Uncertainty and Risk

A Companion to Environmental Geography

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 81-94

  Brown, James D ^a   Damery, Sarah L ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basic result of uncertainty presence of multiple possible outcomes; Nature of uncertainty and risk; Probability theory, possibility theory and game theory techniques; Single causal pathway leading to different outcomes; Uncertainty lack of confidence about our knowledge; Uncertainty varying between individuals and groups of scientists; Uncertainty, critical factor in debates on climate change, acid rain, desertification, GM crops

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889979813     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444305722.ch6     Document Type: Chapter

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