Tools for making acute risk decisions with chemical process safety applications.

• Corporate Author: American Institute of Chemical Engineers. Center for Chemical Process Safety.
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York : Center for Chemical Process Safety of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, ©1995.
• Subjects: Chemical plants > Risk assessment.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 1591245990; 9781591245995; 9780470938164; 0470938161; 0816905576; 9780816905577; 9780470938171; 047093817X
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxiv, 472 pages) : illustrations

The complexity of today's risk decisions is well known. Beyond cost and risk there are many other factors contributing to these decisions, including type of risk (such as human injury or fatality), the economic impact on the local community, profitability, availability of capital, alternatives...