Living with risk : the geography of technological hazards / by Susan L. Cutter.
Living with risk : the geography of technological hazards / by Susan L. Cutter.
Living with risk : the geography of technological hazards / by Susan L. Cutter.
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London ; New York : E. Arnold ; Routledge, Chapman and Hall [distributor], 1993.
Date
1993.
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N363.1/31
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English
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x, 214 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. The nature and character of technological hazards. What are technological hazards? Diversity and classification. Geography matters. Old versus new hazards. Establishing a new scientific 'ethos' of risk. Contested views -- 2. Scare of the week -- Risk perception and behaviour. What is risk percept...
Transboundary trade. Who's at risk? -- 7. Fire in the rain. Atoms for peace? Ionizing radiation. The geography of nuclear hazards. Accidents happen. Reducing nuclear threats. Apocalypse now or later? -- 8. Living with risks. From case studies to theory. Revisionist views.
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London ; New York : E. Arnold ; Routledge, Chapman and Hall [distributor], 1993.
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England
Date Published
1993.
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Living with risk : the geography of technological hazards / by Susan L. Cutter.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-207) and index.
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N363.1/31
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74VK6qewkOwX
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VK6qewkOwX
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0340529873 :
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363.1
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991020818479702626
