Migration is one of the driving forces of economic and social change in the modern world. It is both informed by risk an
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Risk as we now know it is a wholly new phenomenon, the by-product of our ever more complex and powerful technologies. In
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This volume examines the relationship between hope, mobility, and immobility in African migration. Through case studies
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Modern risk management as practiced today faces significant obstacles—we argue—primarily due to the fundamental premise
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This book covers the application of algebraic inequalities for reliability improvement and for uncertainty and risk redu
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