Main Title |
Uncertainty and risk : multidisciplinary perspectives / |
Other Authors |
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Publisher |
Earthscan, |
Year Published |
2008 |
OCLC Number |
175217696 |
ISBN |
9781844074747; 1844074749 |
Subjects |
Uncertainty ;
Risk ;
Entscheidung bei Unsicherheit--(DE-588)4070864-0 ;
Risiko--(DE-588)4050129-2 ;
Unsicherheit--(DE-588)4186957-6
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Internet Access |
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
EKCM |
BF463.U5U53 2008 |
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CEMM/GEMMD Library/Gulf Breeze,FL |
08/31/2009 |
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Collation |
xvi, 382 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
Notes |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents Notes |
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 [and others] -- 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. |
Place Published |
London ; Sterling, VA |
Title Ser Add Ent |
Earthscan risk and society series. |
PUB Date Free Form |
2008 |
Series Title Untraced |
Earthscan risk in society series |
BIB Level |
m |
Cataloging Source |
OCLC/T |
LCCN |
2007041551 |
OCLC Time Stamp |
20090826144854 |
Language |
eng |
Origin |
OCLC |
Type |
CAT |
OCLC Rec Leader |
03931cam 2200445 a 45020 |