineering) , process (computing) , social risk , subject matter , risk assessment , risk process , subject (documents) , decision process , psychology , computer science , management science , actuarial science , engineering , business , computer security , mathematics , pedagogy , curriculum , operating system , library science
Eight major factors of risk comparisons are presented, and the conventional reduction of the risk concept to a unidimensional format is challenged. The similarities between risk issues and other issues of the social decision process are stressed. It is concluded that risk decisions are part of the general political process, and cannot be isolated from this. Expert assessments should be presented in a way that reflects the complexity of the subject matter, instead of repressing it.