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Communicating Risks to the Public: International Perspectives (Risk, Governance and Society)
R.E Kasperson
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Description for Communicating Risks to the Public: International Perspectives (Risk, Governance and Society)
Hardcover. Editor(s): Kasperson, Roger E.; Stallen, Pieter Jan. Series: Risk, Governance and Society. Num Pages: 482 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJMD; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 862.
Risk communication: the evolution of attempts Risk communication is at once a very new and a very old field of interest. Risk analysis, as Krimsky and Plough (1988:2) point out, dates back at least to the Babylonians in 3200 BC. Cultures have traditionally utilized a host of mecha nisms for anticipating, responding to, and communicating about hazards - as in food avoidance, taboos, stigma of persons and places, myths, migration, etc. Throughout history, trade between places has necessitated labelling of containers to indicate their contents. Seals at sites of the ninth century BC Harappan civilization of South Asia record the ... Read more
Risk communication: the evolution of attempts Risk communication is at once a very new and a very old field of interest. Risk analysis, as Krimsky and Plough (1988:2) point out, dates back at least to the Babylonians in 3200 BC. Cultures have traditionally utilized a host of mecha nisms for anticipating, responding to, and communicating about hazards - as in food avoidance, taboos, stigma of persons and places, myths, migration, etc. Throughout history, trade between places has necessitated labelling of containers to indicate their contents. Seals at sites of the ninth century BC Harappan civilization of South Asia record the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Springer
Condition
New
Series
Risk, Governance and Society
Number of Pages
482
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9780792306016
SKU
V9780792306016
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