Learning from failures : decision analysis of major disasters /
Labib, Ashraf.
Learning from failures : decision analysis of major disasters / Ashraf Labib. - Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann, 2014. - xi, 321 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-308) and index.
Learning from Failures provides techniques to explore the root causes of specific disasters and how we can learn from them. It focuses on a number of well-known case studies, including: the sinking of the Titanic; the BP Texas City incident; the Chernobyl disaster; the NASA Space Shuttle Columbia accident; the Bhopal disaster; and the Concorde accident. This title is an ideal teaching aid, informed by the author's extensive teaching and practical experience and including a list of learning outcomes at the beginning of each chapter, detailed derivation, and many solved examples for mo.
9780124167278 (hardcover)
Emergency management.
Disasters---- Case studies.
HD49 / .L33 2014
Learning from failures : decision analysis of major disasters / Ashraf Labib. - Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann, 2014. - xi, 321 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-308) and index.
Learning from Failures provides techniques to explore the root causes of specific disasters and how we can learn from them. It focuses on a number of well-known case studies, including: the sinking of the Titanic; the BP Texas City incident; the Chernobyl disaster; the NASA Space Shuttle Columbia accident; the Bhopal disaster; and the Concorde accident. This title is an ideal teaching aid, informed by the author's extensive teaching and practical experience and including a list of learning outcomes at the beginning of each chapter, detailed derivation, and many solved examples for mo.
9780124167278 (hardcover)
Emergency management.
Disasters---- Case studies.
HD49 / .L33 2014