Physical safety a matter of balancing responsibilities
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 engend...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam
Amsterdam University Press
2012, 2012
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| 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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| Item Description: | "WRR, Scientific Council for Government Policy." |
| Physical Description: | 92 pages illustrations |
| ISBN: | 9789089645135 9789048518395 9089645136 9048518393 |