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

by Dmitry Chernov and Didier Sornette

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: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319370987
• ISBN13: 9783319370989
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 342 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"