Engineering catastrophes: causes and effects of major accidents
Lancaster, John F
Engineering catastrophes: causes and effects of major accidents
John F. Lancaster
- 3rd ed
- Cambridge ; Boca Raton, FL Woodhead ; Published in North America by CRC Press 2005
- xvii, 269 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm
Contents : Ch. 1. Analysing casualty records -- Ch. 2. Accident and all-cause mortality : economic growth -- Ch. 3. Supercatastrophes -- Ch. 4. technical background -- Ch. 5. How technological change affects safety -- Ch. 6. Natural catastrophes -- App. I. Mathematical models and statistical methods for accident data