Measuring Equity in Public Risk. Revised,

Abstract

An equitable distribution of risk is often an important criterion in the evaluation of technological and environmental risks. We define the concept of equity precisely and develop measures for ex-post and ex-ante equity. It is shown how these measures along with the information on the number of possible fatalities can be used to rank alternatives that involve risks to human life. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1983
Accession Number
ADA142539

Entities

People

  • R. K. Sarin

Organizations

  • University of California, Los Angeles

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Additives (Chemicals)
  • California
  • Contracts
  • Death
  • Earthquakes
  • Fatalities
  • Literature
  • Neurobehavioral Manifestations
  • Probability
  • Probability Distributions
  • Public Policy
  • Risk
  • Risk Analysis
  • Standards
  • Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

Readers

  • Aviation Safety Risk Assessment.
  • Economics
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis