The Earthscan reader in risk and modern society.

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TextPublication details: London : Earthscan, 1998Description: ix, 278 p. : ill., mapISBN:

1853834998 (hc)

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Risk management

DDC classification:

368 21

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Australian Emergency Management Library	BOOK	368 EAR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		900076333

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Includes bibliographical references and index

Introduction -- The psychometric paradigm -- The social construction of risk -- Risk comparisons -- Cultural theory: an alternative to the psychometric paradigm? -- From risk perception to risk communication -- Outcomes of risk communication studies: conceptual angles -- The importance of the media and the social amplification of risk -- Trust -- Mental models -- Optimistic bias or unreal optimism -- How can social scientists contribute to risk management? -- Examples of what social scientists can do

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