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  • Future Flight Governance

    Socio-legal, Environmental and Economic Approaches

    Edited by Mariela de Amstalden, Adam Michael Packer, Michael Lewis ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Air and Space Law
    This book seeks to bridge disciplinary and scholarly gaps by bringing together a range of social science studies to capture state-of-the-art advancements in the field of advanced air technology governance, as the vision for the future of aviation systems evolves.With novel and innovative developments taking place in many different technological fields, the future of aviation is at a pivotal point. ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

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  • The Field Guide to Understanding 'Human Error'

    by Sidney Dekker ...
    When faced with a ’human error’ problem, you may be tempted to ask 'Why didn’t these people watch out better?' Or, 'How can I get my people more engaged in safety?' You might think you can solve your safety problems by telling your people to be more careful, by reprimanding the miscreants, by issuing a new rule or procedure and demanding compliance. These are all expressions of 'The Bad Apple ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Managing the Risks of Organizational Accidents

    by James Reason ...
    Major accidents are rare events due to the many barriers, safeguards and defences developed by modern technologies. But they continue to happen with saddening regularity and their human and financial consequences are all too often unacceptably catastrophic. One of the greatest challenges we face is to develop more effective ways of both understanding and limiting their occurrence. This lucid book ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

  • The Coupling of Safety and Security

    Exploring Interrelations in Theory and Practice

    Edited by Corinne Bieder, Kenneth Pettersen Gould ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    This open access book explores the synergies and tensions between safety and security management from a variety of perspectives and by combining input from numerous disciplines. It defines the concepts of safety and security, and discusses the methodological, organizational and institutional implications that accompany approaching them as separate entities and combining them, respectively.The book ... Read more

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  • Exploring Resilience

    A Scientific Journey from Practice to Theory

    Edited by Siri Wiig, Babette Fahlbruch ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    Resilience has become an important topic on the safety research agenda and in organizational practice. Most empirical work on resilience has been descriptive, identifying characteristics of work and organizing activity which allow organizations to cope with unexpected situations. Fewer studies have developed testable models and theories that can be used to support interventions aiming to increase ... Read more

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  • Ethics, Technology, and Engineering

    An Introduction

    by Ibo van de Poel, Lamber Royakkers ...
    Explore the moral and ethical issues which arise at the intersection of novel technology and engineeringIn Ethics, Technology, and Engineering: An Introduction, a team of distinguished researchers delivers an insightful and thought-provoking exploration of some of the toughest ethical questions found at the crossroads of engineering and technology. The book demonstrates the skills necessary to ... Read more

    $38.00 USD

  • The Ethical Engineer

    Contemporary Concepts and Cases

    by Robert McGinn ...
    An exploration of the ethics of practical engineering through analyses of eighteen rich case studiesThe Ethical Engineer explores ethical issues that arise in engineering practice, from technology transfer to privacy protection to whistle-blowing. Presenting key ethics concepts and real-life examples of engineering work, Robert McGinn illuminates the ethical dimension of engineering practice and ... Read more

    $57.59 USD

  • Resilience Engineering in Practice

    A Guidebook

    by Jean Pariès, John Wreathall ...
    Series series Ashgate Studies in Resilience Engineering
    Resilience engineering has since 2004 attracted widespread interest from industry as well as academia. Practitioners from various fields, such as aviation and air traffic management, patient safety, off-shore exploration and production, have quickly realised the potential of resilience engineering and have became early adopters. The continued development of resilience engineering has focused on ... Read more

    $84.99 USD

  • Navigating Safety

    Necessary Compromises and Trade-Offs - Theory and Practice

    by René Amalberti ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    Managing safety in a professional environment requires constant negotiation with other competitive dimensions of risk management (finances, market and political drivers, manpower and social crisis). This is obvious, although generally not said in safety manuals. The book provides a unique vision of how to best find these compromises, starting with lessons learnt from natural risk management by ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

  • Advancing Energy Policy

    Lessons on the integration of Social Sciences and Humanities

    Edited by Chris Foulds, Rosie Robison ...
    This open access book advocates for the Social Sciences and Humanities to be more involved in energy policymaking. It forms part of the European platform for energy-related Social Sciences and Humanities’ activities, and works on the premise that crossing disciplines is essential. All of its contributions are highly interdisciplinary, with each chapter grounded in at least three different Social ... Read more

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  • Engineering Ethics

    Professional judgement and decision-making in morally ambiguous situations

    by Dirk Pons ...
    Series series Elements
    Ethics is the practical application of wisdom in professional practice, and this book shows how. The engineering profession requires its members to behave ethically. However the resulting rules and codes of conduct can be abstract and difficult for engineers to understand and apply to their personal situation. This book starts in Part 1 by identifying why ethics is important (because judgement is ... Read more

    $7.04 USD

  • Drones and the Creative Industry

    Innovative Strategies for European SMEs

    Edited by Virginia Santamarina-Campos, Marival Segarra-Oña ...
    Series series Business and Management (R0)
    This open access, interdisciplinary book presents innovative strategies in the use of civil drones in the cultural and creative industry. Specially aimed at small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), the book offers valuable insights from the fields of marketing, engineering, arts and management. With contributions from experts representing varied interests throughout the creative industry, ... Read more

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