Environmental hazards: communicating risks as a social process.
Material type: TextPublication details: Dover, Mass.: Auburn House, 1988Description: xvi, 333p.: illISBN:- 0865691843pbk
- 363.1763 KRI
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Includes index
Introduction: The meanings of risk communication; Pesticide residues in food: the case of EDB; The release of genetically engineered organisms into the environment: the case of ice minus; A natural geological hazard: the case of radon; Plant closure: the ASARCO/Tacoma copper smelter; A hazardous waste site: the case of Nyanza; Conclusion: Bridging the technical and cultural perspectives on risk
An important contribution of this book is that it clarifies the differences between technical and cultural rationality in the perception of risk. Social perceptions of risk are difficult to deal with, and they therefore are often ignored in favour of more straightforward technical issues
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