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Human activity integrating risk identification; Assessment and mitigation
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Risk management strategies include: avoiding the risk, reducing adverse consequences, accepting some or all of the consequences (e. g. “living with floods”), and risk transfer.
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(2008). Risk Management . In: Kirch, W. (eds) Encyclopedia of Public Health. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5614-7_3043
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