Concepts of risk: An interdisciplinary review - Part 1: Disciplinary risk concepts

GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 50-66

  Renn, Ortwin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Concepts of risk; Probabilistic risk assessment (PRA); Risk analysis; Risk assessment; Risk governance; Risk perception; Social theories of risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 41249102630     PISSN: 09405550     EISSN: 26255413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14512/gaia.17.1.13     Document Type: Review

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