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Shows that both risk management and risk communication, when properly constructed, require an elaborate process; because the very things that can cause harm are in most cases the same things that bring us great benefits, such as paper mills, electricity from nuclear power generating stations, or wireless telecommunications.

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Contributors include Debora L. Van Nijnatten (Sir Wilfred Laurier University), Michael D. Mehta (University of Saskatchewan), Stephen Hill (University of Calgary), Eric Darier (Greenpeace), Greg Paoli (Decisionalysis Risk Consultants, Inc.), and Peter V. Hodson (Queen's University).

In the Chamber of Risks Understanding Risk

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      Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
      Publication Date: 10/11/2001
      ISBN13: 9780773522381, 978-0773522381
      ISBN10: 773522387
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      Book Synopsis
      Shows that both risk management and risk communication, when properly constructed, require an elaborate process; because the very things that can cause harm are in most cases the same things that bring us great benefits, such as paper mills, electricity from nuclear power generating stations, or wireless telecommunications.

      Table of Contents
      Contributors include Debora L. Van Nijnatten (Sir Wilfred Laurier University), Michael D. Mehta (University of Saskatchewan), Stephen Hill (University of Calgary), Eric Darier (Greenpeace), Greg Paoli (Decisionalysis Risk Consultants, Inc.), and Peter V. Hodson (Queen's University).

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