| Author: |
Dr Sally Macgill,
School of the Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2
9JT, England. (Died in the Asian tsunami on 26 December 2004)
Dr Yim
Ling Siu, School of the Environment, University of Leeds,
Leeds LS2 9JT, England. e-mail: Y.L.Siu@Leeds.ac.uk
(Tel: +44 113 3436717; fax +44 133 3436716)
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| Abstract: |
A new paradigm for risk analysis is proposed. It is a holistic
conceptualisation which recognises an intrinsic duality between
scientific and social risk perspectives. It defines risk states
in terms of a minimal but necessary set of properties and
qualities of risk issues at various scales of resolution (macro,
meso, micro), and aggregations between them. It is founded
in a philosophy which recognises knowledge-based processes
as fundamental both to life (and in turn physical aspects
of risk) and to cognition (social aspects of risk). It is
through these processes that explanations for risk states
are to be found. Implications for risk management are noted.
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