Infrastructures of risk: A mapping approach towards controversies on risks

Journal of Risk Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-16

  Beck, Gerald ^a   Kropp, Cordula ^b  

^a Department of Sociology   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

ANT; mapping; risk governance; risks; visualisation

Indexed keywords

ACRYLAMIDES; ACTOR-NETWORK; ANT; ASSESSMENT PROCEDURE; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; DECISION MAKERS; FOOD RISKS; FOOD SUPPLEMENTS; INSTITUTIONAL SETTING; NEW STRATEGY; POLITICAL DEBATES; POTENTIAL SOURCES; PROTOTYPE SOFTWARE; RE-ASSEMBLING; RISK GOVERNANCE; RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES; VISUALISATION;

AMIDES; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; MAPPING; MAPS; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING; VISUALIZATION;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 78651330505     PISSN: 13669877     EISSN: 14664461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13669877.2010.505348     Document Type: Article

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