Rating the risks

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dc.contributor.authorSlovic, Paul
dc.contributor.authorFischhoff, Baruch
dc.contributor.authorLichtenstein, Sarah
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-09T21:08:17Z
dc.date.available2017-05-09T21:08:17Z
dc.date.issued1979
dc.description20 pagesen_US
dc.description.abstractThe management and regulation of high-risk technologies need to be based on an understanding of the ways in which people think about risk. Without such understanding, well-intended laws and policies may be ineffective, or even counterproductive. To this end, recent studies of risk perception have examined the opinions people express when they are asked, in various ways, to characterize and evaluate hazardous activities and technologies. This research aims to aid risk analysis and societal decision making buy (i) improving methods for eliciting opinions about risk, (ii) providing a basis for understanding and anticipating public responses to hazards, and (iii) improving the communication of risk information among laypeople, technical experts, and policy makers. This paper describes the results of these studies and examines their implications for risk assessment.en_US
dc.identifier.citationSlovic, P., Fischhoff, B., & Lichtenstein, S. (1979). Rating the risks. Environment, 21(3), 14-20, 36-39.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1794/22315
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherEnvironment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Developmenten_US
dc.rightsCreative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0-USen_US
dc.subjectAccidentsen_US
dc.subjectDiseasesen_US
dc.subjectEnvironmental educationen_US
dc.subjectHealthen_US
dc.subjectPerceptionen_US
dc.subjectPredictionen_US
dc.subjectProbabilityen_US
dc.subjectRisken_US
dc.subjectScienceen_US
dc.subjectEducationen_US
dc.subjectTechnologyen_US
dc.titleRating the risksen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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