Introduction: Concept of Risk

摘要: In today’s world of globalized trade, travel and communication, an ever larger number risk-related events have a trans-boundary impact, crossing national regional frontiers: large–scale electricity blackouts, chemical accidents risks related to emerging technologies all affected various parts the only recently. Even these seem limited, however, when compared those that can do go global – which, as result rapid movement people, goods information, so almost real–time. A highly topical example is potential avian influenza epidemic; other examples include energy supply price fluctuations political psychological impacts 9/11 terror attacks.