عنوان

Uncertainty and risk :

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1136549811

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1136549854

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1136549862

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1281752770

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1435657519

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1844078515

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1849773602

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9781136549816

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9781136549854

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9781136549861

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9781281752772

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9781435657519

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9781844078516

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9781849773607

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1844074749

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9781844074747

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b716128

Title Proper

Uncertainty and risk :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

multidisciplinary perspectives /

First Statement of Responsibility

edited by Gabriele Bammer and Michael Smithson.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Sterling, VA :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Earthscan,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2008.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (xvi, 382 pages) :

Other Physical Details

illustrations

Series Title

Earthscan risk in society series

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Text of Note

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.

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'This is a major and deeply thoughtful contribution to understanding uncertainty and risk. Our world and its unprecedented challenges need such ways of thinking! Much more than a set of contributions from different disciplines this book leads you to explore your own way of perceiving your own area of work. An outstanding contribution that will stay on my shelves for many years.' Dr Neil T.M. Hamilton Director WWF International Arctic Programme 'This collection of essays provides a unique and fascinating overview of perspectives on uncertainty and risk across a wide variety of disciplines. It.

Title

Uncertainty and risk.

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9781844074747

Risk.

Uncertainty.

PHILOSOPHY-- Free Will & Determinism.

Risk.

Uncertainty.

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PHI-- 007000

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Edition

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Book number

Bammer, Gabriele.

Smithson, Michael.

Date of Transaction

20201208061909.0

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[Book]

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