Boom - Crisis - Heritage, these terms aptly outline the history of global coal mining after 1945. The essays collected in this volume explore this history with different emphases and questions. The range of topics also reflects this broad approach. The first section contains contributions on...

In the 1960s and 1970s, oil supplies were a source of international political conflict. Major oil companies, such as Exxon, Shell, and BP were key actors in this conflict. With their vertical, multinational structures, they dominated production and trade. The study examines their strategies and...

Frontmatter -- Advances in safety risk management -- Contents -- 1. Exploiting risk using a comfort-based approach -- 2. Aligning safety science and econometric approaches to risk in complex safety-critical risk scenarios -- 3. Approaching transboundary wicked security risk problem through the...