Uncertainty and risk (Record no. 120967)

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Cancelled/invalid ISBN 1844074749 (hardback : alk. paper)
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Transcribing agency CaPaEBR
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System control number (OCoLC)646755897
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Classification number BF463.U5
Item number U53 2008eb
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Classification number 123
Edition number 22
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245 00 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Uncertainty and risk
Medium [electronic resource] :
Remainder of title multidisciplinary perspectives /
Statement of responsibility, etc edited by Gabriele Bammer and Michael Smithson.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc London ;
-- Sterling, VA :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc Earthscan,
Date of publication, distribution, etc 2008.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xvi, 382 p. :
Other physical details ill. ;
Dimensions 24 cm.
490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT
Series statement Earthscan risk in society series
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc Includes bibliographical references and index.
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents 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 ... [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.
533 ## - REPRODUCTION NOTE
Type of reproduction Electronic reproduction.
Place of reproduction Palo Alto, Calif. :
Agency responsible for reproduction ebrary,
Date of reproduction 2009.
Note about reproduction Available via World Wide Web.
-- Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Uncertainty.
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650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Risk.
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Genre/form data or focus term Electronic books.
Source of term local
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700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Bammer, Gabriele.
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700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Smithson, Michael.
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710 2# - ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME
Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element ebrary, Inc.
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830 #0 - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE
Uniform title Earthscan risk and society series.
9 (RLIN) 166155
856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Uniform Resource Identifier <a href="http://site.ebrary.com/lib/strathmore/Doc?id=10237020">http://site.ebrary.com/lib/strathmore/Doc?id=10237020</a>
Public note An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view

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