Risk and Safety Management in the Leisure, Events, Tourism and Sports Industries

• Main Authors: Piekarz, Mark J. (Author), Jenkins, Ian S. (Author), Mills, Peter F. (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, United Kingdom CABI 2015; 2015
• Subjects: Leisure Industry > Risk Management; Sports Administration > Risk Management; Tourism > Risk Management; Special Events Industry > Risk Management
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Risk management can often be poorly understood and applied in the leisure, sport, tourism (including adventure) and event industries. In particular, there can be a tendency to see the management of risk as simply its avoidance or removal from activities, projects and business ventures. Unfortunately...

Table of Contents:

• The risk encounter for the different industry sectors
• Risk definitions, cultures and practical processes
• Key theories underpinning risk management
• Risk management research, models and tool application
• Management and control of risks
• Designing risk forms, documentation and using assessment scales
• Risk perceptions and decision making
• The law of tort and its relevance for risk management
• Risk and safety management
• Experience, analysis of incidents and accidents
• Learning from the past - case study analysis