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Risks and Opportunities

Author : Valerie Brown
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000007111
Total Pages : 363 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Risks and Opportunities written by Valerie Brown and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-03-21 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1995. Managing today’s rapidly changing environment inevitably involves managing conflicts between the demands of development and conservation; the needs of the present and of the future; and between different community interests, professional positions and political priorities. Risks and Opportunities provides both a guide to managing environmental change, and a training manual to pave the way to successful conflict resolution. It explores the full range of potential conflicts and looks at various methods for their resolution. It covers the who, what, why and when of managing change, and emphasizes the need to develop an active and strategic approach which indemnifies the interests and abilities of all the stakeholders. The book’s detailed case studies provide in-depth material on the conflicting uses of urban, agricultural and natural environments, and the self-teaching guide and exercises will enable individual readers and organizations to acquire the necessary practical and team-building skills.

Managing Psychosocial Hazards and Work-Related Stress in Today’s Work Environment

Author : Ellen Pinkos Cobb
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000597008
Total Pages : 163 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Managing Psychosocial Hazards and Work-Related Stress in Today’s Work Environment written by Ellen Pinkos Cobb and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-08-08 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today’s evolving world of work makes it imperative for employers to manage psychosocial hazards (PSH) and risks leading to work-related stress. This book contains essential, general, and country-specific information and templates for the successful management of hazards to prevent psychological harm in the workplace. Acknowledged as global issues affecting all workers and industries, PSH are work factors that have the potential to lead to physical or psychological injury and stress, relating to how work is designed, organized, and managed, and to work relationships and interactions. This book advances the idea that management of PSH, and psychological health and safety, is part of the duty of care of today’s responsible and ethical employers to employees, and that U.S. employers should recognize this responsibility. Clear and easy to follow, this guide presents comprehensive information on addressing PSH, discussing measures taken internationally (laws, guidance, and resources from Europe, Canada, Mexico, Australia, and Japan), and a new global standard on psychological health and safety at work. (Note: At times within this book, and Part II in particular, punctuation may be added to quoted provisions for ease of reading and for consistency.) Practitioners and students in the fields of management, occupational health and safety, human resource management, ethics and compliance, occupational health psychology, and organizational psychology will come away with a deeper understanding of the importance of PSH and their management.

Hazards Ahead

Author :
Publisher : Office Technology Assessment
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book Hazards Ahead written by and published by Office Technology Assessment. This book was released on 1993 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Emerging Voices in Natural Hazards Research

Author : Fernando I. Rivera
Publisher : Butterworth-Heinemann
ISBN 13 : 0128162651
Total Pages : 454 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (281 download)

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Book Synopsis Emerging Voices in Natural Hazards Research by : Fernando I. Rivera

Download or read book Emerging Voices in Natural Hazards Research written by Fernando I. Rivera and published by Butterworth-Heinemann. This book was released on 2019-06-07 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emerging Voices in Natural Hazards Research provides a synthesis of the most pressing issues in natural hazards research by new professionals. The book begins with an overview of emerging research on natural hazards, such as hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, wildfires, sea-level rise, global warming, climate change, and tornadoes, among others. Remaining sections include topics such as socially vulnerable populations and the cycles of emergency management. Emerging Voices in Natural Hazards Research is intended to serve as a consolidated resource for academics, students, and researchers to learn about the most pressing issues in natural hazard research today. Provides a platform for readers to keep up-to-date with the interdisciplinary research that new professionals are producing Covers the multidisciplinary perspectives of the hazards and disasters field Includes international perspectives from new professionals around the world, including developing countries

Goals, Opportunities, and Priorities for the USGS Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)

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Download or read book Goals, Opportunities, and Priorities for the USGS Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

At Risk

Author : Piers Blaikie
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134528612
Total Pages : 492 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (345 download)

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Download or read book At Risk written by Piers Blaikie and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-01-21 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The term 'natural disaster' is often used to refer to natural events such as earthquakes, hurricanes or floods. However, the phrase 'natural disaster' suggests an uncritical acceptance of a deeply engrained ideological and cultural myth. At Risk questions this myth and argues that extreme natural events are not disasters until a vulnerable group of people is exposed. The updated new edition confronts a further ten years of ever more expensive and deadly disasters and discusses disaster not as an aberration, but as a signal failure of mainstream 'development'. Two analytical models are provided as tools for understanding vulnerability. One links remote and distant 'root causes' to 'unsafe conditions' in a 'progression of vulnerability'. The other uses the concepts of 'access' and 'livelihood' to understand why some households are more vulnerable than others. Examining key natural events and incorporating strategies to create a safer world, this revised edition is an important resource for those involved in the fields of environment and development studies.

