Risk, society and policy making: Risk governance in a complex world

International Journal of Performability Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 349-366

  Renn, Ortwin ^a   Sellke, Piet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ambiguity; Complexity; Discourse; Resilience; Risk assessment; Risk evaluation; Risk governance; Risk management; Risk perception; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION;

AMBIGUITY; COMPLEXITY; DISCOURSE; RESILIENCE; RISK COMMUNICATION; RISK EVALUATION; RISK GOVERNANCE; RISKS ASSESSMENTS; RISKS MANAGEMENT; UNCERTAINTY;

RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84861386174     PISSN: 09731318     EISSN: 29938341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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