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  • av Baruch (Carnegie Mellon University) Fischhoff
    2 051,-

  • - New Perspectives on Risk Perception
    av USA) Slovic & Paul (University of Oregon
    741 - 1 959,-

    Explores the conception of 'risk as feelings' and examines the interaction of feeling and cognition in the perception of risk. This book highlights perspectives on risk arising from cultural worldviews and concerns about specific hazards pertaining to blood transfusion, biotechnology, prescription drugs, smoking, terrorism, and nanotechnology.

  • av USA) Slovic & Paul (University of Oregon
    561 - 2 561,-

    The concept of risk is an outgrowth of our society's concern about coping with the dangers of life. This title examines the gap between expert views of risk and public perceptions. It allows the reader to see the evolution of our understanding of such perceptions.

  • av Carlo C. Jaeger
    741,-

    Presents a fundamental critique of the approaches to understanding and managing risk - the 'rational actor paradigm'. This title shows how risk studies must incorporate the competing interests, values, and rationalities of those involved and find a balance of trust and acceptable risk.

  • - Understanding Public Challenges to Modern Science and Technology
    av Paul Slovic
    711 - 2 069,-

    The benefits of modern technology often involve health, safety and environmental risks that produce public suspicion of technologies and aversion to certain products and substances. This title presents an examination of how and why stigma occurs and what the appropriate responses to it should be to inform the public and reduce undesirable impacts.

  • - Coping with Uncertainty in a Complex World
    av Ortwin Renn
    640 - 1 959,-

    Provides guidance on how to manage risks based on a definitive synthesis of the research literature. This title offers a survey of the whole field of risk and demonstrates how scientific, economic, political and civil society actors can participate in inclusive risk governance.

  • av Susan L. Cutter
    836,-

    From Hurricane Katrina and the south Asian tsunami to human-induced atrocities, terrorist attacks and the looming effects of climate change, the world is assailed by both natural and unnatural hazards and disasters. These expose not only human vulnerability, but also the profound worldwide environmental injustices. This work assesses these themes.

  • - Multidisciplinary Perspectives
     
    1 938,-

    Uncertainty governs our lives. This title draws theoretical perspectives from art history, complexity science, economics, futures, history, law, philosophy, physics, psychology, statistics and theology. It examines uncertainty in emergency management, intelligence, law enforcement, music, policy and politics.

  • - Uncertainty and Scepticism in the Public Mind
    av Timothy C. Earle
    627 - 1 506,-

    Explores aspects of trust as it relates to risk management and communication. This book is an examination of trust in its forms and complexities. It integrates diverse research traditions and provides insights into the phenomenon of trust.

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