| Description |
x, 363 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 26cm |
| Series |
Published symposia / General Motors Research Laboratories |
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Published symposia (General Motors Corporation Research Laboratories)
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| Contents |
Nature of risk / William W. Lowrance -- Uncertain risks we run: hazardous materials / Marvin A. Schneiderman -- Known risks we run: the highway / Barbara E. Sabey and Harold Taylor -- Perceptions of risk and their effects on decision making / Raphael G. Kasper -- On making life and death decisions / Ronald A. Howard -- Economic tools for risk reduction / Lester B. Lave -- Trade-offs / Richard C. Schwing -- Risk-spreading through underwriting and the insurance institution / J.D. Hammond -- Facts and fears: understanding perceived risk / Paul Slovic, Baruch Fischhoff and Sarah Lichtenstein -- Ethics, economics and the value of safety / William D. Schulze -- Problems and procedures in the regulation of technological risk / Dorothy Nelkin and Michael Pollack -- Role of law in determining acceptability of risk / Harold P. Green -- Aesthetics of risk: culture or context / Michael Thompson -- Witches, floods, and wonder drugs: historical perspectives on risk management / William C. Clark -- Prospects for change / Melvin Kranzberg -- Symposium summary: the safety profession's image of humanity / C. West Churchman |
| Summary |
Proceedings of an international symposium held Oct. 8-9, 1979 at the General Motors Research Laboratories, Warren, Mich. and sponsored by the Laboratories. Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Analysis |
Technological development Risks Assessment |
| Notes |
Proceedings of an international symposium held Oct. 8-9, 1979 at the General Motors Research Laboratories, Warren, Mich. and sponsored by the Laboratories |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Subject |
Health risk assessment -- Congresses.
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Risk -- Congresses.
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Risk.
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Technology assessment -- Congresses.
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Technology assessment.
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Technology -- Risk assessment -- Congresses.
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Technology.
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Decision Making.
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Policy Making.
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Policy sciences
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Safety.
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Technology.
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| Genre/Form |
Congress.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Author |
Albers, Walter A.
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Schwing, Richard C.
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General Motors Corporation. Research Laboratories.
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| LC no. |
80023833 |
| ISBN |
0306405547 |
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9780306405549 |
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