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Risk in the Technological Society

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Risk in the Technological Society

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Risk in the Technological Society book

Risk in the Technological Society

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Risk in the Technological Society book

Edited ByChristoph Hohenemser, Jeanne X. Kasperson
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 1982
eBook Published 17 July 2019
Pub. Location New York
Imprint Routledge
DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429304873
Pages 340
eBook ISBN 9780429304873
Subjects Social Sciences
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Hohenemser, C., & Kasperson, J.X. (Eds.). (1982). Risk in the Technological Society (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429304873

ABSTRACT

In this book, representatives of government, industry, universities, and public interest groups consider the emerging art of risk assessment and discuss the issues and problems involved. They look at two failures in technological risk management–Three Mile Island and Love Canal; examine the dimensions of technological risk; tackle the difficult question of how safe is "safe enough"; and offer a set of research priorities.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter 1|11 pages

Introduction

ByChristoph Hohenemser, Jeanne X. Kasperson

part Part 1|87 pages

Failures in Managing Technological Risk

chapter 2|6 pages

Overview: Cases in Point

ByChristoph Hohenemser, Jeanne X. Kasperson

chapter 3|14 pages

Why Government Must Make a Mess of Technological Risk Management

ByJoseph F. Coates

chapter 4|11 pages

Three Mile Island: Lessons for America

ByRussell W. Peterson

chapter 5|14 pages

Three Mile Island: Lessons for Government

ByStanley M. Gorinson

chapter 6|15 pages

Love Canal: A Review of Government Actions

ByWilliam J. Librizzi

chapter 7|23 pages

Love Canal: Uncertain Science, Politics, and Law

ByLois R. Ember

part Part 2|87 pages

The Structure of Technological Risk

chapter 8|6 pages

Overview: Causality, Perception, and Uncertainty in Technological Risk

ByChristoph Hohenemser, Jeanne X. Kasperson

chapter 9|31 pages

Causal Structure: A Framework for Policy Formulation

ByChristoph Hohenemser, Roger E. Kasperson, Robert W. Kates

chapter 10|26 pages

Rating the Risks: The Structure of Expert and Lay Perceptions

ByPaul Slovic, Baruch Fischhoff, Sarah Lichtenstein

chapter 11|21 pages

The Regulation of Carcinogenic Hazards

ByGio Batta Gori

part Part 3|92 pages

Defining Tolerable Risk Levels

chapter 12|11 pages

Overview: Towards Determining Acceptable Risk

ByChristoph Hohenemser, Jeanne X. Kasperson

chapter 13|13 pages

Comment on Societal Risk

ByDavid Okrent

chapter 14|23 pages

Risks of Risk Decisions

ByChauncey Starr, Chris Whipple

chapter 15|18 pages

Dealing with Industrial Health Risks: A Stepwise Goal-Oriented Concept

ByPaul F. Deisler

chapter 16|22 pages

Longevity Benefits and Costs of Reducing Various Risks

ByRichard C. Schwing

part Part 4|51 pages

Agenda for Research

chapter 17|4 pages

Overview: Two Research Perspectives

ByChristoph Hohenemser, Jeanne X. Kasperson

chapter 18|15 pages

Issues in Risk Analysis

ByVincent T. Covello, Joshua Menkes

chapter 19|29 pages

A Proposal for International Risk Management Research

ByRoger E. Kasperson, Murdo Morrison
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