Risk: a very short introduction

摘要

The number of risk-related books published in recent years has grown enormously. These books cover a wide range of risk-related issues (for example, risk communication, risk governance and risk management) and in a wide variety of contexts (for example, health risks, environmental risks and financial risks). In part, this growth in interest in risk management has been driven by high profile risk events, such as the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the recent financial crisis and the Fukushima nuclear accident in Japan. Additionally, this growth can be attributed to other effects, such as a perceived change in the nature of the risks we face. Unsurprisingly, this has acted as a spur to the development of a risk management profession.