Context-Specific, Scenario-Based Risk Scales

Risk Analysis

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2166-2181

  Yu, Michael ^a   Lejarraga, Tomás ^b   Gonzalez, Cleotilde ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Emergency response; Mining; Risk communication; Scale development; Scale evaluation

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKERS; DYNAMIC CONDITION; EMERGENCY RESPONSE; EMERGENCY SCENARIO; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; RANK ORDER; RISK COMMUNICATION; RISK PROBABILITIES; RISK SCENARIOS; SCALE DEVELOPMENT; SCALE EVALUATION; STATIC ENVIRONMENT;

COAL MINES; MINING;

RISK PERCEPTION;

COAL MINE; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; MINING; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCALE EFFECT;

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY; HUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; VALIDATION STUDY;

DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCIES; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84871106645     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2012.01837.x     Document Type: Article

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