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INTEGRATED RISK AND VULNERABILITY MANAGEMENT AS...

Introduction This book includes terms of reference and offers an augmented volume of relevant
work initiated within the comprehensive concept of Knowledge Management and Risk Governance.
The latter stood for the initial title of an ad-hoc meeting held in Ascona  Switzerland 
organized by the Technological Risk Management Unit of the Joint Research Centre of the
European Commission (JRC) and the KOVERS Centre of Excellence in Risk and Safety Sciences of
the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology  ETH Zurich. Background Risk governance  in addition
to the continuous interest of researchers  has recently attracted the attention of
policy-makers and the media and the concern of the public. New and emerging risks in various
fields and a number of risk-related issues increased the public interest and prompted for a new
framework in dealing with risks. The Conference on Science and Governance organized by the
European Commission in October 2000 is one of the international forums addressing this issue.
Other recent events such as the establishment of the International Risk Governance Council
outline the importance of the governance concept in relation to that of risk management (see
www.irgc.org). At the same time noticeable progress has been made in Information Technologies
and Decision Support  passing from the process of information PREFACE xvi to the process of
knowledge. In this context new tools and methods became available  whose application in risk
management may be beneficial.

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