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Risk Evaluation and Management

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Editors:
  1. Vincent T. Covello

    1. Division of Policy Research and Analysis, Policy Sciences Section, National Science Foundation, Washington, USA

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  2. Joshua Menkes

    1. National Science Foundation, Washington, USA

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  3. Jeryl Mumpower

    1. Department of Public Administration, State University of New York at Albany, Albany, USA

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Part of the book series: Contemporary Issues in Risk Analysis (CIRA, volume 1)

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Table of contents (22 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Public Perceptions of Risk

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Psychometric Study of Risk Perception

      • Paul Slovic, Baruch Fischhoff, Sarah Lichtenstein
      Pages 3-24

    3. Public Perceptions of Technological Risks

      • Donald R. DeLuca, Jan A. J. Stolwijk, Wendy Horowitz
      Pages 25-67

    4. Public Disputes about Risky Technologies Stakeholders and Arenas

      • Ward Edwards, Detlof von Winterfeldt
      Pages 69-92

    5. Contemporary Worldviews and Perception of the Technological System

      • David M. Buss, Kenneth H. Craik, Karl M. Dake
      Pages 93-130

    6. Risk, Relativism, and Rationality

      • Marx W. Wartofsky
      Pages 131-153

  3. Risk Evaluation Methods

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 155-155
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    2. Methods for Comparing the Risks of Technologies

      • Edward W. Lawless, Martin V. Jones, Richard M. Jones
      Pages 157-182

    3. Comparative Analysis of Formal Decision-Making Approaches

      • Miley W. Merkhofer
      Pages 183-219

    4. Measuring Risk Attitudes in Risk Analysis

      • James S. Dyer, Rakesh K. Sarin
      Pages 221-231

    5. The Analysis of Risks of Fatalities

      • Ralph L. Keeney
      Pages 233-248

    6. Methods for Analyzing and Comparing Technological Hazards

      • C. Hohenemser, R. Goble, J. X. Kasperson, R. E. Kasperson, R. W. Kates, P. Collins et al.
      Pages 249-274

    7. Risk-Cost-Benefit Methodology and Equal Protection

      • Kristin Shrader-Frechette
      Pages 275-295

    8. Improving Risk Analysis

      • R. Talbot Page, John A. Ferejohn
      Pages 297-318

    9. Risk Evaluation

      • Lloyd L. Philipson
      Pages 319-333

  4. Risk Management

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 335-335
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    2. Alternatives to Government Regulation for the Management of Technological Risks

      • Michael S. Baram, J. Raymond Miyares
      Pages 337-357

    3. Alternative Risk Management Policies for State and Local Governments

      • David Okrent
      Pages 359-380

    4. Institutional Mechanisms for Converting Sporadic Agency Decisions into Systematic Risk Management Strategies

      • Arthur Oleinick, Lynn D. Disney, Karen S. East
      Pages 381-411
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Public attention has focused in recent years on an array of technological risks to health, safety, and the environment. At the same time, responsibilities for technological risk as­ sessment, evaluation, and management have grown in both the public and private sectors because of a perceived need to anticipate, prevent, or reduce the risks inherent in modem society. In attempting to meet these responsibilities, legislative, judicial, regulatory, and private sector institutions have had to deal with the extraordinarily complex problems of assessing and balancing risks, costs, and benefits. The need to help society cope with technological risks has given rise to a new intellectual endeavor: the social and behavioral study of issues in risk evaluation and risk management. The scope and complexity of these analyses require a high degree of cooperative effort on the part of specialists from many fields. Analyzing social and behavioral issues requires the efforts of political scientists, sociologists, decision analysts, management scientists, econ­ omists, psychologists, philosophers, and policy analysts, among others.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Division of Policy Research and Analysis, Policy Sciences Section, National Science Foundation, Washington, USA

    Vincent T. Covello

  • National Science Foundation, Washington, USA

    Joshua Menkes

  • Department of Public Administration, State University of New York at Albany, Albany, USA

    Jeryl Mumpower

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