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Risk Assessment and Security for Pipelines, Tunnels, and Underground Rail and Transit Operations
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Risk Assessment and Security for Pipelines, Tunnels, and Underground Rail and Transit Operations

by Anna M. Doro-on
June 2014
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
414 pages
14h 2m
English
CRC Press
Content preview from Risk Assessment and Security for Pipelines, Tunnels, and Underground Rail and Transit Operations
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Chapter 6
Risk Acceptability
Analysis Based on
Quantitative Psychology
of Intuitive Judgments
6.1 Introduction
Risk acceptability based on quantitative psychology of intuitive judgments is nec-
essary in homeland and critical infrastructure protection against terrorism and
disaster. It is involved with the measurement of the degree of risk that can be
accepted by stakeholders and society for given risk events. Risk acceptability can
be understood by asking these questions: How safe is safe enough? Which levels
of risk are acceptable? How to maintain intuitive judgments in determination of
acceptable risks? What specic risk situations are pe ...
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ISBN: 9781466569324