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Risk Conundrums: Solving Unsolvable Problems

By Roger E. Kasperson (editor)

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Hardcover:

9781138956063 | Routledge, November 7, 2016, cover price $145.00

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9781138956070 | Routledge, November 7, 2016, cover price $53.95

The Structure of Political Geography

By Roger E. Kasperson (editor) and Julian V. Minghi (editor)

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9781412818544 | Aldine De Gruyter, April 6, 2011, cover price $72.95

Facilitating Climate Change Responses: A Report of Two Workshops on Knowledge from the Social and Behavioral Sciences

Product Description: The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, understanding the need for policy makers at the national level to entrain the behavioral and social sciences in addressing the challenges of global climate change, called on the National Research Council to organize two workshops to showcase some of the decision-relevant contributions that these sciences have already made and can advance with future efforts...read more

By Roger E. Kasperson (editor) and Paul C. Stern (editor)

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9780309160322 | Natl Academy Pr, October 31, 2010, cover price $37.25 | About this edition: The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, understanding the need for policy makers at the national level to entrain the behavioral and social sciences in addressing the challenges of global climate change, called on the National Research Council to organize two workshops to showcase some of the decision-relevant contributions that these sciences have already made and can advance with future efforts.

The Social Contours Of Risk

Product Description: We live in a 'risk society' where the identification, distribution and management of risks, from new technology, environmental factors or other sources are crucial to our individual and social existence. In The Social Contours of Risk, VolumesÂ 1 and 2, two of the world's leading and most influential analysts of the social dimensions of risk bring together their most important contributions to this fundamental and wide-ranging field...read more

By Jeanne X. Kasperson and Roger E. Kasperson

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9781844070725 | Routledge, October 30, 2005, cover price $218.95 | About this edition: We live in a 'risk society' where the identification, distribution and management of risks, from new technology, environmental factors or other sources are crucial to our individual and social existence.

The Social Contours Of Risk: Publics, Risk Communication And The Social Amplification Of Risk

Product Description: We live in a 'risk society' where the identification, distribution and management of risks, from new technology, environmental factors or other sources are crucial to our individual and social existence. In The Social Contours of Risk, Volumes I and II, two of the world's leading and most influential analysts of the social dimensions of risk bring together their most important contributions to this fundamental and wide-ranging field...read more

By Jeanne X. Kasperson and Roger E. Kasperson

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9781844070732 | Routledge, May 30, 2005, cover price $60.00 | About this edition: We live in a 'risk society' where the identification, distribution and management of risks, from new technology, environmental factors or other sources are crucial to our individual and social existence.

The Social Contours Of Risk: Risk Analysis, Corporations And The Globalization Of Risk

Product Description: We live in a 'risk society' where the identification, distribution and management of risks, from new technology, environmental factors or other sources are crucial to our individual and social existence. In The Social Contours of Risk, Volumes I and II, two of the world's leading and most influential analysts of the social dimensions of risk bring together their most important contributions to this fundamental and wide-ranging field...read more

By Jeanne X. Kasperson and Roger E. Kasperson

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9781844071753 | Routledge, April 30, 2005, cover price $58.95 | About this edition: We live in a 'risk society' where the identification, distribution and management of risks, from new technology, environmental factors or other sources are crucial to our individual and social existence.

The Social Amplification of Risk

Product Description: Edited by three well-known analysts of risk and its communication, this volume brings together contributions from a group of international experts in risk perception and risk communication. Key conceptual issues are discussed as well as a range of recent case studies that span BSE and food safety, AIDS/HIV, nuclear power, child protection, Y2K, electromagnetic fields, and waste incineration...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By Roger E. Kasperson (editor), Nick F. Pidgeon (editor) and Paul Slovic (editor)

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9780521817288 | Cambridge Univ Pr, August 18, 2003, cover price $140.00 | About this edition: Edited by three well-known analysts of risk and its communication, this volume brings together contributions from a group of international experts in risk perception and risk communication.

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9780521520447 | Cambridge Univ Pr, September 1, 2003, cover price $59.99 | About this edition: Edited by three well-known analysts of risk and its communication, this volume brings together contributions from a group of international experts in risk perception and risk communication.

Miscellaneous:

9780071359207, titled "How Wall Street Works" | McGraw-Hill, December 1, 2000, cover price $16.95 | also contains How Wall Street Works

Global Environmental Risk

Product Description: The dangers of environmental change for people and what they value is what makes environmental issues so important for our future. This volume presents a comprehensive analysis of environmental risks. Contributors assess the identification and causes of risks, who and what is vulnerable to them, their regional distribution and the policies and measures for mitigating them...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By Jeanne X. Kasperson (editor) and Roger E. Kasperson (editor)

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9781853838002 | Earthscan / James & James, November 1, 2001, cover price $99.95 | About this edition: The dangers of environmental change for people and what they value is what makes environmental issues so important for our future.

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9789280810271 | United Nations Univ, October 1, 2001, cover price $39.95 | About this edition: Despite international initiatives such as the Earth Summit in 1992 and ongoing efforts to implement the Kyoto Protocol, human activities continue to register a destructive toll on the planetary environment.

9781853838019 | Earthscan / James & James, September 1, 2001, cover price $39.95 | About this edition: Despite international initiatives such as the Earth Summit in 1992 and ongoing efforts to implement the Kyoto Protocol, human activities continue to register a destructive toll on the planetary environment.

Regions at Risk: Comparisons of Threatened Environments

Product Description: Human-induced environmental change is to be found throughout the world, but there are areas which scientists consider to be "critical regions" - regions that are particularly vulnerable to or suffering from environmental degradation...read more

By Jeanne X. Kasperson (editor), Roger E. Kasperson (editor) and B. L. Turner, II (editor)

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9789280808483 | United Nations Univ, December 1, 1995, cover price $38.00 | About this edition: Human-induced environmental change is to be found throughout the world, but there are areas which scientists consider to be "critical regions" - regions that are particularly vulnerable to or suffering from environmental degradation.

Preparing for Nuclear Power Plant Accidents

Product Description: Appraises the current understanding of nuclear power plant accidents and the challenges posed to emergency planners. Drawing together major implications of research and recent experience, the contributors propose strategies for more effective future planning.

By Dominic Golding (editor), Jeanne X. Kasperson (editor) and Roger E. Kasperson (editor)

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9780813385211 | Westview Pr, October 1, 1994, cover price $64.50 | About this edition: Appraises the current understanding of nuclear power plant accidents and the challenges posed to emergency planners.

Communicating Risks to the Public: International Perspectives