| Description |
1 online resource (92 pages :) : illustrations |
| Note |
"WRR, Scientific Council for Government Policy." |
| Contents |
1. Introduction -- Responsibility for physical safety -- Request for reflection -- Key concepts: incidents, damage, risks and uncertainty -- Interactions -- Guide to this publication -- 2. Dealing with incidents -- Risk-regulation reflex? -- Perceived reality -- Lack of evidence -- Tilting the perspective towards good governance -- Conclusion -- 3. 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 -- 4. 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 -- 5. 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. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary |
Ensuring the population's physical safety is one of the core tasks of any government. In general, a government is typically held accountable for safe handling of hazardous substances, food safety, flood protection, controlling and preventing infectious diseases, as well as managing risks engendered by new technologies. In 2011, the Dutch Ministry of the Interior asked the Scientific Council for Government Policy to investigate the development of a generic risk policy in relation to physical safety. This work contains the Council's survey and recommendations for good governance in the area of g. |
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Public safety -- Netherlands.
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Public safety. (OCoLC)fst01745346
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Netherlands. (OCoLC)fst01204034
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| Added Author |
Asselt, M. B. A. van.
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De Goede, Peter.
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Ammerlaan, Karin.
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Van Aanholt, Jelle.
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Wetenschappelijke Raad voor het Regeringsbeleid (Pays-Bas)
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| Other Form: |
Print version: The Scientific Council for Government Policy (WRR), Marjolein van. Physical Safety : A Matter of Balancing Responsibilities. Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, ©2013 9789089645135 |
| ISBN |
9789048518388 (electronic bk.) |
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9048518385 (electronic bk.) |
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9789048518395 |
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9048518393 |
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