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Scientific Uncertainty and Its Influence on the Public Communication Process

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Editors:
  1. Virginia H. Sublet

    1. Sublet & Associates, Columbus, USA
      University of Cincinatti, USA

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  2. Vincent T. Covello

    1. Center for Risk Communication, Columbia University New York, USA
      University of California, Berkeley, USA

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  3. Tim L. Tinker

    1. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Atlanta, USA

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Part of the book series: NATO Science Series D: (ASID, volume 86)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Scientific Uncertainty in Risk Communication: An International Perspective

    • V. H. Sublet
    Pages 1-25

  3. Environmental Health in Europe: Uncertainties, Realities, and Perceptions

    • K. A. van der Heijden, A. A. Kuchuk
    Pages 27-31

  4. The Determinants of Trust and Credibility in Environmental Risk Communication: An Empirical Study

    • Vincent T. Covello, Richard G. Peters
    Pages 33-63

  5. Educating Young People about Environmental Health Risks: Results from National Field Trials of the Environmental Health Risk Module

    • Vincent T. Covello
    Pages 65-131

  6. The Case Study Method in Risk Communication: Case Studies of the U.S. Public Health Service (PHS)

    • Tim L. Tinker
    Pages 133-136

  7. Uncertain Communication: Institutional Discourse in Nuclear Waste Repository Siting

    • Claire Mays, Marc Poumadere
    Pages 137-161

  8. Perception of Uncertainty: Lessons for Risk Management and Communication

    • Ortwin Renn, Thomas Webler, Hans Kastenholz
    Pages 163-181

  9. Uncertainties about the Health Effects of Heavy Metal Contamination: The Case of Metallochemia

    • Anna Vari
    Pages 183-191

  10. Risk Communication and Public Perception of Military Pollution in Estonia

    • Ragnar E. Lofstedt
    Pages 193-204

  11. The Influence of Environmental Uncertainty on Lay Perceptions of Risk and Safety

    • B. J. Nordenstam
    Pages 205-226

  12. A Methodological Approach in Communication of the Uncertainty Regarding Major Accident Hazards

    • C. Vollono, G. Marsili
    Pages 227-232

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 233-234
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About this book

Experts from academia and government who are actively engaged in research in the area of risk communication present a compendium of cases that give information and allow the development of strategies to improve the communication of scientific information to the public. The cases span Western, Central and Eastern Europe, covering such areas as nuclear waste, heavy metal contamination, landfill siting, risk perception, global warming, international health for all, and more. The conclusions and recommendations presented here are being used to develop future activities to further explore this area of risk communication as an international study.
Audience: Scientists, risk communicators, psychologists, toxicologists, health professionals, and anyone who has an interest in public communication on scientific uncertainty.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Sublet & Associates, Columbus, USA

    Virginia H. Sublet

  • University of Cincinatti, USA

    Virginia H. Sublet

  • Center for Risk Communication, Columbia University New York, USA

    Vincent T. Covello

  • University of California, Berkeley, USA

    Vincent T. Covello

  • Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Atlanta, USA

    Tim L. Tinker

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Scientific Uncertainty and Its Influence on the Public Communication Process

  • Editors: Virginia H. Sublet, Vincent T. Covello, Tim L. Tinker

  • Series Title: NATO Science Series D:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8619-1

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 1996

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-4180-2Published: 31 August 1996

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-4737-3Published: 09 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-015-8619-1Published: 09 March 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0258-123X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 234

  • Topics: Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk, Environmental Management, Social Sciences, general

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