Psychological dimensions of risk assessment: Risk perception and risk communication

被引：27

作者：

Tanaka, Y ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Gakushuin Univ, Dept Polit Sci, Toshima Ku, Tokyo 171, Japan

来源：

PROGRESS IN NUCLEAR ENERGY | 1998年 / 32卷 / 3-4期

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D O I：

10.1016/S0149-1970(97)00024-3

中图分类号：

TL [原子能技术]; O571 [原子核物理学];

学科分类号：

0827 ; 082701 ;

摘要：

People fear risks and try to avoid them. With a basic innate drive of sensing risks and protecting safety, humans can survive both natural and man-made catastrophes. Modern science and technology considerably serve for predicting risks and lend themselves to increasing Protection for humans. In recent years, however, Perception and communication gaps seem to be sharpening between scientists and lay public as to what is safe and how safe is safe enough. The present paper is an at tempt to illustrate the causes of such perception and communication gaps and present some empirical evidence to understand the psychological foundation of fears in the lay public. (C) 1997 Published by Elsevier Science Ltd.

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