Uncertainty and risk : multidisciplinary perspectives /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Bammer, Gabriele, Smithson, Michael
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, 2008.
Series:Earthscan risk and society series.
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Table of Contents:
  • Setting the scene
  • Introduction / Gabriele Bammer and Michael Smithson
  • The many faces and masks of uncertainty / Michael Smithson
  • Adopting orphans : uncertainty and other neglected aspects of complex problems / Gabriele Bammer
  • More than a cabinet of curiosities : disciplinary and practice perspectives on uncertainty
  • When action can't wait : investigating infectious disease outbreaks / Aileen J. Plant
  • Uncertainty and religion : ten provisional theses / Stephen Pickard
  • Uncertainty in the physical sciences : how big? how small? is it actually there at all? / Stephen J. Buckman
  • Statistics : an essential tool for model citizens / Robyn G. Attewell
  • A philosopher's guide to probability / Alan Hájek
  • Musical improvisation, creativity and uncertainty / John Mackey
  • Uncertainty as a creative force in visual art / Sasha Grishin
  • Historians and disputes over uncertainty / Ann Curthoys
  • Approaches to uncertain futures / Kate Delaney
  • Embracing social uncertainties with complex systems science / Pascal Perez
  • Heroin : injected with uncertainty / Alison Ritter
  • Political practice : uncertainty, ethics and outcomes / Michael Moore
  • Smoke and mirrors : managing uncertainty in the public health sector / Liz Furler
  • Economists and uncertainty / John Quiggin
  • Psychology's ambivalent view of uncertainty / Michael Smithson
  • Uncertainty in decision-making : intelligence as a solution / Steve Longford
  • Emergency management thrives on uncertainty / John Handmer
  • Uncertainty, complexity and environment / Stephen Dovers ... [et al.]
  • Uncertainty, terrorism and law enforcement / Michael McFadden, Rod Lyon and Roy Pinsker
  • Certainty as illusion : the nature and purpose of uncertainty in the law / Judith S. Jones
  • Unifying diversity
  • The nature of uncertainty / Gabriele Bammer, Michael Smithson and the Goolabri Group
  • Uncertainty metaphors, motives and morals / Michael Smithson, Gabriele Bammer and the Goolabri Group
  • Coping and managing under uncertainty / Michael Smithson, Gabriele Bammer and the Goolabri Group
  • Implications for risk assessment and management
  • Coping with deep uncertainty : challenges for environmental assessment and decision-making / Roger E. Kasperson
  • Risk, uncertainty and social controversy : from risk perception and communication to public engagement / Nick Pidgeon.