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OECD Studies in Risk ManagementNorwayTUNNEL SAFETYOECD Studies in Risk management NorwayTUNNEL SAFETYL ooking back on the disasters of recent years alone (the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster, Hurricane Katrina, terrorist attacks in New York, Madrid and London, avian flu, the 2003 heat wave in Europe), one could be forgiven for thinking that we live in an increasingly dangerous world. A variety of forces are helping to shape the risks that affect us, from demographic evolutions to climate change, through the development of mega-cities and the rise of information technology. These changes are clearly a major challenge for risk management systems in OECD countries, which have occasionally proved unable to protect the life and welfare of citizens or the continuity of economic OECD Futures Project on Risk management Policies was launched in 2003 in order to assist OECD countries in identifying the challenges of managing risks in the 21st century, and help them reflect on how best to address those challenges.

7 Introduction In the framework of the OECD Futures Project on Risk Management Policies, the Norwegian Ministry of Justice and the Police has proposed a Phase 1 case study on large-scale accidents in underground traffic

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