Risk Management in the Outdoors
A Whole-of-Organisation Approach for Education, Sport and Recreation

Risk Management in the Outdoors is essential reading for students and practitioners involved in outdoor education, sport, recreation and tourism.

Tracey J. Dickson (Edited by), Tonia L. Gray (Edited by)

9780521152310, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 23 November 2011

264 pages
24.4 x 17 x 1.4 cm, 0.43 kg

Risk Management in the Outdoors is essential reading for students and practitioners involved in outdoor education, sport, recreation and tourism. Written by an expert author team, it explores the value of the outdoors in a society that is increasingly risk- adverse, but at the same time pushes the commodification of high risk and extreme activities. Drawing upon the risk management process from the International Standard on Risk Management, ISO 31000, this text adopts a whole-of-organisation approach to risk management. It covers: • organisational sustainability • legal issues • program design • activities • severe weather scenarios • incident analysis . Risk Management in the Outdoors provides direction on how best to manage the 'down-side' of risk taking while maximising the potential benefits. Each chapter contains focus questions, case studies, action points for practitioners, plus further questions and activities.

1. An introduction to risk, adventure and risk management Tracey J. Dickson
2. Organisational sustainability and risk management Brian Weir & Tracey J. Dickson
3. The legal context for outdoor activities and programs Lyn Ainsworth & Jon Heshka
4. The organisational context of risk management Tracey J. Dickson & Anne Terwiel
5. The real physical risks: putting it into perspective Tracey J. Dickson
6. Program design and activity selection Tonia Gray & Eric Brymer
7. Program evaluation Tonia L. Gray & James T. Neill
8. Risk communication Clare Dallat
9. Technology, risk and outdoor programming Tonia L. Gray & James T. Neill
10. Severe Weather Paul Colagiuri
11. Learning from injury surveillance and incident analysis Tracey J. Dickson

Subject Areas: Active outdoor pursuits [WSZ], Sports training & coaching [WSD], Sports & outdoor recreation [WS]