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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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About this book
This book presents case studies on risk communication. One of its unifying concepts is the role of risk communication in the risk management process. Technical and philosophical introductions to risk communication and risk management and research in risk communication are given.
The case studies themselves occupy the central portion of the book, each one covering a particular hazard, risk or situation seen from a particular point of view. The issue of the special circumstances for environmental and health risk communication in central and eastern Europe is also addressed through a separate presentation and discussion of an appropriate case study. A different approach to risk communication is taken by examining how it forms part of the risk management process at the local level. Research into risk perception, a field that forms an important foundation for many aspects of risk communication, is summarised and practical guidelines for risk communication are reviewed. These include discussions on how to carry out public information programmes and methods for increasing public involvement in risk management decisions.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Communicating about Risks to Environment and Health in Europe
Editors: Philip C. R. Gray, Richard M. Stern, Marco Biocca
Series Title: Risk, Governance and Society
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-2894-1
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag US 1998
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-4519-0Published: 31 May 1998
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-4776-5Published: 09 December 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4757-2894-1Published: 18 April 2013
Series ISSN: 2512-3076
Series E-ISSN: 2512-3084
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXII, 410
Topics: Environmental Management, Economic Policy, Microeconomics