Scientific Uncertainty and Its Influence on the Public Communication Process

by Tim L. Tinker, Vincent T. Covello, Virginia H. Sublet

Book Overview

Experts from academia and government who are actively engaged in research in the area of risk communication present a compendium of cases that give information and allow the development of strategies to improve the communication of scientific information to the public. The cases span Western, Central and Eastern Europe, covering such areas as nuclear waste, heavy metal contamination, landfill siting, risk perception, global warming, international...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9048147379
• ISBN13: 9789048147373
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"