A way of visualizing a certain set of risks, throughtfully drawn from the domain of all possible risks, and how they are associated with any given set of plans or
circumstances. Imagined topographically, for instance, risks with a higher elevation would have a greater likelihood of
manifesting negative
consequences than risks at a lower elevation.
The planners of
the Iraq invasion failed to fully describe the riskscape, and plan for all
possible contingencies, relying instead on platitudes, such as 'we will be hailed as liberators.'