The Hazards Forum

    Books, Event Reports, Publications and Articles, and other risk related information.

The Hazards Forum produces the following publications which are available from the Secretariat. 


An Engineers Responsibility for Safety - Safety by Design; ISBN 0-9525103-1-6; Price £15 plus p&p

Safety Related Systems, Guidance for Engineers, Issue 2 August 2002; ISBN 0-9525103-0-8; Price £15 plus p&p

Public Understanding of Risk - An Agenda for Action. Report of a working group of the Hazards Forum. Copies available free of charge, please send a stamped(41p), addressed A4 envelope to the Secretariat.

The following reports have also been produced following evening events organised by the Hazards Forum. Because some contain a large number of illustrations they may take a couple of minutes to download, please be patient:

The Social Amplification of Risk

The Board and Corporate Risk

The Regulation of Science

The Effectiveness of Undergraduate Risk Education

Climate Change and the private sector - Managing the business risk

Risk and Inequality

Setting Safety Criteria

International Risk Governance Council and Government Handling of Risk

Crowd Control and Crowd Safety

Learning from Accidents - Sharing Information and Experience

Risk Perception and Public Policy

Risks to the UK Electricity Supply?

Achieving a Good Safety Culture - "the people dimension" in health, safety and environmental performance.

Managing the Restoration of Infrastructure and Services - Iraq and Boscastle

Can Risk be Quantified?

Designing for Risk Reduction in Construction, Operation & Maintenance

Coastal Flood Risk - does the New Orleans catastrophe have lessons for London?

Click here to view a reading list on risk issues compiled by Felix Redmill and Jim McQuaid. 

Click here for information about the UK Climate Impacts Programme's guidance on 'Risk and Uncertainty'. 

Click here for information about the EPSRC's new Network for Risk Perception and Assessment in Design. 

The Hazards Forum also reproduces interesting topical articles and these are listed below: 

"Earthquake Risk Management. A Crucial Ingredient in Reducing Death, Injury, and Economic Disruption" - an article by Haresh C. Shah

"Facing Up to the Storm", How local communities can cope with disasters: lessons from Orissa and Gujarat Tom Palakudiyil and Mary Todd

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