Predictors of demand for risk mitigation in transport

Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour

Volumn 20, Issue , 2013, Pages 183-192

  Rundmo, Torbjørn ^a   Nordfjærn, Trond ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b GEDIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Demand for risk mitigation; Risk awareness; Risk perception; Worry

Indexed keywords

POPULATION STATISTICS; SAFETY ENGINEERING; SURVEYS;

PERCEIVED RISK; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS; REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE; RESPONSE RATE; RISK AWARENESS; RISK MITIGATION; RISK TOLERANCE; WORRY;

RISK PERCEPTION;

EID: 84883413749     PISSN: 13698478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trf.2013.04.004     Document Type: Article

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