The assessment and perception of risk: a Royal Society discussion.

Catalogue

Discussion Meeting held November 1980 in London

The public's perception of risk and the question of irrationality -- Perceived risk: psychological factors and social implications -- Comparative risk perception: how the public perceives the risks and benefits of energy systems -- Assessment and evaluation of risks to health from chemicals -- Mortality statistics and the assessment of risk -- Dose-response relations from epidemiological studies -- Quantification of risk in medical procedures -- Experience in the quantification of engineering risks -- The risk of producing energy -- Industrial risks -- Risks in the built environment -- Risks and their control in civil engineering -- Risk assessment: use and misuse -- An industrialist's attitude to risk -- Regulation of risk