Perception of risk.
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TextLanguage: ENG Publication details: 1987Description: 6p., 39 refsReport number: CommercialSubject: Emergency planningSubject: Hazard analysis evaluationSubject: Risk assessmentSubject: Studies of risk perception examine the judgements people make when they are asked to characterize and evaluate hazardous activities and technologies. This research aims to aid risk analysis and policy-making by: providing a basis for understanding and anticipating public responses to hazards; and improving the communication of risk information among lay people, technical experts, and decision-makers. This work assumes that those who promote and regulate health and saftey need to understand how people think ;about and respond to risk. Without such understanding, well-intended policies may be ineffective
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Reprinted from Science; April 1987; Vol 236; pp280-285
Journal Article
Emergency planning
Hazard analysis evaluation
Risk assessment
Studies of risk perception examine the judgements people make when they are asked to characterize and evaluate hazardous activities and technologies. This research aims to aid risk analysis and policy-making by: providing a basis for understanding and anticipating public responses to hazards; and improving the communication of risk information among lay people, technical experts, and decision-makers. This work assumes that those who promote and regulate health and saftey need to understand how people think ;about and respond to risk. Without such understanding, well-intended policies may be ineffective
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