| Description |
ix, 489 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
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Westview special studies in science, technology, and public policy |
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Westview special studies in science, technology, and public policy.
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| Contents |
Introduction : Coping with technological hazards / Robert W. Kates, Christoph Hohenemser, Jeanne X. Kasperson -- Part one. Overview : Conceptualizing hazards -- Causal structure Hazard management / Roger E. Kasperson, Robert W. Kates, Christoph Hohenemser -- A causal taxonomy / Christoph Hohenemser, Robert W. Kates, Paul Slovic -- Characterizing perceived risk / Paul Slovic, Baruch Fischhoff, Sarah Lichtenstein -- Part two. Overview : Measuring consequences -- Human and nonhuman mortality / Robert C. Harriss, Christoph Hohenemser, Robert W. Kates -- Economic costs and losses / James Tuller -- Part three. Overview : Assessing hazards -- Automobile accidents / Christoph Hohenemser and Thomas Bick -- Airborne mercury / Robert C. Harriss and Christoph Hohenemser -- Nuclear power / Christoph Hohenemser, Rober E. Kasperson, Robert W. Kates -- Hazard assessment : art, science, and ideology / Robert W. Kates -- Weighing the risks / Baruch Fischhoff, Paul Slovic, Sarah Lichtenstein -- Part four. Overview : Managing hazards -- Tales of woe : a literature survey / Branden B. Johnson -- Regulating automobile safety / Thomas Bick, Christoph Hohenemser, Robert W. Kates -- Controlling PCBs / Abe Goldman -- The Consumer Product Safety Commission / Roger E. Kasperson and Thomas Bick -- Contraceptives : hazard by choice / Mary P. Lavine -- Television : a social hazard / Julie Graham and Roger E. Kasperson -- Congress as hazard manager / Branden B. Johnson |
| Analysis |
Hazard assessment |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies and index |
| Subject |
Risk assessment.
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Risk.
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Technology assessment.
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Technology -- Risk assessment.
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Technology.
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Environmental Monitoring.
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Equipment Safety.
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Risk Management.
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| Author |
Hohenemser, Christoph.
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Kasperson, Jeanne X.
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Kates, Robert W. (Robert William), 1929-
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| LC no. |
84025623 |
| ISBN |
0813370256 |
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