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Is Accurate Understanding Of Global Warming Necessary To Promote Willingness To Sacrifice?, Richard J. Bord, Ann Fisher, Robert E. O'Connor
Is Accurate Understanding Of Global Warming Necessary To Promote Willingness To Sacrifice?, Richard J. Bord, Ann Fisher, Robert E. O'Connor
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Although not definitive, the authors' study suggests potential benefits from having a general public better informed about global climate change. They find, e.g., that accurate information appears to increase willingness to accept personal sacrifice.
Table Of Contents Volume Eight, Number Three, Summer 1997, Risk Editorial Board
Table Of Contents Volume Eight, Number Three, Summer 1997, Risk Editorial Board
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Table of contents for the journal RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (ISSN: 1073-8673)
Scientific Facts Vs. Political Values, Thomas G. Field Jr.
Scientific Facts Vs. Political Values, Thomas G. Field Jr.
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Professor Field takes exception to a recent Science editorial.
Book Review Of Joshua M. Epstein & Robert Axtell, Growing Artificial Societies: Social Science From The Bottom Up (Mit Press 1996), Sean D. Detweiler
Book Review Of Joshua M. Epstein & Robert Axtell, Growing Artificial Societies: Social Science From The Bottom Up (Mit Press 1996), Sean D. Detweiler
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Review of the book Joshua M. Epstein & Robert Axtell, Growing Artificial Societies: Social Science from the Bottom Up (MIT Press 1996). Acknowledgements, appendices, index, introduction references. LC 96-25332; ISBN 0-262-05053-6. [208 pp. Cloth $39.95. 55 Hayward St., Cambridge MA 02142.]
Physical And Managed Risk Of Nuclear Waste, Lennart Sjöberg, Britt-Marie Drottz-Sjöberg
Physical And Managed Risk Of Nuclear Waste, Lennart Sjöberg, Britt-Marie Drottz-Sjöberg
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
The authors describe their work on the perceived risk of nuclear waste in Sweden. Three levels of waste were studied, and comparisons between the perceptions of the public, politicians and nuclear experts are made.
Table Of Contents Volume Eight, Number Two, Spring 1997, Risk Editorial Board
Table Of Contents Volume Eight, Number Two, Spring 1997, Risk Editorial Board
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Table of contents for the journal RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (ISSN: 1073-8673)
Risk Is More Than Just A Number, Wim F. Passchier, Wim C. Reij
Risk Is More Than Just A Number, Wim F. Passchier, Wim C. Reij
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Summarizes efforts by the Health Council of the Netherlands to develop a national risk management approach.
The Normative Nature Of Risk Assessment: Features And Possibilities, Carl F. Cranor
The Normative Nature Of Risk Assessment: Features And Possibilities, Carl F. Cranor
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Dr. Cranor argues that appreciating risk assessment to be permeated with normative presuppositions, in contrast with being primarily objective, opens up unforeseen possibilities for risk management.
Risk Assessment And Sustainable Development: Towards A Concept Of Sustainable Risk, Michael D. Mehta
Risk Assessment And Sustainable Development: Towards A Concept Of Sustainable Risk, Michael D. Mehta
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Dr. Mehta examines two dominant approaches for managing health and environmental risks and suggests that they would better serve if integrated.
Environmental Decision Making And Risk Management For Groundwater Systems, Janet D. Gough
Environmental Decision Making And Risk Management For Groundwater Systems, Janet D. Gough
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
With an eye to a specific application in New Zealand, Ms. Gough explores the use of risk management approaches for environmental decision making at strategic, policy, management and operational levels.
How Some Risk Frameworks Disenfranchise The Public, Kristin Shrader-Frechette
How Some Risk Frameworks Disenfranchise The Public, Kristin Shrader-Frechette
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
The author responds to recent characterizations of her work.
Table Of Contents Volume Eight, Number One, Winter 1997, Risk Editorial Board
Table Of Contents Volume Eight, Number One, Winter 1997, Risk Editorial Board
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Table of contents for the journal RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (ISSN: 1073-8673)
Evaluation Of Siting Strategies: The Case Of Two Uk Waste Tire Incinerators, Ragnar E. Lofstedt
Evaluation Of Siting Strategies: The Case Of Two Uk Waste Tire Incinerators, Ragnar E. Lofstedt
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Examines the circumstances that may have contributed to differing outcomes with respect to siting similar facilities in the UK.