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The Analysis of Actual Versus Perceived Risks

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Editors:
  1. Vincent T. Covello

    1. U.S. National Science Foundation, USA

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  2. W. Gary Flamm

    1. Food and Drug Administration, USA

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  3. Joseph V. Rodricks

    1. Environ Corporation, USA

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  4. Robert G. Tardiff

    1. National Academy of Sciences, USA

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Part of the book series: Advances in Risk Analysis (AIRA, volume 1)

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Table of contents (24 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Automobile Accidents: The Problem of Passenger Restraints

    1. Effectiveness of Automobile Passenger Restraints

      • H. C. Joksch
      Pages 1-10

    2. Public Perception and Behavior in Relation to Vehicle Passenger Restraints

      • Leon S. Robertson
      Pages 11-20

    3. Motor Vehicle Occupant Restraint Policy

      • Joan Claybrook
      Pages 21-47

    4. Summary of Panel Discussion and Commentary

      • Christoph Hohenemser
      Pages 49-67

  3. Nuclear Power Plant — European Perspective

    1. The Assessment of Nuclear Risks: Some Experiences from the Swedish Energy Commission

      • Bengt Hansson
      Pages 69-80

    2. Nuclear Power Plant: West German Management of Risk — A Problem Analysis

      • H. Paschen, G. Bechmann, G. Frederichs
      Pages 81-99

    3. Coping with the Risks of Nuclear Power Plants in the United Kingdom

      • Timothy O’Riordan
      Pages 101-128

    4. Risk Assessment Following Crisis in the United States: The Kemeny Commission

      • Roger E. Kasperson, Arnold L. Gray
      Pages 129-156

  4. Cancer Chemotherapy

    1. Role of Risk in Treating Advanced Lung Cancer

      • Kenneth Stanley
      Pages 157-167

  6. Nuclear Power Plant — U.S. Perspective

    1. The Public Perception of Risk

      • D. Litai, D. D. Lanning, N. C. Rasmussen
      Pages 213-224

    2. Impact of the Three Mile Island Accident as Perceived by Those Living in the Surrounding Community

      • Anne D. Trunk, Edward V. Trunk
      Pages 225-233

    3. “The Public” Vs. “The Experts”: Perceived Vs. Actual Disagreements About Risks of Nuclear Power

      • Baruch Fischhoff, Paul Slovic, Sarah Lichtenstein
      Pages 235-249

    4. Coping with Nuclear Power Risks: A National Strategy

      • Chauncey Starr
      Pages 251-257

  7. Health Impact of Toxic Wastes

    1. Health Impact of Toxic Wastes: Estimation of Risk

      • Renate D. Kimbrough
      Pages 259-265

    2. Perception of Risk: A Journalist’s Perspective

      • Joanne Omang
      Pages 267-271
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About this book

In 1980, a group of scientists from national laboratories, universities, and other research organizations gathered informally in a series of meetings to consider the state of research on risks to health, safety, and the environment. Each scientist had conducted research on the subject. All felt that the traditional disciplines and professional societies to which they belonged were neither ade­ quate nor appropriate for addressing the extraordinarily complex problems of assessing the risks inherent in modern society. The con­ sensus of the group was that a new society was needed to address these problems in a scientific and objective way. From these initial meetings, the Society for Risk Analysis was formed The major aims of the Society for Risk Analysis, as stated in its constitution, are • to promote knowledge and understanding of risk analysis techniques and their applications; • to promote communication and interaction among those engaged in risk analysis; and • to disseminate risk analysis information and promote the advancement of all aspects of risk analysis. Members of the Society are drawn from a variety of disciplines, including the health sciences, engineering, the physical sciences, the humanities, and the behavioral and social sciences. An import­ ant function of the Society is the annual meeting, at which var­ ious aspects of risk analysis are discussed. The first annual meet­ ing, represented by this volume, was the International Workshop on the Analysis of Actual vs.

Editors and Affiliations

  • U.S. National Science Foundation, USA

    Vincent T. Covello

  • Food and Drug Administration, USA

    W. Gary Flamm

  • Environ Corporation, USA

    Joseph V. Rodricks

  • National Academy of Sciences, USA

    Robert G. Tardiff

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Analysis of Actual Versus Perceived Risks

  • Editors: Vincent T. Covello, W. Gary Flamm, Joseph V. Rodricks, Robert G. Tardiff

  • Series Title: Advances in Risk Analysis

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3760-7

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Plenum Press, New York 1983

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-3762-1Published: 04 November 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4613-3760-7Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 387

  • Topics: Environmental Management, Statistics, general

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