Strategies for risk communication:evolution, evidence, experience
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Blackwell Pub. on behalf of the New York Academy of Sciences,
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Publisher Address: | Boston, Mass. |
Publication Dates: | 2008. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences ; v. 1128 |
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Carrier Form: | xii, 139 p.: ill. ; 25 cm. |
Publication Frequency: | Also issued online. |
ISBN: |
9781573316811 (pbk.) 1573316814 |
Index Number: | X820 |
CLC: |
X820.4-532 X913-532 |
Call Number: | X913-532/S898/2006 |
Contents: |
"This volume presents the proceedings of the symposium entitled Strategies for Risk Communication: Evolution, Evidence, Experience. The symposium was held in Montauk, Long Island, New York on May 15-17, 2006"--P. ix. Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction. Strategies for risk communication : evolution, evidence, experience / W. Troy Tucker and Scott Ferson -- Numeracy and the perception and communication of risk / Ellen Peters -- Evolution, risk, and neural representation / Karli K. Watson -- Linguistic uncertainty in qualitative risk analysis and how to minimize it / Janet M. Carey and Mark A. Burgman -- Transparency in risk communication : graphical and analog tools / Elke Kurz-Milcke, Gerd Gigerenzer, and Laura Martignon -- Visualizing seismic risk and uncertainty : a review of related research / Ann Bostrom, Luc Anselin, and |