Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Tables
- Figures
- Contributors
- Preface
- 1 An introduction to risk, adventure and risk management
- 2 Organisational sustainability and risk management
- 3 The legal context for outdoor activities and programs
- 4 The organisational context of risk management
- 5 The real physical risks: putting it into perspective
- 6 Program design and activity selection
- 7 Program evaluation
- 8 Risk communication
- 9 Technology, risk and outdoor programming
- 10 Severe weather
- 11 Learning from injury surveillance and incident analysis
- Appendix Examples of risk analyses
- Index
- References
1 - An introduction to risk, adventure and risk management
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Tables
- Figures
- Contributors
- Preface
- 1 An introduction to risk, adventure and risk management
- 2 Organisational sustainability and risk management
- 3 The legal context for outdoor activities and programs
- 4 The organisational context of risk management
- 5 The real physical risks: putting it into perspective
- 6 Program design and activity selection
- 7 Program evaluation
- 8 Risk communication
- 9 Technology, risk and outdoor programming
- 10 Severe weather
- 11 Learning from injury surveillance and incident analysis
- Appendix Examples of risk analyses
- Index
- References
Summary
Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.
Helen Keller, author, activist and lecturer, 1957Focus questions
How are the terms ‘risk’ and ‘risk management’ used in organisations that conduct activities, programs or events in the outdoors?
What is the role of risk in their activities?
Why do people participate in activities in the outdoors?
What is the role of adventure in today's society?
What facilitates or limits people's pursuit of adventure?
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Risk Management in the OutdoorsA Whole-of-Organisation Approach for Education, Sport and Recreation, pp. 1 - 24Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011
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