1. An introduction to risk, adventure and risk management/ Dickson -- 2. Organisational sustainability and risk management/ Weir and Dickson -- 3. The legal context for outdoor activities and programs/ Ainsworth and Heshka -- 4. The organisational context of risk management/ Dickson and Terwiel -- 5. The real physical risks: putting it into perspective/ Dickson -- 6. Program design and activity selection/ Brymer and Gray -- 7. Program evaluation/ Gray and Neill -- 8. Risk communication/ Dallat -- 9. Technology, risk and outdoor programming/ Neill and Gray -- 10. Severe weather/ Colagiuri -- 11. Learning from injury surveillance and incident analysis/ Dickson
Summary
Essential reading for students and practitioners involved in outdoor education, sport, recreation and tourism. Dickson, University of Canberra; Gray, University of Wollongong, Australia