Physical and Biological Hazards of the Workplace

Author : Gregg M. Stave
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118928601
Total Pages : 612 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (189 download)

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Download or read book Physical and Biological Hazards of the Workplace written by Gregg M. Stave and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2016-11-30 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Completely updated version this classic reference covers both physical hazards and biological agents Provides updated information on protecting workers from proven and possible health risks from manual material handling, extremes of temperature and pressure, ionizing and non-ionizing (magnetic fields) radiation, shiftwork, and more Details major changes in our understanding of biological hazards including Ebola, Chikungunya, Zika, HIV, Hepatitis C, Lyme disease, MERS-CoV, TB, and much more All infectious diseases have been updated from an occupational health perspective Includes practical guidance on to how to set up medical surveillance for hazards and suggests preventive measures that can be used to reduce occupational diseases

Hazards ahead : managing cleanup worker health and safety at the nuclear weapons complex.

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Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 142892096X
Total Pages : 87 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (289 download)

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Download or read book Hazards ahead : managing cleanup worker health and safety at the nuclear weapons complex. written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

New Opportunities and Challenges in Occupational Safety and Health Management

Author : Daniel Podgórski
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1000080315
Total Pages : 129 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Book Synopsis New Opportunities and Challenges in Occupational Safety and Health Management by : Daniel Podgórski

Download or read book New Opportunities and Challenges in Occupational Safety and Health Management written by Daniel Podgórski and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2020-07-08 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Global economy and its business environment, and thus the world of work, have recently been influenced by demographic and social changes, globalisation, as well as rapid development and introduction of novel, sophisticated and previously unknown technologies and new business models, especially in the context of the so-called fourth industrial revolution. These changes pose a number of challenges in terms of maintaining and improving occupational safety and health (OSH) management performance, as traditional approaches to OSH management in new working environments may no longer be effective. In view of the above, the overall goal of this book is to present new approaches and methods for improving the effectiveness of OSH management. They are based on state-of-the-art research and are in line with the latest trends and concepts in the field. The book focuses on five thematic areas, which are discussed in respective chapters: 1) Implementing the process approach to OSH management; 2) Improving OSH management systems with fuzzy cognitive maps; 3) Implementing strategic thinking approaches in relation to OSH management; 4) Integrating OSH management within the framework of the CSR concept; 5) Enhancing OSH management processes through the use of smart digital technologies. The methods and solutions discussed may be considered as specific "opportunities" for the improvement to be taken into account in the processes of implementing and maintaining an OSH management system in light of the requirements of the new ISO 45001 standard.

Reproductive Hazards at Work

Author : Nancy Miller Chénier
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (45 download)

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Download or read book Reproductive Hazards at Work written by Nancy Miller Chénier and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Environmental Hazards

Author : Keith Smith
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415224642
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (246 download)

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Download or read book Environmental Hazards written by Keith Smith and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Topics include : risk assessment, disaster management, adjustment to the hazard (accepting, sharing, reducing loss), earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides, snow avalances, storms, biophysical hazards (extreme temperatures, epidemics, frost, wildlifires), floods, droughts, technological hazards (i.e. Bhopal and Chernobyl), etc.

