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The science of surprise : implementing post-normal science for managing complex unbounded problems / final report by John Handmer & Beth Proudley.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: [Canberra, A.C.T.] : EMA, 2005.Description: 49 p. : ill. ; 30 cmDDC classification:
  • 658.1550994 22
Partial contents:
Summary -- Complex unbounded problems -- Approaches to managing CUPS -- Post-normal science as a viable approach -- Implementing PNS within AS/NZS 4360: summary of the steps in the extended risk management process -- Detail on some steps in the extended risk management process -- More on residual risk -- The NUSAP procedure -- The issue of contingent capacity, recovery -- Testing: does it make a difference?
Review: Australians and their emergency management agencies are being called on to deal with complex hazards, unbounded in space and time, such as bio-security and terrorism, which have recently dramatically increased in importance. There are also many other hazards normally with a lower profile because they may be less visible or creeping in nature, which have many of the attributes of unbounded and complex problems notably many contaminants, technological and biological hazards -in this last category recent examples would include terrorism, bio-security, FMD and BSE.
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EMA Project 01/2003.

Includes bibliography (p. 28-31).

Summary -- Complex unbounded problems -- Approaches to managing CUPS -- Post-normal science as a viable approach -- Implementing PNS within AS/NZS 4360: summary of the steps in the extended risk management process -- Detail on some steps in the extended risk management process -- More on residual risk -- The NUSAP procedure -- The issue of contingent capacity, recovery -- Testing: does it make a difference?

Australians and their emergency management agencies are being called on to deal with complex hazards, unbounded in space and time, such as bio-security and terrorism, which have recently dramatically increased in importance. There are also many other hazards normally with a lower profile because they may be less visible or creeping in nature, which have many of the attributes of unbounded and complex problems notably many contaminants, technological and biological hazards -in this last category recent examples would include terrorism, bio-security, FMD and BSE.

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