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Risk compensation postulates that everyone has a ""risk thermostat"" and that safety measures that do not affect the setting of the thermostat will be circumvented by behaviour that re-establishes the level of risk with which people were originally comfortable. It explains why, f...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Adams, John, 1938- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London [England] ; Bristol, PA : UCL Press, ©1995 (1998 printing)
Temas:
Risk > Sociological aspects.
Risk management > Social aspects.
Risque > Aspect sociologique.
Gestion du risque > Aspect social.
PSYCHOLOGY > Social Psychology.
Risk management > Social aspects
Risk > Sociological aspects
Risks
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Risk : an introduction
  • Acknowledgements
  • Preface
  • Risk and the Royal society
  • Patterns in uncertainty
  • Error, chance and culture
  • Measuring risk
  • Monetizing risk
  • Road safety 1 : seat belts
  • Road safety 2 : more filtering
  • A large risk : the greenhouse effect
  • The risk society
  • Can we manage risk better?
  • References
  • Index.

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