Physical safety a matter of balancing responsibilities / Marjolein B.A. van Asselt ... [and others.

"WRR, Scientific Council for Government Policy."

Introduction -- Responsibility for physical safety -- Request for reflection -- Key concepts: incidents, damage, risks and uncertainty -- Interactions -- Guide to this publication -- Dealing with incidents -- Risk-regulation reflex? -- Perceived reality -- Lack of evidence -- Tilting the perspective towards good governance -- Conclusion -- Risks and uncertainty -- Fundamental political appraisal -- Intertwine opportunities and threats -- Make allowance for the social and psychological properties of danger -- Utilise risk comparisons -- Accept uncertainty - and the responsibility for uncertainty -- Organise the way uncertainty is dealt with -- Incorportation into policy -- The national risk assessment -- Amending environment and planning law: the simply better operation -- Damage arrangements: a different perspective -- Damage as the focal point -- Current practices -- Reasons for uncompensated damage -- Damage arrangements as a basis for a balanced allocation of responsibility -- Businesses taking responsibility for themselves and society -- The role of citizens -- The role of government -- Conclusions -- Difficult questions -- Key concepts: incidents, damage, risks and uncertainty -- Beyond reflexes -- Is a general policy possible? -- Reference points for dealing with risks and uncertainty -- Damage arrangements: a different perspective on the allocation of responsibility -- Top three on the list of priority studies -- Final remarks.

Includes bibliographical references.

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