RISK SHARING
Charles François (2004). RISK SHARING, International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics, 2(2): 2886.
| Collection | International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics |
|---|---|
| Year | 2004 |
| Vol. (num.) | 2(2) |
| ID | ◀ 2886 ▶ |
| Object type | Human sciences |
A collective and cooperative behavior in a social group aiming at mutual protection.
The behavior can be observed in many social animals.
Examples are joint heat production or fanning in beehives, reciprocal protection by swarming against predators in fish schools , or heat sharing by huddling in emperor penguins in the Antartic.
And it is of course in human groups that risk sharing becomes a very general and fundamental behavior in a great variety of ways. P. CORNING considers sharing activities of all kinds as a typical emergence phenomenon produced and expressed through synergies which are in his view a “pan- disciplinary phenomenon”(1998a and b)
See also
Herd effects