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The apparent lack of transparency inherent in complex risk networks due to the increasing globalisation and dynamic of risks calls for close co-operation among risk players in terms of the exchange of risk information, assessment procedures and methodologies as well as risk handling strategies.
This task requires another approach in risk management, called interactive risk management that takes into account not only the interdependency of risks but also the risk life cycle of risk bearing systems, entities and situations as well as their interplay with the human element.
Interactive risk management will help to lift the veil from hidden risk networks, thus facilitating an early warning system and a risk handling strategy to protect the public, the corporations involved and the environment from devastating incidents.
“Risk Management — Defining the Needs for the Future” EU-Workshop, Ascona, October 2001
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Capaul, B. (2005). Interactive Risk Management. In: Gheorghe, A.V. (eds) Integrated Risk and Vulnerability Management Assisted by Decision Support Systems. Topics in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality, vol 8. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3721-X_6
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