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Informationen zum Autor Jeanne X Kasperson was Research Associate Professor and Research Librarian and Roger E Kasperson is Research Professor and Distinguished Scientist also at Clark University! USA. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung Collects fundamental work on how risks are communicated among different publics and stakeholders, including local communities, corporations and the larger society. This title focuses on the analysis and management of risk in society, in international business and multinationals, and globally. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1 Risk and Society: Framing the Issues Acceptability of Human Risk Societal Response to Hazards and Major Hazard Events: Comparing Natural and Technological Hazards Large-scale Nuclear Risk Analysis: Its Impacts and Future Part 2 Corporations and Risk Corporate Management of Health and Safety Hazards: Current Practice and Needed Research Avoiding Future Bhopals Emergency Planning for Industrial Crises: An Overview Corporate Culture and Technology Transfer Industrial Risk Management in India Since Bhopal Part 3 The Globalization of Risk Hazards in Developing Countries: Cause for Global Concern Priorities in Profile: Managing Risks in Developing Countries Risk and Criticality: Trajectories of Regional Environmental Assessing the Vulnerability of Coastal Communities to Extreme Storms: The Case of Revere, Massachusetts, US Border Crossings Vulnerability to Global Environmental Change
