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11. Risk Management in Post-Trust Societies

    Edited by Ragnar E. Lofstedt

    Series: Earthscan Risk in Society

    ?A thought-provoking and invaluable book for anyone who cares about risk communication and management in the 21st century? Anna Jung, Director General, European Food Information Council ?Professor Ragnar L?fstedt has once again produced a most interesting book on risk management and trust,...

    Published December 15th 2008 by Routledge
12. The Ethics of Technological Risk

    Edited by Lotte Asveld, Sabine Roeser

    Series: Earthscan Risk in Society

    'A comprehensive and important collection that includes essays by some of the leading figures in the field. ...Essential reading for anyone interested in risk assessment.' Professor Kristin Shrader-Frechette, University of Notre Dame 'The editors are to be congratulated for bringing together a...

    Published November 26th 2008 by Routledge
13. Calculating Political Risk

    By Catherine Althaus

    Series: Earthscan Risk in Society

    Calculating Political Risk is rich and illuminating, and much more than a political science treatise. Althaus draws on diverse literature, extensive interviews and intriguing case studies to offer interdisciplinary, practical and nuanced insight. This book provides new perspectives and more precise...

    Published November 17th 2008 by Routledge
14. Risk Governance

    Coping with Uncertainty in a Complex World

    By Ortwin Renn

    Series: Earthscan Risk in Society

    'Risk Governance is a tour de force. Every risk manager, every risk analyst, every risk researcher must read this book - it is the demarcation point for all further advances in risk policy and risk research. Renn provides authoritative guidance on how to manage risks based on a definitive synthesis...

    Published May 29th 2008 by Routledge
15. Trust in Cooperative Risk Management

    Uncertainty and Scepticism in the Public Mind

    By Timothy C. Earle

    Edited by Michael Siegrist, Heinz Gutscher

    Series: Earthscan Risk in Society

    Trust is an important factor in risk management, affecting judgements of risk and benefit, technology acceptance and other forms of cooperation. In this book the world?s leading risk researchers explore all aspects of trust as it relates to risk management and communication. Drawing on a wide...

    Published February 20th 2007 by Routledge
16. Hazards Vulnerability and Environmental Justice

    By Susan L. Cutter

    Series: Earthscan Risk in Society

    From Hurricane Katrina and the south Asian tsunami to human-induced atrocities, terrorist attacks and the looming effects of climate change, the world is assailed by both natural and unnatural hazards and disasters. These expose not only human vulnerability - particularly that of the poorest, who...

    Published May 31st 2006 by Routledge
17. Social Contours of Risk

    Two volume Set

    By Roger E. Kasperson, Jeanne Kasperson

    Series: Earthscan Risk in Society

    We live in a 'risk society' where the identification, distribution and management of risks, from new technology, environmental factors or other sources are crucial to our individual and social existence. In The Social Contours of Risk, Volumes 1 and 2, two of the world's leading and most...

    Published March 31st 2005 by Routledge
18. Social Contours of Risk

    Volume II: Risk Analysis, Corporations and the Globalization of Risk

    By Roger E. Kasperson, Jeanne Kasperson

    Series: Earthscan Risk in Society

    The Social Contours of Risk Volume I: Publics, Risk Communication and the Social Amplification of Risk We live in a 'risk society' where the identification, distribution and management of risks, from new technology, environmental factors or other sources are crucial to our individual and social...

    Published March 31st 2005 by Routledge
19. Social Contours of Risk

    Volume I: Publics, Risk Communication and the Social

    By Roger E. Kasperson, Jeanne Kasperson

    Series: Earthscan Risk in Society

    We live in a 'risk society' where the identification, distribution and management of risks, from new technology, environmental factors or other sources are crucial to our individual and social existence. In The Social Contours of Risk, Volumes I and II, two of the world's leading and most...

    Published March 31st 2005 by Routledge
20. Facility Siting: Lofstedt

    Risk, Power and Identity in Land Use Planning

    Edited by Asa Boholm, Ragnar E. Lofstedt

    Series: Earthscan Risk in Society

    From dams to landfill sites, and power plants to radioactive waste repositories, the siting of facilities is a veritable minefield of conflicts involving industry, planners, authorities, NGOs and citizens. This penetrating volume examines risk, power and identity in contests over the siting of...

    Published September 30th 2004 by Routledge