Communicating risks to the public : international perspectives / edited by Roger E. Kasperson and Pieter Jan M. Stallen.
| Other author | Kasperson, Roger E. |
| Other author | Stallen, P. J. M. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, ©1991. |
| Description | vi, 481 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Technology, risk, and society ; v. 4 Technology, risk, and society ; v. 4. ^A272445 |
| Contents | Risk communication in Europe : ways of implementing art. 8 of the post-Seveso directive / Brian Wynne, José van Eijndhoven -- Active and passive provision of risk information in the Netherlands / José van Eijndhoven, Cor Worrell -- Developing communications about risks of majorindustrial accidents in the Netherlands / Pieter Jan M. Stallen -- Rights and duties concerning the availability of environmental risk information to the public / Michael Baram -- Risk comparisons and risk communication : issues and problems in comparing health and environmental risks / Vincent T. Covello -- Contaminated soil : public reactions, policy decisions, and risk communication / Joop van der Pligt, Joop de Boer -- Prior knowledge and risk communication : the case of nuclear radiation and X-rays / Gideon Keren, Harrie Eijkelhof -- The role of themedia in risk communication / Judith Lichtenberg, Douglas MacLean -- Credibility and trust in risk communication / Ortwin Renn, Debra Levine-- |
| Contents | How people might process medical information : a m̀ental model' perspective on the use of package inserts / Helmut Jungermann, Holger Schütz, Manfred Thüring -- Communicating about pesticides in drinking water / David B. McCallum, Laurel Anderson -- The time dimension in perception and communication of risk / Ola Svenson -- Risk communication and the social amplification of risk / Ortwin Renn -- Hazard images, evaluations and political action : the case of toxic waste incineration / George Cvetkovich, Timothy C. Earle -- The danger culture of industrial society / Arie Rip -- Risk communication in emergencies / John Sorensen, Dennis Mileti -- Risk communication : the need for a broader perspective / José van Eijndhoven -- Small group studies of regulatory decision making for power-frequency electric and magnetic fields / Gordon Hester ... [et al.] -- Strategies of risk communication : observations from two participatory experiments / Ortwin Renn. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| LCCN | 89048612 |
| ISBN | 0792306015 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | T10.68 .C64 1991 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |