The analysis, communication, and perception of risk.

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TextSeries: Advances in risk analysis ; v. 9Publication details: New York : Plenum Press, 1991Description: xi, 713 p. : ill., mapsISBN:

030643833X

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Subject: The physical scientists emphasized the analytical tools for the assessing of environmental effects and for modelling risks from engineered systems and other human activities. The health scientists presented numerous methods of analyzing health effects including the subject of dose-response relationships, especially at low exposure levels. The social and political scientists concentrated on issues of risk perception, communication, acceptability and human touch. Others discussed such issues as cost-benefit analysis and risk-based approach to decision analysis. The impacts of state and federal regulations, existing and planned, were assessed

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Australian Emergency Management Library	BOOK	368 ANA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		005912408

Includes bibliographies and indexes

T.p. verso: Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Society for Risk Analysis, held October 29-November 1, 1989, in San Francisco, California

The physical scientists emphasized the analytical tools for the assessing of environmental effects and for modelling risks from engineered systems and other human activities. The health scientists presented numerous methods of analyzing health effects including the subject of dose-response relationships, especially at low exposure levels. The social and political scientists concentrated on issues of risk perception, communication, acceptability and human touch. Others discussed such issues as cost-benefit analysis and risk-based approach to decision analysis. The impacts of state and federal regulations, existing and planned, were assessed

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