Industrial Hazards and the Opportunities for Insurance

Author : George Robert Weppler
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (353 download)

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Download or read book Industrial Hazards and the Opportunities for Insurance written by George Robert Weppler and published by . This book was released on 1937 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Handbook of Hazards and Disaster Risk Reduction

Author : Ben Wisner
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136918698
Total Pages : 876 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (369 download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Hazards and Disaster Risk Reduction written by Ben Wisner and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-03-29 with total page 876 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Handbook provides a comprehensive statement and reference point for hazard and disaster research, policy making, and practice in an international and multi-disciplinary context. It offers critical reviews and appraisals of current state of the art and future development of conceptual, theoretical and practical approaches as well as empirical knowledge and available tools. Organized into five inter-related sections, this Handbook contains sixty-five contributions from leading scholars. Section one situates hazards and disasters in their broad political, cultural, economic, and environmental context. Section two contains treatments of potentially damaging natural events/phenomena organized by major earth system. Section three critically reviews progress in responding to disasters including warning, relief and recovery. Section four addresses mitigation of potential loss and prevention of disasters under two sub-headings: governance, advocacy and self-help, and communication and participation. Section five ends with a concluding chapter by the editors. The engaging international contributions reflect upon the politics and policy of how we think about and practice applied hazard research and disaster risk reduction. This Handbook provides a wealth of interdisciplinary information and will appeal to students and practitioners interested in Geography, Environment Studies and Development Studies.

Risk Society

Author : Ulrich Beck
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 9780803983465
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (834 download)

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Download or read book Risk Society written by Ulrich Beck and published by SAGE. This book was released on 1992-09-03 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An analysis of the condition of Western societies that will take its place as a core text of contemporary sociology alongside earlier typifications of society as postindustrial, and current debates about the social dimensions of the postmodern

Environmental Hazards

Author : Prof Keith Smith
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134368879
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (343 download)

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Download or read book Environmental Hazards written by Prof Keith Smith and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-09-02 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fourth edition of Environmental Hazards continues to blend physical and social sciences to provide a thoroughly balanced, contemporary introduction to hazards analysis and mitigation strategies. It covers all the major rapid-onset events, whether natural, human or technological in origin which directly threaten humans and what they value. Environmental Hazards provides a lucid comprehensive introduction to both the theory and practice of hazards and their mitigation, drawing on interdisciplinary insights. It is essential reading for students of geography, environmental science, earth science and geology.

Standards for Management Systems

Author : Herfried Kohl
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030358321
Total Pages : 819 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (33 download)

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Download or read book Standards for Management Systems written by Herfried Kohl and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-02-19 with total page 819 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book guides readers through the broad field of generic and industry-specific management system standards, as well as through the arsenal of tools that are needed to effectively implement them. It covers a wide spectrum, from the classic standard ISO 9001 for quality management to standards for environmental safety, information security, energy efficiency, business continuity, laboratory management, etc. A dedicated chapter addresses international management standards for compliance, anti-bribery and social responsibility management. In turn, a major portion of the book focuses on relevant tools that students and practitioners need to be familiar with: 8D reports, acceptance sampling, failure tree analysis, FMEA, control charts, correlation analysis, designing experiments, estimating parameters and confidence intervals, event tree analysis, HAZOP, Ishikawa diagrams, Monte Carlo simulation, regression analysis, reliability theory, data sampling and surveys, testing hypotheses, and much more. An overview of the necessary mathematical concepts is also provided to help readers understand the technicalities of the tools discussed. A down-to-earth yet thorough approach is employed throughout the book to help practitioners and management students alike easily grasp the various topics.

Total Facility Management

Author : Brian Atkin
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118655478
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (186 download)

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Download or read book Total Facility Management written by Brian Atkin and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-12-17 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The importance of effective facility management in enabling organizations to function efficiently is widely recognized. The fourth edition of Total Facility Management offers a comprehensive treatment of what facility management means to owners, operators, tenants, facility managers and professional advisors, as well as containing advice on how facilities can be better managed from a number of perspectives. It consolidates current best practice, defines and develops emergent areas and offers a pathway for the future development of facility management. The facility management body of knowledge now benefits from the publication of several national and international standards, none of which were available when earlier editions of the book were published. The opportunity has been taken to modify the structure and content of this new edition to align it with these standards to provide readers and their organizations with a comprehensive treatment of the subject. Greater emphasis has been given to facility planning, especially the briefing stage in the design of a new or refurbished facility; design for operability; stakeholder management; outsourcing; procurement; transition; performance management; environmental management; sustainability; maintenance management; information management and building information modelling (BIM). Throughout the book, the links between facility management practice and the organisation’s business objectives are emphasised. Readers worldwide will find this fourth edition a valuable and thought-provoking blend of the principles and practice of facility management.