Man-Made Catastrophes and Risk Information Concealment: Case Studies of Major Disasters and Human Fallibility

by Didier Sornette and Dmitry Chernov

This book discusses the risks of information concealment in the context of major natural or industrial disasters - offering detailed descriptions and analyses of some 25 historical cases (Three Mile Island nuclear accident, Bhopal disaster, Challenger Space Shuttle explosion, Chernobyl nuclear disaster, Deepwater Horizon oil spill, Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear disaster, Enron's bankruptcy, Subprime mortgage crisis, Worldwide Spanish flu and SARS outbreaks,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319242997
• ISBN13: 9783319242996
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 342 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"