Communicating environmental risk in multiethnic communities /
The authors explore the nature of natural hazards (earthquakes, floods, etc.) and technological dangers (hazardous waste, nuclear power plants, etc.), develop a model for understanding people's reaction to risk messages (Do they evacuate when the weather dictates as much? Do they protest the im...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Thousand Oaks, Calif. :
Sage,
©2004.
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Colección: | Communicating effectively in multicultural contexts.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | The authors explore the nature of natural hazards (earthquakes, floods, etc.) and technological dangers (hazardous waste, nuclear power plants, etc.), develop a model for understanding people's reaction to risk messages (Do they evacuate when the weather dictates as much? Do they protest the impending construction of a nuclear power plant?), and demonstrate how effective strategies for disseminating risk messages can be devised. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 262 pages :) : illustrations. |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-246) and index. |
ISBN: | 9781452262567 145226256X 9781452229188 145222918X 0761906517 9780761906513 9780761906506 0761906509 1322416486 9781322416489 |