When planning is possible, as in predictive environments, comprehensive contracting not only desirable, but also useful. However, under conditions of fundamental uncertainty, the case non-predictive incomplete approaches likely prevail. In this study, we explore how trust such environments affects way which venturing professionals negotiate, and outcome subsequently manifests itself negotiated ...

The wide ranging potential impacts of climate change on sustainable development and vice versa, suggest that the linkages between these two topics need to be critically analysed. Such an analysis was attempted in the IPCC third assessment report (TAR), and while some progress was made, the work was incomplete. This paper summarizes key lessons from the TAR and relevant post-TAR findings, as a s...

Risk Assessment for Health and Safety (RAH&S) of workers is a complex task that entails the consideration of many parameters which are, more often than not, difficult to quantify. RAH&S in the construction industry is rampant with inadequate data and/or imprecise and incomplete information, particularly in the design stage, for which traditional quantitative approaches do not give adequate answ...

Barrett's oesophagus is premalignant. Oesophagectomy is traditionally regarded as the standard treatment option in the presence of high grade intraepithelial neoplasia or intramucosal cancer. However, oesophagectomy is associated with high rates of mortality and morbidity. Endoscopic ablative therapies are limited by the lack of tissue for histological assessment, and the ablation may be incomp...