Risk Governance by Ortwin Renn
Provides guidance on how to manage risks based on a definitive synthesis of the research literature. This title offers a survey of the whole field of risk and demonstrates how scientific, economic, political and civil society actors can participate in inclusive risk governance.-
The Perception of Risk
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The Feeling of Risk
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A Theory of Uncertainty
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Social Trust and the Management of Risk
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Trust in Cooperative Risk Management
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The Tolerability of Risk
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Trust in Risk Management
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Public Safety and Risk Assessment
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The Spatial Dimension of Risk
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Judgment and Decision Making
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Facility Siting
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Risk and Responsibilisation in Public Communication
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Protecting Seniors Against Environmental Disasters
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Anthropology and Risk
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Risk Conundrums
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Risk Analysis and Human Behavior
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Hazards Vulnerability and Environmental Justice
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Risk and Uncertainty in a Post-Truth Society
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Effective Risk Communication
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A Pre-Modern Cultural History of Risk
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Moral Responsibility and Risk in Society
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Siting Noxious Facilities
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Foresight in Action
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Transboundary Risk Governance
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Ethical, Social and Psychological Impacts of Genomic Risk Communication
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Risk, Uncertainty and Rational Action
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Uncertainty and Risk
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Explaining Risk Analysis
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Risk Management in Post-Trust Societies
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Risk, Media and Stigma
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The Citizens at Risk
'The volume's major strength is its excellent knowledge about and critical evaluation of the classical fields within risk research; risk analysis, risk perception, risk evaluation, risk management and risk communicationWithin these fields, there are few researchers that can match Renn's competence.'
'An impressive work almost with the character of an encyclopaedia of recent discussions within the broad, complex and heterogeneous field of risk research. Throughout, novices as well as experienced risk researchers get the opportunity to deepen their understanding of the risk field and of societal efforts towards managing these complexities called risk.'
Acta Sociologica
'This work is invaluable as a reference and will provide many hours of instructive and pleasurable reading. It is highly recommended.' Natural Hazards
'[O]n the frontier of thinking about risk' World Future Review
'The book builds up to an up-to-date and definitely the best treatise on the subject...this is a must for all those who are concerned with the subject of risk in any way and there is no doubt that this is one of the several excellent title full of information that Earthscan has brought out for the public at large.' Krishna B. Misra, International Performability Engineering
Ortwin Renn is Professor and Chair of Environmental Sociology at the State University in Stuttgart, Germany. He is author or co-author of 30 books including Risk, Uncertainty and Rational Action (2001).
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| ISBN 13 | 9781844072927 |
| ISBN 10 | 1844072924 |
| Title | Risk Governance |
| Author | Ortwin Renn |
| Series | Earthscan Risk In Society |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Year published | 2008-05-30 |
| Number of pages | 480 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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