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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816176003321

Autore

Lindell Michael K

Titolo

Communicating environmental risk in multiethnic communities / / by Michael K. Lindell and Ronald W. Perry

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, Calif., : Sage, c2004

ISBN

1-322-41648-6

0-7619-0650-9

1-4522-6256-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 262 p.) : ill

Collana

Communicating effectively in multicultural contexts

Altri autori (Persone)

PerryRonald W

Disciplina

363.1/056

Soggetti

Environmental impact statements

Pollution - Social aspects

Environmental policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-246) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Preface; 1 - Risk Communication, Culture, and Ethnicity; 2 - Theoretical Bases of Risk Communication; 3 - Disaster Warnings as Risk Communication; 4 - Hazard Awareness as Risk Communication; 5 - Approaches to Influencing Hazard Adjustment Adoption; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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.