Can public participation help managing risks from natural hazards?

Safety Science

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 522-528

  Gamper, C D ^a,b   Turcanu, C ^c,d  

^a alpS Zentrum fur Naturgefahren Management   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^d BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Decision making; Natural hazards; Participation; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

COMMON MARKETS; CRITICAL QUESTIONS; DECISION AIDING; DECISION-MAKING PROCESS; ECONOMIC VALUATIONS; MITIGATION MEASURES; MULTI-CRITERIA ANALYSIS; NATURAL HAZARDS; PARTICIPATION; PREFERENCE REPRESENTATIONS; PROTECTION MEASURES; PUBLIC GOODS; PUBLIC PARTICIPATIONS; UNCERTAINTY;

PUBLIC RISKS; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION;

HAZARDS;

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSIBILITY; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 61449221118     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2008.07.005     Document Type: Article

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