TY  - BOOK
AU  - Stern,Paul C.
AU  - Fineberg,Harvey V.
ED  - National Research Council (U.S.).
TI  - Understanding risk: informing decisions in a democratic society 
SN  - 0585002428
AV  - HM256 .U53 1996eb
U1  - 302/.12 20
PY  - 1996///
CY  - Washington, D.C.
PB  - National Academy Press
KW  - Risk assessment
KW  - Policy sciences
KW  - Risk Assessment
KW  - Évaluation du risque
KW  - Sciences de la politique
KW  - risk assessment
KW  - aat
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE
KW  - bisac
KW  - Public Affairs & Administration
KW  - PSYCHOLOGY
KW  - Social Psychology
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Risikoanalyse
KW  - gnd
KW  - Risikomanagement
KW  - Aufsatzsammlung
KW  - Risicoanalyse
KW  - gtt
KW  - Beleidswetenschap
KW  - USA
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - "Committee on Risk Characterization, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council."; Includes bibliographical references and index; The idea of risk characterization -- Judgment in the risk decision process -- Deliberation -- Analysis -- Integrating analysis and deliberation -- Implementing the new approach -- Principles for risk characterization
N2  - Understanding Risk addresses a central dilemma of risk decisionmaking in a democracy: detailed scientific and technical information is essential for making decisions, but the people who make and live with those decisions are not scientists. The key task of risk characterization is to provide needed and appropriate information to decisionmakers and the public. This important new volume illustrates that making risks understandable to the public involves much more than translating scientific knowledge. The volume also draws conclusions about what society should expect from risk characterization and offers clear guidelines and principles for informing the wide variety of risk decisions that face our increasingly technological society. Understanding Risk (1) frames fundamental questions about what risk characterization means; (2) reviews traditional definitions and explores new conceptual and practical approaches; (3) explores how risk characterization should inform decisionmakers and the public; and, (4) Looks at risk characterization in the context of the entire decisionmaking process. Understanding Risk discusses how risk characterization has fallen short in many recent controversial decisions. Throughout the text, examples and case studies--such as planning for the long-term ecological health of the Everglades or deciding on the operation of a waste incinerator--bring key concepts to life. Understanding Risk will be important to anyone involved in risk issues: federal, state, and local policymakers and regulators; risk managers; scientists; industrialists; researchers; and concerned individuals
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