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Environmental Risks: Perception, Evaluation and Management

Environmental Risks: Perception, Evaluation and Management

Bohm, Gisela
Nerb, Josef
McDaniels, Timothy

Hardcover

Series: Research in Social Problems and Public Policy, Book 9

Sports GeneralGeneral PsychologyGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 0762308060
ISBN13: 9780762308064
Publisher: Emerald Pub Ltd
Published: Nov 22 2001
Pages: 320
Weight: 1.38
Height: 0.75 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
Environmental risks are among the most serious challenges of today's societies. Virtually all environmental risks are anthropogenic. The consequences of past decisions made by individuals, business, and governments have already devastated many of the earth's ecological systems and there is an ongoing discussion about the potential effects of environmental change and whether the earth will still provide a livable environment for future generations. The past decade has seen a dramatic growth in publications that focus on environmental issues. However, this literature has been dominated by the natural sciences and research focuses on obtaining more accurate information about natural and ecological processes, with the tacit assumption that this information will prove useful to improve individual, organizational, and societal decision making. This volume focuses on the psychological, sociological, and cultural aspects of environmental risks that have not been given adequate and integrated attention in the past. Understanding of the psychological, social, cultural, and political forces will determine the successes and failures of environmental risk management. In particular, public policy could be improved by the integration of more accurate assumptions about people's cognitions, attitudes, and emotions towards environmental risks.

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