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Environmental Hazards

Hardcover • 1988 • English

Environmental Hazards

By Sheldon Krimsky

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About the book

This substantive, insightful book demonstrates the growing importance of risk communication as both a technical and cultural phenomenon. The authors discuss the various processes used to communicate risk to citizens; explore how the public responds to risk messages; and examine how social, economic, historical, and political factors can influence the success or failure of risk communication. Cases presented in this volume demonstrate the diversity of risk communication approaches and activities,...Show more

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ISBN

9780865691841

Publisher

Greenwood Press

Published year

1988

Language

English

Original title

Environmental Hazards

Format

Hardcover

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