Environmental risks perception, evaluation and management

Environmental risks are among the most serious challenges of today's societies. Virtually all environmental risks are anthropogenic. The consequences of past decisions made by individuals, business, and governments have already devastated many of the earth's ecological systems and there is...

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Other Authors: Böhm, Gisela, 1962-
Format: Electronic
Language: English
Published: Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier/JAI, 2001.
Series: Research in social problems and public policy ; v. 9.
Subjects:
Environmental risk assessment.
Offenses against the environment.
Social impact of environmental issues.
Political Science > Public Policy > Environmental Policy.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
ISBN: 9781849501149 (electronic bk.) :
1849501149 (electronic bk.) :
0762308060 (hbk.)
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xx, 299 p.) : ill.

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245 0 0 |a Environmental risks  |h [electronic resource] :  |b perception, evaluation and management /  |c edited by Gisela Bohm [et al.]. 
260 |a Amsterdam ;  |a New York :  |b Elsevier/JAI,  |c 2001. 
300 |a 1 online resource (xx, 299 p.) :  |b ill. 
490 1 |a Research in social problems and public policy,  |x 0196-1152 ;  |v v. 9 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references. 
505 0 |a Environmental risks -- perception, evaluation and management : introduction / Gisela Böhm ... [et al.] -- Mental representation of global environmental risks / Gisela Böhm and Hans-Rüdiger Pfister -- Communicating health risks of global climate change / Ann Bostrom and Baruch Fischhoff -- Environmental risk in the media : modelling the reactions of the audience / Josef Nerb, Hans Spada and Katja Lay -- Risk, responsibility and recreancy / William R. Freudenburg -- Attitudes, decisions and perceptions of risk : a social psychological analysis / J. Richard Eiser -- Moral dimensions in risk evaluation / Lutz H. Eckensberger, Thomas Döring and Heiko Breit -- "God will send us the fish" -- perception and evaluation of an environmental risk in Ha'apai, Tonga / Andrea Bender -- Risk and culture in the Andes : differences between indigenous and western developmental perspectives / Barbara Göbel -- Environmental risk, public trust and perceived exclusion from risk management / Lynn J. Frewer -- Value-focused thinking for environmental risk consultations / Robin Gregory, Joseph Arvai and Tim McDaniels -- Environmental risks -- perception, evaluation and management : epilogue / Ortwin Renn and Andreas Klinke. 
520 |a Environmental risks are among the most serious challenges of today's societies. Virtually all environmental risks are anthropogenic. The consequences of past decisions made by individuals, business, and governments have already devastated many of the earth's ecological systems and there is an ongoing discussion about the potential effects of environmental change and whether the earth will still provide a livable environment for future generations. The past decade has seen a dramatic growth in publications that focus on environmental issues. However, this literature has been dominated by the natural sciences and research focuses on obtaining more accurate information about natural and ecological processes, with the tacit assumption that this information will prove useful to improve individual, organizational, and societal decision making. This volume focuses on the psychological, sociological, and cultural aspects of environmental risks that have not been given adequate and integrated attention in the past. Understanding of the psychological, social, cultural, and political forces will determine the successes and failures of environmental risk management. In particular, public policy could be improved by the integration of more accurate assumptions about people's cognitions, attitudes, and emotions towards environmental risks. 
588 |a Description based on print version record. 
650 0 |a Environmental risk assessment. 
650 0 |a Offenses against the environment. 
650 7 |a Social impact of environmental issues.  |2 bicssc 
650 7 |a Political Science  |x Public Policy  |x Environmental Policy.  |2 bisacsh 
655 7 |a elektronické knihy  |7 fd186907  |2 czenas 
655 9 |a electronic books  |2 eczenas 
700 1 |a Böhm, Gisela,  |d 1962- 
776 0 8 |i Print version:  |t Environmental risks.  |b 1st ed.  |d Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier/JAI, 2001  |z 9780762308064  |w (OCoLC)47983585 
830 0 |a Research in social problems and public policy ;  |v v. 9. 
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