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Environmental risks are among the most serious challenges of
today's societies. Virtually all environmental risks are
anthropogenic. The consequences of past decisions made by
individuals, business, and governments have already devastated many
of the earth's ecological systems and there is an ongoing
discussion about the potential effects of environmental change and
whether the earth will still provide a livable environment for
future generations. The past decade has seen a dramatic growth in
publications that focus on environmental issues. However, this
literature has been dominated by the natural sciences and research
focuses on obtaining more accurate information about natural and
ecological processes, with the tacit assumption that this
information will prove useful to improve individual,
organizational, and societal decision making. This volume focuses
on the psychological, sociological, and cultural aspects of
environmental risks that have not been given adequate and
integrated attention in the past. Understanding of the
psychological, social, cultural, and political forces will
determine the successes and failures of environmental risk
management. In particular, public policy could be improved by the
integration of more accurate assumptions about people's cognitions,
attitudes, and emotions towards environmental risks.
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