Crises like the BSE and GM food crisis, and the Concorde crash in July 2000, have illustrated that large business and public sector organizations are vulnerable and can suffer from major disruption to their business. Awareness of the need to develop expertise in risk management has grown. As a result, new programmes of research and teaching in all areas of risk and crisis management have been developed at various universities. The contributions in this volume are selected by adopting a multi-disciplinary approach to risk, and by considering the implications for management, business and society. The contributions are written by recognized experts in their fields and represent a unique collection of papers on the topic. The book should be of benefit to scientists, managers, politicians and trainers in academia, business and industry involved in risk analysis, assessment and management, regulation and deregulation of risk, crisis management and accidents and disasters.