Associations between risk judgments and demand for transport risk mitigation

Journal of Risk Research

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1171-1182

  Lund, Ingunn Olea ^a   Nordfjrn, Trond ^b   Rundmo, Torbjorn ^b  

^a Norwegian Centre for Addiction Research   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

risk perception; risk sensitivity; transport priorities; transport risk mitigation; worry

Indexed keywords

MAIL SURVEYS; PRIVATE TRANSPORTATION; REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE; RESPONSE RATE; RISK MITIGATION; RISK SENSITIVITY; TRANSPORT PRIORITIES; TRANSPORT RISKS; WORRY;

ACCIDENTS; SURVEYS;

RISK PERCEPTION;

EID: 84868120637     PISSN: 13669877     EISSN: 14664461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13669877.2012.705317     Document Type: Article

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